When Babe was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture Cavanaugh attended the 1996 Oscars ceremony carrying a jeweled pig shaped pink handbag designed by Judith Leiber.
Cavanaugh was born Christine Josephine Sandberg on Aug. 16 1963 in Layton Utah to Waldo and Rheta Sandberg. She was raised by her mamma Margaret Sandberg. When Christine was 15 Margaret died and Christine was taken in by Kirt and Linda Johnson who she considered her parents for the rest of her life according to a paid obituary written by her family.
Christine graduated from Layton High School in 1981 and attended Utah State University before transferring to the University of Hawaii. That s where she met her future husband Keith James Cavanaugh. They married in 1985 and later divorced.
Cavanaugh s acting career began in 1988. Her big break came when she voiced the role of Gosalyn Waddlemeyer Mallard on Disney s TV series Darkwing Duck.
Her other voice credits included The Critic Aaahh Real Monsters and Sonic the Hedgehog. Her on camera roles included guest spots on ER Everybody Loves Raymond and Cheers and a role in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire.
Cavanaugh retired from acting in 2001 and moved back to Utah to be closer to her family.
She is survived by her adopted father Kirt Johnson and his wife Paula Thompson in Cedar City siblings Deionn Masock and Kirtis Johnson six half siblings and numerous nieces and nephews.
According to her paid obituary the family conducted a memorial stone cemetery on Antelope Island one of Cavanaugh s favorite places.
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