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==Career== After her husband and she moved to New York, MacMillan lent her voice talents to numerous roles; as "[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]" on ''[[The New Casper Cartoon Show]]'', as "[[Gumby]]" on ''[[The Gumby Show]]'', as "[[Sweet Polly Purebred]]" in the ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' cartoons, and as "[[Davey and Goliath|Davey]]" on Seasons 4-5 of the claymation series ''[[Davey and Goliath]]'' among others. In addition to these roles, MacMillan also voiced the roles of [[John F. Kennedy Jr.|John-John]] and [[Caroline Kennedy]] in the world record setting ''[[The First Family (album)|The First Family]]'' album of 1962.<ref name="Newsday"/><ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="nytimes"/> In 1991, she provided narration for [[Saban Entertainment]]'s comedic "Sugar & Spice" subset of ''[[Funky Fables]]'' cartoons, which included ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''Thumbelina'', ''Heidi'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Cinderella'', and ''The Secret Garden''. In addition to her voice roles, MacMillan also appeared as an on-screen actress in various television and films roles. Her on-screen work included guest-starring roles on such television shows as ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[She's the Sheriff]]'', ''[[Webster (TV series)|Webster]]'' and ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]''. During this time, she also appeared in feature films, including ''Nightmare on the 13th Floor'', ''[[Big Business (1988 film)|Big Business]]'', ''[[Love at Stake]]'', ''Dangerous Intentions'', ''[[Big Bully (film)|Big Bully]]'', and ''[[Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry]]'' with [[Katharine Hepburn]].<ref name="Newsday"/> MacMillan appeared in numerous television commercials, but perhaps her most visible acting role was the part she played in the 1980s as the sweet, demure, naive "Aunt Martha" opposite Ruth Manning's "Aunt Harriet" for [[Kraft Foods|Kraft Foods mayonnaise]] commercials. Upon returning to Vancouver with her husband in the mid-1990s, MacMillan joined the [[CFRO-FM|Co-Op Radio]]'s Sunday show for senior citizens and was a board member of the local 411 Seniors Centre.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="nytimes"/> While in Canada, MacMillan went on to voice characters in a number of later animated series and films such as ''Funky Fables'', ''[[Fat Dog Mendoza]]'', ''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]'', ''[[Generation O!]]'', ''Milo's Bug Quest'' and ''The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer''.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="nytimes"/>
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