Dorothée
Frédérique Hoschedé (b. July 14, 1953), known as Dorothée, is a French singer, actress and TV host.
True icon of French television in the 80s and 90s, she is particularly known for having hosted the children television shows Récré A2 between 1978 and 1987 then Club Dorothée from 1987 to 1997.
In addition to her TV presence, Dorothée has been very active in singing for children, having released 20 albums between 1980 and 2010 and having sold more than 17 million albums in France. Among her biggest hits are Allô, allô monsieur l'ordinateur, Hou la menteuse ! or Vive les vacances !. She also performed several songs for TV series, like the Smurfs in 1983, Sophie et Virginie or Rox et Rouky (The Fox and the Hound).
In 1984, George Lucas himself asked her to make a song about the Ewoks in order to promote The Ewok Adventure in France. She did it!.
She occasionally practiced voice acting, being the narrator in Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird and The Ewok Adventure, and Varicella the witch in The Garfield Show in 2013.
Voice roles
[edit]Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
[edit]Notes
[edit]- The original Transformers cartoon was rebroadcast on Dorothée's TV show Récré A2 in 1987.
- Dorothée was present at the French premiere of Rise of the Beasts in Paris on June 6th, 2023, along with Pauline Brunel, Mister V and Ophélie Winter. She thanked Pauline and the dubbing team for their help and direction on the dub of Airazor.<ref>https://youtu.be/XSGq9zx7JFY?si=0YuHArzttk1k6rB-&t=720</ref>
- Airazor's and Cheetor's original names were kept in the French dub of Rise of the Beasts. A first, because so far the French names used in the Beast Wars cartoon (Serdacier instead of Airazor for example) had been kept in the late dub of Beast Machines and in Netflix's War for Cybertron Trilogy.
- MC Solaar makes a reference to Dorothée's show Club Dorothée in the song he performed for Rise of the Beasts, Tout se transforme.
- There is a song dedicated to her supposedly long nose. This is due to a long-standing joke between her and her co-hosts.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- [[wikipedia:{{#if:en|en:}}Dorothée|{{#if:Wikipedia entry|Wikipedia entry|Dorothée}}]] (English)
- [[wikipedia:{{#if:fr|fr:}}Dorothée (animatrice)|{{#if:Wikipedia entry|Wikipedia entry|Dorothée (animatrice)}}]] (French)
- Dorothée on Twitter
- Official archives on YouTube (French)
- Official behind the scenes video for Rise of the Beasts (French)