“Yep, Yep, Yep!”
If you are a true 90s kid you should immediately know who and where this quote came from. This quote is from Ducky. The cute little Saurolophus dinosaur from the movie, The Land Before Time.
Ducky from The Land Before Time
Ducky the Saurolophus lived a very optimistic and pleasant life at home with her mother, father, and many siblings. However, the voice behind this happy dinosaur was living quite the opposite lifestyle when compared to the little dinosaur. But who is the voice behind Ducky the Saurolophus? Judith Barsi.
Judith Barsi was a well known American child actress. She was discovered at the young age of five during one of her figure skating classes. It was Judith’s mother who helped catapult her career into action by marketing her daughter younger than she actually was in reality. Judith’s incredibly petite stature allowed her to land and play roles that were significantly younger than her actual age.
Judith was involved in over 70 commercials, multiple television shows, as well as three major motion films. She was the voice behind Ducky in The Land Before Time, as well as Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven. By the time little Judith was in the fourth grade she had been earning well over $100,000 a year. Judith’s six figure yearly earnings was the main income for her family and was what allowed her family to purchase a house in West Hills, Los Angeles.
Judith Barsi
Although her career was flourishing, Judith suffered a rather abusive home life. Her father was a belligerent and violent man whose behavior worsened when alcohol was involved.
Judith’s mother, Maria, tried to the best of her abilities to give Judith a normal childhood. However, the stress from acting in addition to Judith’s dysfunctional household took a significant toll on the young starlet. Judith began to gain weight, pluck her own eyelashes and eyebrows out, as well as pull out her cat’s whiskers. All of these actions and behaviors Judith was displaying suggested her home life was causing her to suffer both physically and mentally.
Unfortunately for the child actress, her father’s alcoholism and violent nature would make her home life worsen as time went on. The verbal and physical fights between her parents became an everyday routine.
Even as police and social services got more involved in the Barsi household Judith’s mother still resisted urges from family and friends to divorce Judith’s father and to move both her and Judith to an apartment away from this belligerently violent man.
On July 25, 1988, Judith’s father Jozef shot and killed Judith while she was sleeping. He then proceeded to kill her mother Maria that same evening. Two days later Jozef burned their bodies, set the house on fire, and shot himself in the head in the family’s garage.
Although Judith Barsi’s life was cut short, producers of The Land Before Time as well All Dogs Go to Heaven honored the child star in their films.
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