BJ Ward

Betty Jean Ward professionally known as B. J. Ward, is an American actress. She is the creator and star of Stand-Up Opera, a musical one-woman show, as well as being a licensed aviator. She has been the voice of Mother from 1993 to the present in Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

Personal life
Betty Jean Ward was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Ward is married to Gordon Hunt. She is Helen Hunt's stepmother.

Career
She made her debut on the stage in 1960, in the original off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks, where she was an understudy for the role of Luisa/the Girl. B.J. Ward had gotten the part by calling the producer of the show.

She toured with the Groundlings for a short while before starting her voice over career on Hanna-Barbera's Jana of the Jungle in 1978.

In 1985, she made a rare film appearance in the TV movie Malice in Wonderland alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander.

Ward has also guest-starred on television series such as Frasier, ER and In-Laws.

In addition, she has also done voiceovers for theme parks, including:
 * Voices for Epcot Center and Euro Disney
 * The narration of the former PeopleMover attraction at Disneyland.
 * "Mother" in the 1993 version of the Carousel of Progress.
 * Some of the singing voices ("Burrow's Rabbit", opossums and rabbits) in Splash Mountain
 * The current voice guide for It's a Small World
 * She was also the safety narrator for Spaceship Earth from 1994-2007

She also sings the song "Help Your Wish Along" from the Shining Time Station episode "Becky Makes a Wish".

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