Gerri Lawlor
Gerri Lee Lawlor was an American actress, voice actress and homeless advocate. She was the co-creator, along with Marc Gimbel and Stephen Kearin, of the fictitious Simlish language used in The Sims.
Lawlor was the voice of numerous Sims in The Sims, The Sims Livin' Large, ', The Sims Makin' Magic, The Sims 2, The Sims Life Stories, ', and SimCity 4.
Lawlor played the "Vanna White" hostess in the 3DO game Twisted.
In her spare time, Lawlor was a homeless advocate. In the #BeRobin campaign of 2014, Lawlor performed improvised music and comedy on the street to raise money for the homeless with Margaret Cho. Some of those performances appeared in the 2016 documentary #BeRobin The Movie by Kurt Weitzmann.
Lawlor starred as Elizabeth Goodman in the deconstructive comedic film Suckerfish in 1999. She was the voice of "The Bully" in the Annie Award-winning animated short Hubert's Brain.
Lawlor was a Company Player at BATS Improv.
Lawlor died on January 28, 2019 from causes unknown.
