Michelle Nicastro a singer and actress who was the voice behind the swan in the animated feature "The Swan Princess," has died at age 50. (March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010)
Life and career
Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist.[1] She provided the voice of Princess Odette in The Swan Princess and its sequels, The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain and The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom, and the singing voice of Callisto for the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "The Bitter Suite". She also had guest starring roles in Airwolf and Knight Rider. She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. In 1996 she played Snow White in Coach episode "Grimmworld" as the girlfriend of Michael "Dauber" Daubinski (Bill Fagerbakke). Nicastro also had a small role in Full House as Roxanne. She also played Lois "Old Lady" Scranton on an episode of Who's The Boss?. From September 1989 to May 1990 she appeared as singer Sasha Schmidt on Santa Barbaraduring one of its Daytime-Emmy-award-winning years.On the stage, she created the role of Ariadne in the 1983 Broadway musical Merlin. She was the first Eponine in the second US tour of Les Misérables in 1988.
Nicastro has recorded four albums released on the Varese Saraband label. Two albums, Toonful and Toonful Too feature songs from animated musicals, Reel Imagination features songs from family musicals, and On My Own features songs from contemporary Broadway musicals, including her version of On My Own. They feature Paul Goldberg on drums and percussion, Walt Fowler on trumpet, Jimmy Hoff on bass, and Lanny Meyers piano/arranger.
Death
Nicastro died of breast and brain cancer on November 4, 2010 at her home with her family.[2] An episode of The Event originally aired November 15, 2010, is dedicated to her memory.
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