Robie Lester Biography

Fast Facts

• Devoted much of her time to fund raising and crusading for animal rights in her later years
• Majored in music at the University of California, Los Angeles
• Married producer Geoff Eccleston who survived her after her death to cancer at the age of 75
• Disney tunesmiths Richard and Robert Sherman brought her to the attention of Disney's in-house record label
• Joined the United States Air Corps after spending a few years in Detroit
• Recorded more single Disney records than any other performer, teaching children to read as the Disneyland Story Reader and various characters
• Known as the singing voice behind Eva Gabor in "The AristoCats" and "The Rescuers․"
• Was surprised to discover that a fan base had grown up around her work after her retirement
• Though she was born in Texas, she was raised in northern Ontario, Canada
• Retired to Fillmore, Calif․, to write novels