Maggie Simpson

**Margaret Lenny "Maggie" Simpson** is a fictional character shown in the animated television series _The Simpsons_. She is a baby.

## Character

Like most babies, Maggie copies what she sees around her. She once hit Homer on the head with a mallet, shot a suction dart at his picture and attacked him with a pencil in imitation of _Itchy and Scratchy_. Maggie is also very accurate with a gun, she shot Mr. Burns in "Who Shot Mr. Burns?".

### Characteristics

During the early episodes, Maggie's well-known feature would be to trip over her clothes and fall on her face causing a loud smack on the floor. Throughout the early episodes, Maggie fell down 39 times.

### Creation

Maggie was named after Matt Groening's sister Maggie Groening.  She often sucked on a pacifier and wore a sleep suit like Maggie. Groening thought that it would be funny to have a baby character that did not talk and never grew up, but showed any emotions that the scene needed.

### Voice

With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but is aware of what is going around her. Maggie has spoken in "Good Night", the first cartoon to air on _The Tracey Ullman Show_. When the rest of the family falls asleep, she speaks and her voice is played by Liz Georges.

Maggie's first word spoken in the normal television show of the series happened in "Lisa's First Word", when she was voiced by Elizabeth Taylor and says, "Daddy" in an empty room. Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie was later named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show.  James Earl Jones, who voiced Maggie in "Treehouse of Horror V" was in seventh place.  She would later have small sentences in "Treehouse of Horror IX", voiced by Harry Shearer, who used his Kang voice.  Her squeaks and occasional speaking parts are regularly done by Nancy Cartwright or Yeardley Smith. Jodie Foster voiced the Howard Roark-inspired Maggie in the Season 20 episode "Four Great Women and a Manicure".

## Other websites

- Biography from the official Simpsons website
- Maggie's page at BBC.co.uk
- The Maggie File  unofficial trivia compilation
- The Cutest Baby

## Infobox (character)

- **color**: #FADA00
- **name**: Maggie Simpson
- **series**: The Simpsons
- **image**: File:Maggie Simpson Simpsons Graffiti Unterführung Friedrichspark (cropped).jpg
- **first**: "Good Night" (1987)
- **creator**: Matt Groening
- **designer**: Matt Groening
- **voice**: Nancy Cartwright (later seasons–present)
Yeardley Smith (earlier seasons)
Matt Groening (sucking pacifier noise)
Carol Kane ("Bart vs. Thanksgiving")
Elizabeth Taylor ("Lisa's First Word")
 James Earl Jones (alternate timeline; "Treehouse of Horror V")
Jodie Foster ("Four Great Women and a Manicure")
- **fullname**: Margaret Lenny Simpson
- **relatives**: **Parents:** Homer Simpson, Homer and Marge Simpson, Marge
**Siblings:** Bart Simpson, Bart and Lisa Simpson, Lisa
**Grandparents:** Grampa Simpson, Abe Simpson, Mona Simpson (The Simpsons), Mona Simpson, Jacqueline Bouvier (The Simpsons), Jacqueline Bouvier and Clancy Bouvier
**Aunts:** Patty Bouvier and Selma Bouvier
 (See also List of The Simpsons characters#The Simpson family, Simpson family)
- **home**: The Simpsons house, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield, United States