During the analysis of a thirty-seven-year-old actress, the unconscious fantasy of the voice as phallus was uncovered. This imagery was part of a more general unconscious wish for a masculine identity. The nuclear problem, her difficulty in accepting the feminine sexual role, was based mainly on her identification with a castrating mother for whom the voice seemed to have similar significance. In her professional work and in her object relationships, the voice assumed a predominant importance. Voice loss and voice difficulties were equated with castration.

Reference is made to the common unconscious meaning of the voice as phallus in professional singers and actors. A lengthy case report with a review of the pertinent analytic literature is included.