# Looking for actors/actresses with beautiful speaking voices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435 "2012-05-09T22:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/21 "2012-05-10T06:11:33Z")
Peter Ustinov. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. Paul Frees. Vincent Price. Meg Foster. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/22 "2012-05-10T06:34:05Z")
I don’t know her name but the woman who does the radio and tv ads for Kaiser Permanente health plans has a terrific voice. Kind of low and insinuating and, well, dirty in a nice respectable way. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/23 "2012-05-10T06:43:49Z")
I thought of two off the top of my head: Claudia Black, although the accent plays a heavy part, and Seth McFarlane, who always sounds like he’s speaking with radio studio EQ. I have a hard time believing his is his real voice. ---
**Author:** ![PalJuicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@PalJuicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PalJuicy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/24 "2012-05-10T09:54:55Z")
James Mason Peter O’Toole ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/25 "2012-05-10T10:01:40Z")
Kathleen Turner, I am a straight woman but her voice is sexy! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/26 "2012-05-10T10:02:52Z")
Joan Greenwood > **[Joan Greenwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Greenwood)** > > Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She played Sibella in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, and also appeared in The Man in the White Suit (1951), Young Wives' Tale (1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and Little Dorrit (1987). > Greenwood worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career, appearing with Donal... ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/27 "2012-05-10T10:10:55Z")
Christina Pickles did the ads for a gourmet grocer here in California for years and she sounded great. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/28 "2012-05-10T10:54:13Z")
I wish to have Alan Rickman telling me bedtime stories, and James Earle Jones revealing the Divine Plan for my life. I may be a traitor to my gender, but I can’t think of any women’s voices that I like right now. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/29 "2012-05-10T11:07:21Z")
Alec Baldwin Andre Braugher ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/30 "2012-05-10T13:13:26Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I don’t know her name but the woman who does the radio and tv ads for Kaiser Permanente health plans has a terrific voice. Kind of low and insinuating and, well, dirty in a nice respectable way. Oh, I _hate_ those commercials. She sounds so much like Mariette Hartley, but turns out it’s Allison Janney. “We’re Kaiser Permanente, and we stand for puppydogs and quinoa and treehugging and cardiovascular health and salsa dancing and organic olive oil and cute freckled babies and not filling out forms! and we’ll never send you a bill and all our care is free! because it’s all about you! because we want you to thrive!” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/31 "2012-05-10T13:24:40Z")
I heard a piece for radio done by Jeffrey Tambour a while back. Tambour is so frequently cast on camera as a buffoon that you don’t notice his voice so much, but stripped of the visuals and just telling a story his voice really comes into its own - not just the timbre [pun not intended] but his subtle vocal acting skill. Really amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/32 "2012-05-10T14:23:45Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Oh, I _hate_ those commercials. She sounds so much like Mariette Hartley, but turns out it’s Allison Janney. > > “We’re Kaiser Permanente, and we stand for puppydogs and quinoa and treehugging and cardiovascular health and salsa dancing and organic olive oil and cute freckled babies and not filling out forms! and we’ll never send you a bill and all our care is free! because it’s all about you! because we want you to thrive!” Wow. That’s a pretty strong reaction… ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/33 "2012-05-10T14:45:42Z")
Clancy Brown Charles Dance Francesca Annis Rachel Weisz ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/34 "2012-05-10T15:18:31Z")
I’ll listen to Hugh Laurie speak in British or American! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/35 "2012-05-10T15:24:13Z")
Though not quite “beautiful” to my ear, Martin Sheen’s voice is unique, distinctive, and compelling. ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/36 "2012-05-10T15:30:31Z")
Dennis Haysbert - the guy from the Allstate commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/37 "2012-05-10T16:41:44Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Wow. That’s a pretty strong reaction… Kaiser Permanente has a strong presence here and is flooding the market with those commercials, both radio and TV. The one where she puts the phony little laugh in her voice is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/38 "2012-05-10T20:15:38Z")
I recommend: [Teller](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854418/) The non-speaking half of Penn and Teller. I heard him on a radio interview and he has the most mellifluous voice. It’s ironic that the talking half of the duo has a harsh, raspy voice and the non-talking half has a voice that is wonderful to listen to. J. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/39 "2012-05-10T21:25:36Z")
Sam Elliott. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-actors-actresses-with-beautiful-speaking-voices/621435/40 "2012-05-10T21:35:11Z")
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