The female announcement voice in Escape from New York is generally credited to Kathleen Blanchard. Some fan discussions still associate the voice with Jamie Lee Curtis, but the more consistent credit is Blanchard.

What’s going on

There’s a long-running bit of trivia around this voice because it sounds a lot like Jamie Lee Curtis. However, the available credits and fan references point to Kathleen Blanchard as the narrator/announcement voice in the opening scenes.

Why the confusion

  • The voice is uncredited or inconsistently credited in some places.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis is also rumored to have done other voice work tied to the film universe, which keeps the confusion alive.
  • IMDb-style listings and forum comments most often separate the narrator from Curtis and name Blanchard instead.

TL;DR

Most evidence points to Kathleen Blanchard , not Jamie Lee Curtis, as the woman’s announcement voice in Escape from New York.