Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950)[1] is an American actress. Known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, Kavner first attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the younger sister of Valerie Harper's title character in the sitcom Rhoda, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also voices other characters for The Simpsons, including Marge's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier, and half-step-great-aunt Eunice Bouvier.
Known for her improvisation and distinctive "honeyed gravel voice",[2] Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda in 1974. Starting in 1987, Kavner appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, and the producers asked Kavner to voice Marge. The shorts were spun off into The Simpsons.
Kavner has been described as "nearly reclusive";[2] part of her contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video.[3][4] For her work as Marge, Kavner received another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award nomination for her performance as the character in The Simpsons Movie (2007).
Typically cast as a "woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny",[2] Kavner grew to dislike playing such roles. In 1992, she starred in This Is My Life, her first leading role in a feature film. Kavner has also appeared in live-action roles in six films written by Woody Allen and in the Adam Sandler comedy Click.
^"Julie Kavner: A Private Person in Many Roles". Los Angeles Times. June 15, 1989. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. Known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons...
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male characters. JulieKavner voices Marge Simpson and Patty and Selma, as well as several minor characters. Castellaneta and Kavner had been a part of...
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films); Diane Keaton, Tony Sirico, and Fred Melamed (7 films each); JulieKavner, Tony Darrow and Wallace Shawn (6 films each); Judy Davis, Dianne Wiest...
seasons, and retained his former colleagues' trust. Dan Castellaneta, JulieKavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, and Hank Azaria guest star as their...
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