Barbara Ratthey

Barbara Ratthey (b. 1946) is a German actress who voiced Ethyl Phillips on Die Dinos, the German dub of Dinosaurs. She also dubbed Mab in Merlin and Miss Lory in Alice in Wonderland.

Barbara Ratthey trained with the noted acting teacher Max Reinhardt in Berlin, and performed on stage, in TV, and in the 1967 German film Rockys Messer. Around the same time, she transitioned to voice dubbing. Ratthey's best known voice role is dubbing Estelle Getty in The Golden Girls; coincidentally, she shares the same distinction with the French and Spanish actresses who dubbed Ethyl in Dinosaurs.

Ratthey has also dubbed various guest stars on Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Anne Bancroft in Jesus of Nazareth, Cloris Leachman in High Anxiety, Ruby Dee in The Stand, and Pat Crawford Brown in Daredevil. Animation dub roles include Ma Beagle in Ducktales, Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run, Molly Grue in The Last Unicorn, and the witch in Howl's Moving Castle.