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Thea White, an actor best known for voicing the sweet-natured Scotswoman Muriel Bagge on Cartoon Network’s “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” died on July 30. She was 81.

White’s brother, John Zitzner, announced the news of White’s death on his Facebook page, writing that White had died two days after undergoing a second surgery related to liver cancer.

Born on June 16, 1940 in Newark, N.J., White began acting professionally on stage in her 20s, according to Zitzner’s post. She also held jobs as a librarian and the personal assistant to Marlene Dietrich. White was married to Andy White, who drummed on several the Beatles songs including “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You,” from 1983 until his death in 2015.

White voiced Muriel on the Cartoon Network series, the elderly woman who adopts Courage into the family despite the grumpy attitude of her husband, Eustace. White voiced Muriel in all episodes of the series,...

Voice actress Thea White, known for voicing Muriel Bagge on Courage the Cowardly Dog, died “peacefully of complications from surgery” related to liver cancer on Friday morning in Cleveland, according to her brother John Zitzner. She was 81.

White’s nephew Brad Zitzner gave insight into her final moments via social media.

“Sadly we lost our legendary Feefer (the voice of Muriel) on Friday morning after she fought hard with courage to try to beat her liver cancer and to resume life or to die trying. (She ended up with an infection after cutting out the damn cancer),” he shared on Saturday.

White was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940 and knew she wanted to act from an early age. Both her mother, Eleanor Hazard, and her grandmother, Eva, were involved in vaudeville—both as performers while the latter focused on booking talent later in her career.

After high school, White...

Thea White, who supplied the Scottish voice for the sweet farmer’s wife Muriel on the Cartoon Network scary comedy Courage the Cowardly Dog, has died. She was 81.

White died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic after complications from surgery in her battle with liver cancer, her brother John Zitzner told The Hollywood Reporter.

The New Jersey native was Marlene Dietrich’s personal assistant in the waning days of the legendary German-born actress’ career and was married to Andy White, who played on some early Beatles songs, from 1983 until his 2015 death.

White worked on all 52 episodes of Courage the Cowardly ...

Thea White, who supplied the Scottish voice for the sweet farmer’s wife Muriel on the Cartoon Network scary comedy Courage the Cowardly Dog, has died. She was 81.

White died Friday at the Cleveland Clinic after complications from surgery in her battle with liver cancer, her brother John Zitzner told The Hollywood Reporter.

The New Jersey native was Marlene Dietrich’s personal assistant in the waning days of the legendary German-born actress’ career and was married to Andy White, who played on some early Beatles songs, from 1983 until his 2015 death.

White worked on all 52 episodes of Courage the Cowardly ...

Return to Nowhere, Kansas where a faithful, yet scared stiff, dog protest his mistress from all manner of invaders. Warner Brothers brings the first season of Courage the Cowardly Dog to DVD, but it seems all the special features have been scared away. Muriel (Thea White) and Eustace (Lionel G. Wilson) Bagge are animated denizens of Nowhere, Kansas. They live in an isolated house in the middle of Nowhere. Muriel.s pet is the purple dog named Courage (Marty Grabstein) who doesn.t live up to his name as he is scared of just about everything. That.s probably not good since all manner of terrors come to Nowhere and threaten his beloved Muriel. He loves Muriel so because she...