Julie Kavner - wikipedia Julie Kavner Julie Kavner Kavner in 1974 Julie Deborah Kavner ( 1950 - 09 - 07 ) September 7, 1950 ( age 67 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress, voice actress, comedian Years active 1974 - present Known for Marge Simpson in The Simpsons Julie Deborah Kavner ( born September 7, 1950 ) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She first attracted notice for her role as Valerie Harper 's character 's younger sister Brenda 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 Jacqueline Bouvier, and Patty and Selma Bouvier. Known for her improvisation and distinctive `` honeyed gravel voice '', Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda in 1974. She received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing the character, winning the award in 1978. Following Rhoda, Kavner was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted in 1987. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, and the producers decided to ask Kavner to voice Marge. The shorts would eventually be spun off into The Simpsons. Kavner has been described as `` nearly reclusive '' ; part of her contract says that she will never have to 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 seven films written by Woody Allen, and in the Adam Sandler comedy Click. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 The Simpsons 2.3 Further career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 4.4 Music video 4.5 Theme park 5 Awards 6 References 7 External links Early Life Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 7, 1950, the second daughter of Rose, a family counselor, and David Kavner, a furniture manufacturer, and grew up in Southern California. Her family is Jewish. She decided to pursue a career in acting because `` There was nothing else I wanted to do, ever ''. She attended Beverly Hills High School ( which she later admitted she hated ), where she was `` something of a loner '', and unsuccessfully tried out for several plays. John Ingle, formerly the chairman of the Beverly Hills High School art department, later commented that Kavner was `` excellent at improvisation, but she was n't an ingenue and not that castable at that age ''. After graduating from high school, Kavner attended San Diego State University and majored in drama, being cast in several productions including a role as Charlotte Corday in Marat / Sade, becoming known for her improvisation and ability to do both comedy and drama. After graduating in 1971, she got a day job as a typist at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Career Early career In 1973, Kavner auditioned for a role as one of Rhoda Morgenstern 's sisters in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. David Davis, producer of the show, had convinced her to audition for the part, but decided to cast another actress instead. A year later, Rhoda Morgenstern became the leading character in a spin - off called Rhoda. Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern, sister of the eponymous character. Rhoda ran on CBS from September 9, 1974, to December 1978. She received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Brenda, winning in 1978. She also received four Golden Globe Award nominations. In 1975, she received Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her starring role in the daytime special The Girl Who Could n't Lose. Following Rhoda, Kavner had a guest appearance on Taxi and appeared in the 1985 comedy Bad Medicine as well as the 1987 film Surrender, both of which were box office failures. She appeared in the television movies Revenge of the Stepford Wives, No Other Love and A Fine Romance, and shot a television pilot. She also starred in several stage plays, including a play called It Had to be You at a dinner theater in Canada, Particular Friendships in New York City in 1981, and Two for the Seesaw, directed by Burt Reynolds. Woody Allen first saw Kavner one night while he was watching Rhoda in the 1970s. He thought that she was remarkable and later offered her a role in his 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters. Kavner agreed, and credits Allen and the film with rejuvenating her career. Kavner was then cast as a sidekick to Tracey Ullman in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted on Fox in 1987. Kavner described the show as, `` like being back in school, a chance to play a wide variety of characters, some really vicious people, to not rest on laurels, to not play it safe ''. 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. The Simpsons Kavner in 2009 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 Simpson family. 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. Kavner has what Hilary de Vries of The New York Times described as a `` honeyed gravel voice ''. Kavner says her distinctive voice is due to `` a bump on ( her ) vocal cords ''. Although Marge is her most famous character, Kavner 's favorite characters to voice are her sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier because `` they 're really funny and sad at the same time ''. Series creator Matt Groening instructed Kavner to voice the duo as characters who `` suck the life out of everything ''. Both have similar raspy voices, but Patty 's voice is more masculine and has a lower register, while Selma 's voice is a little sweeter. Kavner also provides the voices of every other female member of the Bouvier family, including Marge 's mother Jacqueline, Great - Aunt Gladys ( a dead relative who was introduced on season four 's `` Selma 's Choice '' ), and an unnamed grandmother seen on the season six episode `` Fear of Flying ''. 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. '' Kavner takes recording sessions seriously, and feels that voice acting is, `` a little more limiting than live acting. And I have nothing to do with my character 's movement. '' Nancy Cartwright, who voices Bart Simpson, said in her book My Life as a 10 - Year - Old Boy that Kavner is `` a workhorse of an actor '' with `` extraordinary professionalism and quiet work ethic '', and notes that she is rarely late for recording sessions. Until 1998, Kavner was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices. However, the dispute was soon resolved and she received $125,000 per episode until 2004 when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode. The issue was resolved a month later, and Kavner earned $250,000 per episode. After salary re-negotiations in 2008, the voice actors received approximately $400,000 per episode. Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Kavner and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode. At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards, Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice - Over Performance for voicing Marge in the season three episode `` I Married Marge ''. In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta won a Young Artist Award for `` Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ''. For her performance in The Simpsons Movie, Kavner was nominated for `` Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature '' at the 2007 Annie Awards, but lost to Ian Holm from Ratatouille. Kavner 's emotional performance in the movie got positive reviews, and one critic said she `` gave what must be the most heartfelt performance ever to find its way into a movie based on an irreverent cartoon ''. Some scenes in the movie, such as Marge 's emotional video message to Homer, were recorded over one hundred times, leaving Kavner exhausted. Further career Many of Kavner 's roles have been described by New York Times writer Hilary de Vries as a `` woman who is supportive, sympathetic, or self - effacingly funny ''. Kavner grew to despise playing such roles, saying, `` If it smacks of Brenda Morgenstern, I wo n't take the job. '' She had a supporting role as Eleanor Costello, a nurse who befriends Robin Williams ' character in the Academy Award nominated film Awakenings. Kavner interviewed several nurses in preparation for the role, and Penny Marshall, the director of the film, described Kavner as `` a low - maintenance actor (... ) You never have to worry about giving ( her ) back - story for her characters. '' In 1992, Kavner starred in This Is My Life, her first leading role in a feature film. Kavner played Dottie Ingels, an aspiring stand - up comedian who starts neglecting her family when her career begins to take off. Kavner described Dottie as `` really selfish '' but admitted, `` I liked the role for that very reason. '' Kavner had been asked to play a character with a smaller role in the film, but Joe Roth, at the time the chairman of 20th Century Fox, suggested that they cast a lesser known actress in the lead role. Nora Ephron, the writer of This Is My Life, said Kavner `` has so little vanity that it is almost shocking. Not only does she have no demands as an actress - ' How big is my trailer, what 's in my refrigerator ? ' - but she will do anything for the character if it makes sense to her. '' Kavner has frequently appeared in Woody Allen films, having roles in Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 ), Radio Days ( 1987 ), New York Stories ( 1989 ), Alice ( 1990 ), Shadows and Fog ( 1991 ), the television movie Do n't Drink the Water ( 1994 ) and Deconstructing Harry ( 1997 ). Allen described her as `` a naturally funny person. When she does a scene, you listen to her and look at her, and the prism through which it 's all filtered is funny. '' Kavner believes he is `` a true filmmaker, one that has something to say, continually experimenting on different themes within his own film - making '', adding that `` anything ( Allen ) ever does, I always want to do, (... ) I do n't even have to read it. '' She has done voice - over work in films such as The Lion King 11⁄2, Dr. Dolittle and an uncredited role as an announcer in A Walk on the Moon. Her most recent live - action film was a role of the mother of Adam Sandler 's character in Click. She has also worked with Tracey Ullman in the HBO sketch comedy series Tracey Takes On... Personal Life Kavner leads a private, `` nearly reclusive '' life, `` discreet and guarded beyond the usual reticent star routine ''. She rarely makes public appearances and refuses to allow herself to be photographed at work, especially in the studio while doing The Simpsons. Her partner is retired producer David Davis ; they have lived together since 1976. In a 1992 interview with The New York Times, Kavner said she was considering retiring, `` except for doing three days a year for Woody ( Allen ) '', but felt that if she did retire, she would receive a script she wanted `` to do more than life itself ''. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes National Lampoon 's Movie Madness Mrs. Falcone 1985 Bad Medicine Cookie Katz 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Gail Radio Days Mother Surrender Ronnie 1989 New York Stories Treva 1990 Awakenings Eleanor Costello 1990 Alice Decorator 1991 Shadows and Fog Alma 1992 This Is My Life Dottie Ingels 1994 I 'll Do Anything Nan Mulhanney 1995 Forget Paris Lucy Deconstructing Harry Grace 1998 Dr. Dolittle Female pigeon Voice 1999 Judy Berlin Marie 1999 A Walk on the Moon P.A. Announcer 1999 Story of a Bad Boy Elaine Someone like You Furry animal Barn Red Unnamed character The Lion King 11⁄2 Ma Voice Direct - to - DVD 2006 Click Trudy Newman 2007 The Simpsons Movie Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier Voices Television Year Show Role Notes 1974 - 1978 Rhoda Brenda Morgenstern 110 episodes The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Jane Darwin Episode : `` The Girl Who Could n't Lose '' Katherine Margot Weiss Goldman Television film Petrocelli Julie Episode : `` To See No Evil '' 1976 Bert D'Angelo / Superstar Episode : `` The Brown Horse Connection '' 1977 Lou Grant Alice Episode : `` Housewarming '' 1979 No Other Love Janet Michaels Television film 1980 Revenge of the Stepford Wives Megan Brady Television film 1980 Taxi Monica Banta Douglas Episode : `` Tony 's Sister and Jim '' A Fine Romance Laura Prescott Television film 1987 - 1990 The Tracey Ullman Show Various characters 43 episodes 1988 Care Bears Bedtime Bear ( voice ) Episode : `` Bedtime for Care - a-lot '' ; Uncredited 1989 - present The Simpsons Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, additional voices 618 episodes 1991 Sibs Julia Episode : `` Honey, I Shrunk My Head '' 1991 To the Moon, Alice Sitcom Producer Television film 1994 Birdland Madeline Diamond Episode : `` Grand Delusion '' 1994 Do n't Drink the Water Marion Hollander Television film Jake 's Women Karen Television film 1996 - 1999 Tracey Takes On... Various characters 10 episodes 2014 Family Guy Marge Simpson ( voice ) Episode : `` The Simpsons Guy '' Video games The Simpsons ( 1991 ) - Marge Simpson Storybook Weaver ( 1994 ) - Mayzie Bird The Simpsons Cartoon Studio ( 1996 ) - Marge Simpson Virtual Springfield ( 1997 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier Simpsons Bowling ( 1999 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier The Simpsons Wrestling ( 2001 ) - Marge Simpson The Simpsons : Road Rage ( 2001 ) - Marge Simpson The Simpsons Skateboarding ( 2002 ) - Marge Simpson The Simpsons : Hit & Run ( 2003 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier Storybook Weaver Deluxe ( 2004 ) - Mayzie Bird The Simpsons Game ( 2007 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier The Simpsons : Tapped Out ( 2012 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier Music video `` Do the Bartman '' ( 1990 ) - Marge Simpson Theme park The Simpsons Ride ( 2008 ) - Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier Awards Year Award Role Series / film Result Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress -- Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated Emmy Award Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special Jane Darwin The Girl Who Could n't Lose Nominated 1976 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1976 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress -- Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1977 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1977 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress -- Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1978 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Won 1978 Golden Globe Award Best Television Actress in a Supporting Role Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1988 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1989 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1990 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1992 Emmy Award Outstanding Voice - Over Performance Marge Simpson The Simpsons : `` I Married Marge '' Won Young Artist Award Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series Marge Simpson The Simpsons Won 2008 Annie Award Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Marge Simpson The Simpsons Movie Nominated References ^ Jump up to : De Vries, Hilary ( 1992 - 01 - 26 ). `` ' Darling ! 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Question: who does the voice of patty and selma
Answer: Julie Deborah Kavner