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Patty Wirtz is an actress who voiced BJ, Barney's best friend, in various Barney media. She was born in 1959 and married Doug Berke in 1996.
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Patricia Gerilyn "Patty" Wirtz (born July 31, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas) is an American voice actress who is best known as the original voice of BJ on Barney & Friends.
Barney & Friends
Patty Wirtz received a call from her Dallas agent who stated that they were casting for a new season of Barney & Friends, with a new boy dinosaur character who would appear alongside Barney and Baby Bop. Wirtz went to the ColorDynamics studio that was located in Allen, Texas to audition for the role. Wirtz was the last person to audition as she auditioned in front of Dennis DeShazer and Jim Rowley. Prior to her audition, she sent an audition cassette tape to ColorDynamics but never heard anything back. At the audition, DeShazer wanted a specific voice that was on her tape to sound like the new character. Wirtz voiced BJ from 1993 up until 2010 with a numerous amount of voice tweaks and changes.
•Prior to her casting on Barney & Friends, Wirtz had already known Julie Johnson, the voice of Baby Bop, for years as they've both worked at Casa Mañana. She has also known Bob Lavallee before as well.
•"A Rock N Roll Star" was the most challenging song for Patty Wirtz to sing due to it's range and high energy.
•Wirtz was meant to be interviewed for the documentary of I Love You, You Hate Me, but she had COVID‑19 when the crew was filming in Texas.
•Wirtz made a cameo in the episode "Bunches of Boxes" as a women sitting on the idea bench during the song "A Tisket, A Tasket".
1.The Body and The Voice of BJ - Purple Tales Podcast Episode 7
2.“I LOVE YOU, YOU HATE ME” DIRECTOR TOMMY AVALLONE | Film Threat Interviews October 15, 2022 Retrieved October 16, 2022
In Episode 178 of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show, we speak to Patty Wirtz! Patty has been a voice actress for more than 20 years, providing voiceover for radio ...
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Dec 4, 2020 · 26K views 3 years ago #findyourpurpleroad. Get ready to laugh and maybe even shed a tear or two, on a very special episode of Purple Roads with the original voices of Barney , Baby Bop & BJ. So ...
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BJ (voiced by Patty Wirtz): A seven-year-old yellow Protoceratops, BJ has been on the show since September 27, 1993. He is the older brother of Baby Bop, whom he frequently calls "Sissy" and occasionally calls by her name.
Apr 16, 2019 · 39K views 5 years ago. It's truly a magical reunion when Carey welcomes both BJs -- Patty "the voice" Wirtz and Kyle "the body" Nelson -- to share their Purple Tales. How did Patty come up...
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Patty Wirtz is one of the voice actors of Barney & Friends, a children's TV series about a purple dinosaur. She plays BJ, one of Barney's friends who loves to explore and learn new things.
