Cree Summer Francks is an African American-Canadian actress, voice actress, and singer, who is best known for being the original voice of Penny in the 1983 animated series of Inspector Gadget. Her other well-known voice roles include Elmyra Duff in Warner Bros.' Tiny Toon Adventures (as well as its subsequent crossover series), Susie Carmichael in Nickelodeon's Rugrats, Maxine "Max" Gibson in Batman Beyond, Numbuh 5 in Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom, Magma and Cynder in the video games X-Men Legends and The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (respectively), Dulcy Dragon in season 2 of the SatAM version of Sonic the Hedgehog, Cleo in the PBS Kids series Clifford the Big Red Dog, Penelope the dragon in Barbie as Rapunzel, Lizzie (Big Daddy's daughter) in The Land Before Time franchise, and Ace in DreamWorks' Dinotrux.
Summer has also done work on several Disney productions, most notably voicing Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and its sequel. Additionally, she will portray an unconfirmed character in the 2025 Marvel/Disney+ series Ironheart.
Filmography
Films
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Kida, Kida's Mother
- Atlantis: Milo's Return - Kida
- Bambi II: Mena
- An Extremely Goofy Movie - Co-Ed (girl at club)
- Toy Story 4: Additional voices
Television shows
- Bonkers - Alto the Young Toon Saxophone (one episode)
- Gargoyles - Hyena
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Savy SL2 (one episode)
- The Buzz on Maggie - Rayna Cartflight
- Dave the Barbarian - Mona, Nona, Sheebor (one episode)
- Jungle Cubs - Prince Louie (season 2)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series - Princess
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series - Lana, additional voices
- The Little Mermaid TV series - Pearl
- Disney's Doug - Beebe Bluff (commercials and bumpers only)
- Kim Possible - Additional voices
- The Proud Family - Peabo and Dijonay's siblings
- The Replacements - Nature Activist (one episode)
- The Weekenders - Mrs. Descartes, Penny Descartes, Todd Descartes
- Henry Hugglemonster - Denzel Dugglemonster, Maude Dugglemonster
- Sheriff Callie's Wild West - Priscilla Skunk, Polly May Porcupine
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero - Additional voices
- Guardians of the Galaxy TV series - Nebula, Meredith Quill, Victoria of Spartax
- Miles from Tomorrowland - Maya Kitumba, Tech Bot (one episode)
- Avengers Assemble - Darlene Wilson (one episode)
- Pepper Ann - Tessa and Vanessa James
- Ultimate Spider-Man - Madame Web
- W.I.T.C.H. - Ember, the Pain
- Vampirina - Edna Peepleson
- DuckTales (2017) - Pink Terra-firmian, Amunet
- Amphibia - Dr. Frakes
- Puppy Dog Pals - Ana, Cassie (Ana's mother)
- Muppet Babies - Skeeter
- Big Hero 6: The Series - Crushroom
- Hamster & Gretel - Christine DePoulet, Librarian, Vicky Huxley
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures - Marlaa Jinara
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Aragorn
- Ironheart - TBA
Video games
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Kida, Atlantean Child
Roles
Alto
(Bonkers)
(Bonkers)
Co-Ed 3
(An Extremely Goofy Movie)
(An Extremely Goofy Movie)
Dijonay's siblings
(The Proud Family)
(The Proud Family)
Savvy SL2
(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
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Todd Descartes
(The Weekenders)
(The Weekenders)
Polly May Porcupine
(Sheriff Callie's Wild West)
(Sheriff Callie's Wild West)
Victoria of Spartax
(Guardians of the Galaxy)
(Guardians of the Galaxy)
Darlene Wilson
(Avengers Assemble)
(Avengers Assemble)
Dog Show Judge
(Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
(Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
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Lana
(Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
(Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Mona
(Dave the Barbarian)
(Dave the Barbarian)
Nona
(Dave the Barbarian)
(Dave the Barbarian)
Sheebor
(Dave the Barbarian)
(Dave the Barbarian)
Nature activist
(The Replacements)
(The Replacements)
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Maude Dugglemonster
(Henry Hugglemonster)
(Henry Hugglemonster)
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Ana
(Puppy Dog Pals)
(Puppy Dog Pals)
Amunet
(Ducktales reboot)
(Ducktales reboot)
Crushroom
(Big Hero 6: The Series)
(Big Hero 6: The Series)
Christine DePoulet
(Hamster & Gretel)
(Hamster & Gretel)
Librarian
(Hamster & Gretel)
(Hamster & Gretel)
Vicky Huxley
(Hamster & Gretel)
(Hamster & Gretel)
Gallery
Cree Summer behind the scenes of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Cree Summer at the premiere of Atlantis: The Lost Empire in June 2001.
Trivia
- Her father is Canadian voice actor Don Francks, and her mother is Lili Francks, an actress of African-American and Native American descent.
External links
Cree Summer on Wikipedia
Cree Summer on IMDb
Cree Summer on 𝕏
Cree Summer on Instagram
