San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater (1986). Inventing In 1991, Chartoff and fellow voice actor Michael Bell conceived the Grayway Rotating Drain, a greywater recycling device for reuse of shower and sink water in the home. The following year, they finished and patented the product with the help of Ronald K. Ford. Voice acting and current projects Chartoff's first voice-over work was a guest role on Challenge of the Super Friends. She has continued her work as an in-demand voice actress and also takes occasional TV and stage roles. She works as a coach to both actors and non-actors to make them more charismatic in public performances. In 2005, she interviewed Laraine Newman for Autograph Collector magazine. She writes for The Huffington Post, The Jewish Journal, Defenestration Magazine, and The Funny Times. She performs her original material at such Los Angeles venues as Comedy Central's "Sit n' Spin," "Tasty Words," and "I Love a Good Story." Rugrats From 1991 to 2008, Chartoff voiced Didi Pickles and her mother Grandma Minka on the Nickelodeon series Rugrats, for which she won a Daytime Emmy. She continued to voice Didi on the Rugrats spin-off series, All Grown Up!. For the 2021 revival series of the same name, Chartoff was replaced by actress Ashley Spillers. Awards Aside from Drama-Logue and Daytime Emmy Awards, she was cited by the City of Hope for creating and producing the yearly event Halloween for Hope to benefit children's cancer research and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Mayor of Los Angeles for her concerts for the homeless. She is listed in Who's Who in California, and Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links Patent 5274861 information "Actress Stars as Inventor", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 2, 2015. Profile, TheaterMania.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015. 1948 births Living people Actresses from New Haven, Connecticut Adelphi University alumni American sketch comedians American stage actresses American television actresses American voice actresses American women comedians Daytime Emmy Award winners Jewish American actresses Women inventors 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians 20th-century American inventors 21st-century American Jews