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To fans of the G.I. Joe cartoon, Morgan Lofting was a legend as the voice and embodiment of The Baroness. I fell in love with the character because of her iconic characterization of Anastasia DeCobray. Very sad to hear that she has passed.

From @hollywoodreporter:

Morgan Lofting, the veteran voice actress best known for her turn as the Baroness, the ruthless Cobra chief intelligence officer who brought chaos to G.I. Joe animated series and movies, has died. She was 84. 

The voice actress also portrayed Aunt May and the Black Cat for a 1981-82 Spider-Manseries and Moonracer and Firestar for a 1985 Transformers series, and she did voice work on the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring Total Recall (1990), too.

Lofting came up with a European accent for the dark-haired Baroness, a sexy master of disguise and expert in weapons and hand-to-hand combat who sported black-rimmed eyeglasses and a tight black leather outfit.

She voiced the terrorist in G.I. Joe miniseries in 1983, ’84 and ’89; for four seasons of two series that aired in 1985-86 and 1990-91; in the 1986 TV movie G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!; and in 1987’s straight-to-video G.I. Joe: The Movie.

Her co-star Mike Bell joked that there was “blood on the control room window” after she would shout “Cobraaaa!” she recalled in a 2017 interview.

During that chat, she expressed amazement that the shows she worked on years ago still resonated.

“You take your money, and you go home, and then 30 years later someone says, ‘Hi, I want you to meet my spouse and my children, and you were so important to me when I was growing up,’” she said. “You begin to realize that these characters help people through their lives.”

Born in Cincinnati on Feb. 2, 1940, Lofting also appeared on four episodes of the CBS primetime soap Knots Landing in 1986-87 and in the 1988 film The Night Before, starring Keanu Reeves and Lori Loughlin.

Which Joe in each of those years (1 for 1982, 1 for 1983, 1 for 1986, 1 for 1990)

What type of animal sidekick for each of those Joes and what would their name be?

For example, for 1990 series, I would say Pathfinder. Animal would be a toucan. Its name would be Sam.

Edit: I guess I should exclude 1982, because Snake Eyes eventually got Timber.

Actually my two younger brothers and I DID get the U.S.S. Flagg in 1986 or 87 or thereabouts. I was the most awesome thing that had ever happened to us. Plus we had the Sky Striker AND the Dragonfly and the Tomahawk eventually.

No notes.

Created in Clip Studio. Saw this old comic book ad for the GI Joe video game. Wanted to recreate it.

Just replaced his O-ring. Man do I love this figure!

This is massive. I love it. Merry Cobra 🐍 to All

Best voice in biz. Love ya Morgan. Much to you and your family.