Once she graduated, Parris moved to
Hollywood, California and studied voice acting under the guidance of
Daws Butler (voice of
Yogi Bear) as a student in his voice acting workshop. Her first television voice-over role was Shelly on
Jabberjaw (1976) produced by
Hanna-Barbera. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, other voice-over credits included ''
Yogi's Space Race, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Shirt Tales, The Littles, The Smurfs, Sherlock Hound, Dumbo's Circus, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series, DuckTales and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, as well as numerous roles on the Disneyland Records read-along storybook recordings for Pinocchio, Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Mary Poppins and Pete's Dragon. She has voiced the character of Princess Leia for the read-along storybook records of the original Star Wars'' trilogy. Parris has also voiced
Daisy Duck on two occasions: the 1983
Mickey Mouse theatrical featurette ''
Mickey's Christmas Carol'' and at the beginning of a song called "Girl Talk" having a brief telephone conversation with
Minnie Mouse (voiced by
Russi Taylor) on the 1986 children's LP
Totally Minnie. She is also known for having frequently voiced the character of
Kanga on
Winnie the Pooh TV series, read-along storybooks and video games. She occasionally voiced the role of Mary Barclay on the
Focus on the Family radio drama
Adventures in Odyssey from 1989 to 1992 and again in 2002. Although she is primarily a behind-the-scenes actress, Parris has done a few on-camera appearances, including the made-for-television film
Attack on Fear (1984), a 1985 episode of the
prime time soap opera
Knots Landing and several commercials. She has also provided vocals to live-action feature films such as
Wolfen,
Gor II,
White Fang and ''
Look Who's Talking Now''. ==Filmography==