Who is in Tower of Terror?

[kay1864]

I was watching a "making of' video featuring the ToT "family" (the five people in the elevator), and was curious who played the woman. A Disney wiki site says it's Melora Hardin (aka Jan Levinson on The Office), but the shot below doesn't look like her. Melora is the woman in the (not-well-regarded) movie of ToT, but I don't think she's in the attraction video.

Anyone know?

Movie:

 

[Ermise]

Nevermind I think this was your source as well......no new info here.

From disney.fandom.com:

The opening sequence from Seasons 4 and 5 of The Twilight Zone plays, followed by an explanation of the events hosted by Rod Serling: the story of how one of the main lobby elevators plummeted after being struck by lightning, causing the five people inside (Claire Poulet, Gilbert London, Dewey Todd, Sally Shine and Emeline Partridge) to vanish into the Twilight Zone. He then invites the guests to step aboard the maintenance service elevators, which sadly are the only elevators still in operation in the hotel.

 

[Robo]

Melora Hardin was also famous as portraying Trudy Monk, the late wife of Adrian Monk on Tony Shaloub's long-running comic detective series Monk.

 

[IluvMGM]

The little girl is the only one played by the same actress in the movie and ride video.

 

[Robo]

The little girl is the only one played by the same actress in the movie and ride video.

How do you know?
The girl in the ride video does not look at all to me like the girl in the movie version.
The girl in the movie has a rounded face and fuller cheeks.
The girl in the ride clip has thinner, almost tri-angular face.

Below, to aid comparison, I put both images side-by-side, and both B&W.


. . . . . . . Cast from Made-for-TV Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cast in Video used in Pre-Show and Ride. . . . .

 

[fractalpotato]

Melora is the woman in the (not-well-regarded) movie of ToT

Admittedly it's objectively terrible, but I adore that movie. Watch it every year.

Matt

 

[IluvMGM]

How do you know?
The girl in the ride video does not look at all to me like the girl in the movie version.
The girl in the movie has a rounded face and fuller cheeks.
The girl in the ride clip has thinner, almost tri-angular face.

Below, to aid comparison, I put both images side-by-side, and both B&W.

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. . . . . . . Cast from Made-for-TV Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cast in Video used in Pre-Show and Ride. . . . .

There are a few years age difference in the pictures. If you Google it, lots of sites say it. For example:

Behind the scenes

Sally is portrayed by Lindsay Ridgeway in the pre-ride introduction video. Ridgeway later reprised her role in the 1997 television film.

 

[kay1864]

Nevermind I think this was your source as well......no new info here.

From disney.fandom.com:

The opening sequence from Seasons 4 and 5 of The Twilight Zone plays, followed by an explanation of the events hosted by Rod Serling: the story of how one of the main lobby elevators plummeted after being struck by lightning, causing the five people inside (Claire Poulet, Gilbert London, Dewey Todd, Sally Shine and Emeline Partridge) to vanish into the Twilight Zone. He then invites the guests to step aboard the maintenance service elevators, which sadly are the only elevators still in operation in the hotel.

Also, those are the names of the characters, not the actors. And they are the names from the movie (as far as we know the attraction characters don't have names).

 

[I Miss Disney]