Philece Sampler

Debra Philece Sampler (July 16, 1953 - July 1, 2021) was an American voice actress and television actress, whose credits include various characters in anime. She also went by the aliases of Sue Beth Arden, Victoria Pryne, and Debra Cunningham. She got her start on the serial Days of Our Lives and the soap opera Another World.

Philece's vocal range demonstrated the ability to play male roles (Cody from Digimon, in which she also voiced Mimi), old women roles (Tiptory in Eureka Seven and Toph in The Legend of Korra), as well as being able to use her normal voice in many roles.

Career
After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1975 with a drama degree, she went to Hollywood and quickly landed guest roles in a few TV movie and TV series, including an episode of The Incredible Hulk.

Sampler first made a name of herself playing Renée DuMonde on the soap Days of Our Lives. The Renee character became the focus of a major 1983 murder mystery, resulting in one of the most spectacular send-offs in daytime history. After leaving Days of our Lives in September 1983, she went on to the TV series Rituals, which ran from 1984–1985. The show also starred future soap stars Mary Beth Evans (Kayla, Days) and Jon Lindstrom (Kevin, GH), as well as veteran so star Kin Shriner (ex-Scotty, GH; ex-Brian, B&B) and Tina Louise (Ginger from Gilligan's Island.) After Rituals, Philece went on to Another World in 1986 to play Donna Love, a role she took over from originating actress Anna Stuart. She left AW iapn 1989 when Stuart reclaimed the role. She had a couple guest starring roles on TJ Hooker as Sue Ann and on Hunter as Casey. She then took a sabbatical to Japan with her then-fiance. She returned to the US with a few screenplays and formed Philman Entertainment, a production company.

Sampler worked as associate producer of the Los Angeles stage hit Sordid Lives by Del Shores. She performed in UPN's animated series, The Incredible Hulk, as the voice of Betty Ross. She remains pals with her former Days of our Lives love-interest Gregg Marx (David Banning). She performed a voice over on Real Monsters - "Ollie Ollie Oxen Free." She did a voice on Nickelodeon's Rugrats, where she played Emma (Chuckie's love interest) in the episode "He Saw, She Saw". She later voiced Francine, a character from the Rugrats spin-off series All Grown Up! and was well known for voicing Mimi Tachikawa in the anime series Digimon.

Live-Action roles

 * The Incredible Hulk "Dark Side" - Laurie Schulte (1980)
 * Days of Our Lives - Renée DuMonde (1981–83, 1984)
 * Rituals (1984–85) - Lacey Jarrett Gallagher
 * Another World (1987–89) - Donna Love Hudson
 * The Interior - Gloria (2007)

Anime/Animation roles

 * A Letter to Momo - Grandmother
 * Ai Yori Aoshi - Taeko Minazuki
 * Arc the Lad - Robby
 * Argento Soma - Ai
 * Battle B-Daman - Mie, Ms. Karat
 * BlazBlue Alter Memory - Taokaka
 * Bleach - Ayame, Chizuru Honsho, Waineton (Cain's Doll)
 * Blue Exorcist - Shimei's Grandmother (Ep. 4), Ryuji Suguro (Young, Ep. 5)
 * Brigadoon - Lili, Tamemi Ebichya, Wakana Konno
 * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Beauty
 * Bottle Fairy - Sarara
 * Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2 - The Sealed Card - Kaho Mizuki, Spinel Sun (small form) (Leave it to Kero-chan! short)
 * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - HiTV reporter (Ep. 21), Additional Voices
 * Daigunder - Dr. Bridget
 * Digimon Adventure - Mimi Tachikawa
 * Digimon Adventure 02 - Cody Hida, Mimi Tachikawa
 * Digimon Tamers - Alice McCoy
 * Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon -Riley Ohtori Jeri Katou
 * Digimon Frontier - Floramon, Shinya Kanbara
 * Digimon Data Squad - Nanami, Thomas's Mother (Ep. 15)
 * Dinozaurs - Rena
 * éX-Driver - Lorna Endou
 * Eureka Seven - Tiptory (Ep. 8-9)
 * Fafner in the Azure - Kiyomi Kaname, Ikumi Nishio
 * Figure 17 - Mina Sawada, Kyoko Iburagi
 * Great Teacher Onizuka - Chikako Shiari (Ep. 9-43), Hidemi Ohta, Tomoko Nomura
 * .hack//Liminality - Kiyoka
 * Haré+Guu - Haré
 * Here is Greenwood - Sumire Hasukawa, Dorm Lady (Media Blasters dub)
 * Idaten Jump - Kakeru Sakamaki, Sho's Mom
 * Idol Project - Layla B. Simmons
 * Kill la Kill - Mataro Mankanshoku
 * Kyo Kara Maoh - Nicola
 * Last Exile - Alister Agrew, Claus Valca (Young)
 * Legend of Korra -Toph (Book 4)
 * Love Hina - Tsuruko Aoyama
 * Lucky Star - Hiyori Tamura
 * Marmalade Boy - Asst. Principal Kyoto
 * Mars Daybreak - Anya
 * Mobile Suit Gundam F91 - Manuela Panopa
 * Mouse - Mei's Grandmother, Samasa Morijima
 * Please Twins - Futaba Mashita
 * Requiem from the Darkness - Shiragiku, Tatsuta
 * Rozen Maiden - Mitsu 'Micchan' Kusakabe
 * Rurouni Kenshin - Makimachi Misao
 * Sakura Wars: The Movie - Tsubaki Takamura
 * Samurai Champloo - Budokiba
 * Samurai Girl Real Bout High School - Madoka Mitsurugi
 * SD Gundam Force - Mayor Margaret Gathermoon, Noah
 * Shinzo - Binka
 * The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series) - Betty Ross (1997)
 * The Seven Deadly Sins - Mead
 * The Twelve Kingdoms - Gobo
 * Tokko - Sakura Rokujo
 * Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Kelly
 * Tweeny Witches: The Adventures - Iga (Ep. 5)
 * Ultra Maniac - Maya Orihara
 * Vandread - Barnette Orangello
 * Viewtiful Joe - Silvia
 * Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Jerusha
 * X - Yuzuriha Nekoi, Tokiko Magami
 * Zatch Bell! - Lori

Video games

 * Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - Z'an Al'urin
 * Blue Dragon - Child, Female Village, Devour Village Old Woman
 * BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - Taokaka
 * BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma - Taokaka
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Taokaka
 * Castlevania Judgement - Maria Renard (English voice)
 * Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Maria Renard (English voice)
 * Gods Eater Burst - Ren
 * Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Yumedono
 * Suikoden V - Lymsleia
 * Moshi Monsters - Zack Binspin

Documentary

 * Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself