"voice is performed by Julie Kavner, who also does the voices of Marge's mother Jacqueline and her sisters Patty and Selma. Kavner had been part of the regular cast of ""The Tracey Ullman Show"". Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors. Part of Kavner's contract says that she will never have to promote ""The Simpsons"" on video and she rarely performs Marge's voice in public because she believes it ""destroys the illusion. People feel these are real people."""
"mother Margaret Groening. After appearing on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" for three seasons, the Simpson family received their own series on Fox, which debuted December 17, 1989. Marge is the matriarch of the Simpson family. With her husband Homer, she has three children: Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Marge is the moralistic force in her family and often provides a grounding voice in the midst of her family's antics by trying to maintain order in the Simpson household. She is often portrayed as a stereotypical television mother and is often included on lists of top ""TV moms"". She has appeared in"
"Julie Kavner Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. She 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 is best known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She also voices other characters for the show, including Marge’s mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, and sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier. Known for her improvisation and distinctive ""honeyed gravel voice"", Kavner was cast"
"to the character, stating, ""It's really weird to have people think you're a cartoon."" Marge's beehive hairstyle was inspired by the titular Bride in ""Bride of Frankenstein"" and the style that Margaret Groening wore during the 1960s, although her hair was never blue. Marge debuted with the rest of the Simpson family on April 19, 1987, in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"". In 1989, the shorts were adapted into ""The Simpsons"", a half-hour series airing on the Fox Network. Marge and the Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show. Matt Groening believes that episodes featuring"
"Marge Simpson Marjorie Jacqueline ""Marge"" Simpson ( Bouvier) is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"" and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Marge was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on ""Life in Hell"" but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his"
"Marge's older twin sisters. They are apparently in their mid-to-late 40s, since Selma has gone through menopause and they were shown as teenagers in flashbacks while Marge was still a small child. They work at the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess a strong dislike for their brother-in-law, Homer. Selma is the elder by two minutes, possesses a strong desire for family, and has been married and divorced six times, and also sought to have a child on numerous occasions despite her age. Her sister, Patty, is one of the show's few openly gay (or bisexual, as she once"
"was also nominated for an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for her performance in ""The Simpsons Movie"". In 2000, Marge, along with the rest of her family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ""The Simpsons"" uses a floating timeline (the characters do not physically age), and as such the show is generally assumed to be set in the current year. In several episodes, events have been linked to specific time periods, although this timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes. Marge Simpson is the wife of Homer and mother of Bart,"
"well-meaning and extremely patient wife of Homer and mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie. She often acts as the voice of reason, but displays exaggerated behavior traits of stereotypical mothers and takes the blatant dysfunctionality of her family for granted, unlike the other family members, who are aware that they are eccentric. Her most notable physical feature is her blue hair, styled into an improbably high beehive. Julie Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 for voicing Marge in the episode ""I Married Marge"". For her performance in ""The Simpsons Movie"", Kavner received a nomination for ""Best Voice Acting"
"Lisa and Maggie Simpson. She was raised by her parents, Jacqueline and Clancy Bouvier. She has a pair of sisters, the joyless Patty and Selma, both of whom vocally disapprove of Homer. In ""The Way We Was"" (season two, 1991), it is revealed via flashback that Marge attended Springfield High School, and in her final year met Homer Simpson, after they both were sent to detention—Homer for smoking in the bathroom with Barney, and Marge for burning her bra in a feminist protest. She was at first wary of Homer, but agreed to go to the prom with him, although"
"Patty and Selma Patty and Selma Bouvier () are fictional characters in the American animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"". They are identical twins (but with different hairstyles) and are both voiced by Julie Kavner. They are Marge Simpson's older twin sisters, who both work at the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess a strong dislike for their brother-in-law, Homer Simpson. Selma is the elder by two minutes, and longs for male companionship while her sister, Patty, is a lesbian. Kavner voices them as characters who ""suck the life out of everything"". Patty and Selma first appeared on the first ever"
"She was first referenced in a flashback in the episode, ""Moaning Lisa"" and made her first appearance in the episode ""Bart vs. Thanksgiving"". She had a spinster sister named Gladys, who is deceased; Jacqueline and her family attended her funeral in ""Selma's Choice"". Mr. Burns and Homer's father Abe Simpson once battled for her affections; she became engaged to Burns, but eventually decided not to marry either man, although she and Abe ran away together at the end of the episode anyway. Although it seems that she disapproves of Marge's marriage to Homer, stating that he is never to address"
"Bart Has Two Mommies ""Bart Has Two Mommies"" is the fourteenth episode of the seventeenth season of the American animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2006. One day, the Simpsons attend a church fundraiser for a new steeple. In spite of Homer's best efforts to cheat, Ned Flanders wins a rubber duck racing contest and wins a female-oriented computer called the FeMac, although he gives the computer to Marge because he does not have any use for it. After that, Homer tells Marge a secret about Bart, and"
"Maggie Simpson Margaret ""Maggie"" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She first appeared on television in the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Maggie was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. She received her first name from Groening's youngest sister. After appearing on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" for three years, the Simpson family was given their own series on the Fox Broadcasting Company which debuted December 17, 1989. Maggie is the youngest child of Homer and Marge,"
"Postal Service unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Marge and the four other members of the Simpson family. They are the first characters from a television series to receive this recognition while the show is still in production. The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009. Marge is depicted in much ""The Simpsons""-related merchandise, including T-shirts, baseball caps, bumper stickers, cardboard stand-ups, refrigerator magnets, key rings, buttons, dolls, posters and figurines. She has appeared in each of ""The Simpsons"" video games, including ""The Simpsons Game"", released in 2007. Besides the television"
"I Married Marge ""I Married Marge"" is the twelfth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 26, 1991. In the episode, Marge worries that she may yet again be pregnant and drives to Dr. Hibbert's office. While anxiously waiting, Homer begins to tell Bart, Lisa, and Maggie the story of how he and Marge got married and how Bart was born. Written by Jeff Martin and directed by Jeffrey Lynch, ""I Married Marge"" was the second flashback episode of ""The Simpsons"" after season two's ""The Way We Was""."
"Simpson family The Simpson family consists of fictional characters featured in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". The Simpsons are a nuclear family consisting of married couple Homer and Marge and their three children Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. They live at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the fictional town of Springfield, United States, and they were created by cartoonist Matt Groening, who conceived the characters after his own family members, substituting ""Bart"" for his own name. The family debuted on Fox on April 19, 1987 in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" and were later spun off into their own"
"other media relating to ""The Simpsons""—including video games, ""The Simpsons Movie"", ""The Simpsons"" Ride, commercials, and comic books—and inspired an entire line of merchandise. Marge's distinctive blue beehive hairstyle was inspired by a combination of the Bride's in ""Bride of Frankenstein"" and the style that Margaret Groening wore in the 1960s. Julie Kavner, who was a member of the original cast of ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", was asked to voice Marge so that more voice actors would not be needed. Kavner has won several awards for voicing Marge, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992. She"
"Simpson family, making them seem oddly real and adding weight to their status as a family with a long history together."" I Married Marge ""I Married Marge"" is the twelfth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 26, 1991. In the episode, Marge worries that she may yet again be pregnant and drives to Dr. Hibbert's office. While anxiously waiting, Homer begins to tell Bart, Lisa, and Maggie the story of how he and Marge got married and how Bart was born. Written by Jeff Martin and directed"
"Jacqueline and her sisters Patty and Selma, though they disapprove of Homer and are vocal about it. Marge has tolerated their criticism, but has occasionally lost patience with them, once referring to them as ""ghouls."" Marge's late father Clancy is rarely referred to in the series and has had speaking parts in only two episodes. It was revealed in ""Fear of Flying"" (season six, 1994) that Clancy told Marge that he was a pilot, but in reality, he was a flight attendant. Marge discovered this one day and developed aerophobia. In ""Jazzy and the Pussycats"" (season 18, 2006), Homer casually"
"In several episodes, events have been linked to specific times, though sometimes this timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes. Maggie is the youngest child of Marge and Homer, and sister to Bart and Lisa. When Marge became pregnant with Bart, she and Homer got married at a chapel in Las Vegas. To support his impending family, Homer all but demanded a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, impressing its owner, Mr. Burns, with his aggressive submissiveness. When Marge became pregnant with Lisa, two years later, she and Homer bought their first house. Another six years later, Homer felt"
"Sweets and Sour Marge ""Sweets and Sour Marge"" is the eighth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> thirteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 20, 2002. In the episode, Homer gathers several of Springfield's citizens to participate in creating the biggest human pyramid in the world. It fails, but they instead learn that Springfield is the world's fattest town, prompting Homer's wife Marge to sue Garth Motherloving's sugar company. ""Sweets and Sour Marge"" was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Mark Kirkland. It was dedicated to the memory of Ron Taylor. Omine conceived"
"promote ""The Simpsons"" on video. 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"". Typically cast as a ""woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny"", 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"". Kavner was born in Los Angeles,"
"of the homeless people at the soup kitchen. Marge's mother, Jackie Bouvier, voiced by Julie Kavner, makes her first physical appearance on ""The Simpsons"" in the episode, though she was first referenced in a flashback in the season one episode ""Moaning Lisa"". Bill and Marty, voiced by Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer respectively, also make their first visual appearances, although they were heard on the radio in previous episodes, including ""Bart Gets an ""F"""". They are two radio show hosts and DJs on Springfield's own radio station KBBL. Homer listens to their radio show when he drives to pick up"
"series, Marge regularly appears in issues of ""Simpsons Comics"", which were first published on November 29, 1993, and are issued monthly. Marge also plays a role in The Simpsons Ride, launched in 2008 at Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood. Marge appeared in a 2005 advertisement for Dove Styling, where her normal beehive hair was exchanged for a more stylish look for a series of ads featuring several popular cartoon women. In October 2009, it was announced that Marge would be featured on the front cover of the November issue of ""Playboy"" becoming the first cartoon character to appear on the"
"as show creator Matt Groening. The events of the short film take place between the twenty-third and twenty-fourth seasons of ""The Simpsons"". The film premiered on July 13, 2012, where it was attached to screenings of the 20th Century Fox release """". The film is the second ""Simpsons"" theatrical release. The short was re-released on February 15, 2013 and played before the film ""Life of Pi"" in selected theaters in USA. Reception has been positive, praising the storytelling and animation. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2013, losing to ""Paperman"". Marge Simpson"
"nine, 1997); owning her own pretzel business in ""The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"" (season eight, 1997), and working at an erotic bakery in ""Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"" (season 20, 2008). While Marge has never expressed discontent with her role as a homemaker, she has become bored with it. In ""The Springfield Connection"" (season six, 1995), Marge decided that she needed more excitement in her life and became a police officer. However, by the end of the episode, she became upset with the corruption in the force and quit. Matt Groening first conceived Marge and the rest of the"
"best friends, their daughters, Janet and Patti became best friends as well. When actress Melba Rae died of an unexpected cerebral hemorrhage, the character also died off-screen. After that, Stu and Tommy moved out of the family home, because of so many memories of Marge, and moved in with daughter Janet and her new husband, Dr. Wade Collins. Marge Bergman Marge Bergman is a character in the now-cancelled American soap opera ""Search for Tomorrow"". She was played by actress Melba Rae until her death in 1971. For many years, Marge was married to Stu Bergman, and had been best friends"
"series, which debuted on Fox in the U.S. on December 17, 1989. Alongside the five main family members, there are a number of other major and minor characters in their family. The most commonly recurring characters are Homer's father Abraham ""Grampa"" Simpson; Marge's sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier; and the family's two pets, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II. Other family members include Homer's mother Mona Simpson, Homer's half-brother Herbert Powell, Marge's mother Jacqueline Bouvier, and other minor relatives. Groening conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Brooks had asked Groening to"
"A Streetcar Named Marge ""A Streetcar Named Marge"" is the second episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 1, 1992. In the episode, Marge wins the role of Blanche DuBois in a community theatre musical version of Tennessee Williams' ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Homer offers little support for his wife's acting pursuits, and Marge begins to see parallels between him and Stanley Kowalski, the play's boorish lead male character. The episode contains a subplot in which Maggie Simpson attempts to retrieve her pacifier from a strict daycare owner."
"Marge tries to hide her breasts from her family, but Homer and the children find out Marge's secret after a few short hours. Homer, Marge and the children go out for dinner to the local Italian restaurant. Luigi, who had just rejected Ned Flanders and his family, immediately admits the Simpson family. Kiki Highsmith, a trade show executive, approaches Marge and offers her a modeling job. Marge accepts and initially enjoys the experience, but is soon plagued by backaches and many men in Springfield sexually harassing her. At the Springfield Shoe Expo, Marge is further humiliated and objectified by lustful"
"Kavner commented, ""What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation. [On ""The Tracey Ullman Show""] we did a lot of looking at people to find out who to base our characters on. We did our homework on our lunch hour."" She received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Kavner became most famous for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television show ""The Simpsons"", a show that continues to the present. ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" included a series of animated shorts about the dysfunctional"
"as the one in ""Life on the Fast Lane"" (season one, 1990), where she resists the charming Frenchman Jacques and instead chooses to remain with Homer. Marge is more caring, understanding, and nurturing toward Bart than Homer, but she refers to him as ""a handful"" and is often embarrassed by his antics. In ""Marge Be Not Proud"" (season seven, 1995), she felt she was mothering Bart too much and started acting more distant towards him after he was caught shoplifting. In the beginning of the episode, Bart protested her ""over-mothering"", but as she started acting more distant towards him, he"
"Eija Vilpas Eija Annikki Vilpas (born 17 July 1957 in Tuusula, Finland) is a Finnish actress. She is known of her roles in several Finnish comedy series, for example ""Fakta homma"" and ""Hynttyyt yhteen"". The focal point of her career lies in stage acting: Vilpas has worked in the Helsinki City Theatre since 1988. She has also done voice-over work for Finnish film dubs. She provided the voice of Marge Simpson in ""The Simpsons Movie"" and Maggie the cow in Disney's ""Home on the Range"". She has been married to the actor Ville Virtanen. She recorded an album ""Eija Vilpas"""