Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins, 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress. Barrie was born in Hong Kong to English parents. Her father was a successful lawyer and King's Counsel, F.C. Jenkins. She received her education at a convent school in England and a finishing school in Switzerland. While still in her teens, she began pursuing a career as an actress, helped by her red-gold hair and blue eyes. She adopted the stage name Wendy Barrie in honour of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, who was her godfather. She began
Wendy the Good Little Witch appearance in the theatrical Paramount Casper cartoon short, "Which is Witch" (1958). She was voiced by Mae Questel. In 1963, she became a frequent supporting character in the animated TV series, "The New Casper Cartoon Show", and was voiced by Norma MacMillan (who also voiced Casper). Christina Ricci's character of Kat in Universal's "Casper" movie was originally named Wendy in the script, but to avoid having to purchase the rights to the Wendy character, the name was changed at the last minute. The film does, however, show several hints that the character was originally Wendy, such as the red hoodie