Category:Pat Welsh

Pat Welsh was a film voice actress. She was born in San Francisco, California on January 26th, 1915. Along with actress Debra Winger, Pat lent her raspy voice to the character of E.T. in Steven Spielberg's classic 1982 sci-fi/family film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. A year later, George Lucas cast her to provide the mechanical voice of Boushh, which was actually just Princess Leia in disguise in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Pat Welsh passed away in Green Valley, Arizona on January 26th, 1995 at the age of 79.

Notes & Trivia

 * Pat Welsh was first discovered by sound designer Ben Burtt.


 * The raspy voice used to portray E.T. and the disguised Leia Organa in Return of the Jedi is owed to a lifetime of chain-smoking.


 * Pat Welsh appeared on the Biography documentary in 2005.


 * Pat Welsh appeared in the 20-1 television documentary series in 2010.

Other works

 * Pat Welsh made an uncredited appearance in the 1940 film Waterloo Bridge.