# Beautiful People; Ugly Voices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246 "2017-07-27T06:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/1 "2017-07-27T06:25:01Z")
I’m watching Goodfellas for the umpteenth time. Early in the film there is a scene in a salon. The women all doing what women do. There is this amazingly beautiful woman in a chair. Her hair is up. She looks like a trigger supermodel. Then she speaks. OMG…its LLorraine fucking Bracco. Beautiful but with a voice that is fingernails against the chalkboard. Can we think of any other examples? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/2 "2017-07-27T11:10:53Z")
Here’s another Lorraine in action. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/3 "2017-07-27T11:15:12Z")
I think she’s a fine actress and a beautiful woman, but I’m not all that fond of Scarlet Johansson’s nasal voice. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/4 "2017-07-27T12:01:41Z")
Tom Selleck has a pretty whiny voice for someone who used to be the gold standard for macho. My sweet baby Johnny Depp seems unable to enunciate when he’s not in character. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/5 "2017-07-27T12:40:07Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I think she’s a fine actress and a beautiful woman, but I’m not all that fond of Scarlet Johansson’s nasal voice. Yeah SJ was the first person I thought of when I saw the thread title. But really, any actress with what could be described as a “husky” voice, which seems to have been the preferred style for actresses back in the mid-20th century (or maybe it was because they each smoked approximately 37 cartons of cigarettes a day.) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/6 "2017-07-27T12:42:15Z")
Fran Drescher made her career on her face, figure and, er, odd voice. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/7 "2017-07-27T14:31:54Z")
Miley Cyrus’s speaking voice sounds like an 80 year old smoker. It works when she is singing, but not when talking. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/8 "2017-07-27T14:43:22Z")
I noticed this a bit on Two And A Half Men, many of the lovely one-episode-only women had beautiful Californian little girl accents; some though sounded like they were raised by crows. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/9 "2017-07-27T15:03:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Fran Drescher made her career on her face, figure and, er, odd voice. Funny thing about her. When she was first starting out, she got vocal training to get rid of the nasal quality to her voice, and develop a more neutral accent. But it didn’t help her career the way she thought it would, so she went back to how she naturally spoke and, as you say, made a career on it. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/10 "2017-07-27T16:41:54Z")
Not a famous person, but one of the pretty young summer interns, who just left the law firm, had the voice of too much vodka and alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/11 "2017-07-27T16:52:47Z")
[Jennifer Richards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roj-gE2t6CU) is typically associated with being a modern-day Marilyn Monroe but [can talk like a trucker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roj-gE2t6CU&t=2m50s). ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/12 "2017-07-27T17:03:32Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Funny thing about her. When she was first starting out, she got vocal training to get rid of the nasal quality to her voice, and develop a more neutral accent. > > But it didn’t help her career the way she thought it would, so she went back to how she naturally spoke and, as you say, made a career on it. [Makes you wonder which voice](https://youtu.be/1DJ8B1ek_L0?t=70) is real. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/13 "2017-07-27T17:24:04Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > [Makes you wonder which voice](https://youtu.be/1DJ8B1ek_L0?t=70) is real. I’ve met her a few times and her voice is somewhere in between. She’s definitely a bit nasally but her accent is much more subtle and her voice not as high pitched. Very nice woman. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/14 "2017-07-27T17:52:54Z")
Maybe it’s because he’s surrounded by all those well-spoken Shakespearean actors in the LOTR movies, but Viggo Mortenson’s voice often sounded like he was first cousin to Donald Duck, at least to me. I irritate my husband by calling him “Quacker” when he comes onscreen. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/15 "2017-07-27T18:08:58Z")
I can’t believe I almost forgot to mention Jennifer Lopez. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/16 "2017-07-27T18:27:30Z")
John Travolta, in the movie Grease - I don’t know if his voice is generally better, but the last note of “Summer Nights” makes me want to claw my ears out, and I’m pretty darned sure the reason is him and not Olivia Newton-John. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/17 "2017-07-27T22:30:32Z")
[Tress MacNeille](https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/f/ff/1219-1-.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100103192815), who does the voices of Mom on _Futurama_ and Agnes Skinner on _The Simpsons_. A [brief clip](https://youtu.be/DxF1IqBGUIQ) of her in action. To be fair, she was also Dot on _Animaniacs_, so she can turn it on and off. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/18 "2017-07-27T23:58:52Z")
If we’re categorizing Tress MacNeille as “beautiful” then I may as well add Shohreh Aghdashloo, from **The Expanse**. Her voice is so deep and grating to me that it almost took me out of the series. [Here’s](https://youtu.be/0_uTt8CKLqM) her in action. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/19 "2017-07-28T00:30:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [Tress MacNeille](https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/f/ff/1219-1-.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100103192815), who does the voices of Mom on _Futurama_ and Agnes Skinner on _The Simpsons_. A [brief clip](https://youtu.be/DxF1IqBGUIQ) of her in action. > > To be fair, she was also Dot on _Animaniacs_, so she can turn it on and off. And Babs Bunny ! Never forget Babs Bunny ! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246/20 "2017-07-28T00:31:04Z")
First person who says, “Kristen Schaal” gets punched in the nose! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246.md?page=2)