Karen Bernstein

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Karen Bernstein
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1977–2005
Known forOriginal English voice of Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon

Karen Bernstein is a Canadian retired voice actress. She is best known in North America as the original English voice of Sailor Mercury in the Canadian dubbing of the first two seasons of Sailor Moon . She was replaced by Liza Balkan.

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Bernstein is also known for voicing Hello Kitty in the mid-1990s, and for portraying Tara Belle and Jett in Beverly Hills Teens in the 1980s.

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Television

Video games

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Karen Bernstein (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 19, 2021. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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