Created by Sue Rose, Pepper Ann was the first Disney animated television series to be created by a woman.
In 113 segments across 65 episodes, 12-year-old Jessica “Pepper Ann” Pearson (voiced by Kathleen Wilhoite) navigated the chaotic trials of Hazelnut Middle School while making the awkward transition from childhood to her teenage years.
The quirky, spunky, and fiercely independent seventh grader constantly tried to be “cool”, but her dramatic personality, bad timing, and nerdy tendencies often got in the way.
She coped with the anxieties of family life and school by retreating into vivid, humorous fantasy sequences that reflected and over-exaggerated her real-life dilemmas.
She lived at home with her loving, hard-working, fiercely supportive single mother, Lydia (voiced by April Winchell), and her tomboyish, deep-voiced younger sister, Moose (voiced by Pamela Adlon), who kept a cool, deadpan attitude.
Her best friends were the softly spoken, overachieving, studious Nicky Little (voiced by Clea Lewis), who often served as the voice of reason, and Milo Kamalani (voiced by Danny Cooksey), an eccentric, highly dramatic bohemian artist.
Guest voices on the series included Get Smartand Inspector Gadget star Don Adams as the principal of Hazelnut Middle School, Luke Perry, Bebe Neuwirth, Mark Hamill, Will Ferrell, Shari Belafonte, Alex Trebek, and George Takei.
Pepper Ann Pearson (Voice)
Kathleen Wilhoite Nicky Little (Voice)
Clea Lewis Milo Kamalani (Voice)
Danny Cooksey Lydia Pearson (Voice)
April Winchell Moose Pearson (Voice)
Pamela Adlon
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The quirky, spunky, and fiercely independent seventh grader constantly tried to be “cool”, but her dramatic personality, bad timing, and nerdy tendencies often got in the way.
She lived at home with her loving, hard-working, fiercely supportive single mother, Lydia (voiced by April Winchell), and her tomboyish, deep-voiced younger sister, Moose (voiced by Pamela Adlon), who kept a cool, deadpan attitude.
