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Julie Deborah Kavner is an American actress, music video director and comedian. 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.
Birth Name
Julie Deborah Kavner
Born
Thursday, 07 September 1950
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Marge Simpson | 2020 |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Marge Simpson | 2016 |
| Everything Is Copy | Dottie Ingels | 2016 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Marge Simpson | 2012 |
| Project Runway All Stars | Marge Simpson | 2012 |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011 |
| The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! | Self | 2010 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Marge Simpson | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Marge Simpson | 2020 |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Marge Simpson | 2016 |
| Everything Is Copy | Dottie Ingels | 2016 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Marge Simpson | 2012 |
| Project Runway All Stars | Marge Simpson | 2012 |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011 |
| The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! | Self | 2010 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Marge Simpson | 2008 |
| The Simpsons Ride | Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier | 2008 |
| The Simpsons Movie | Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier / Patty Bouvier / Patty Bouvier (voice) | 2007 |
| Click | Trudy Newman / Trudy | 2006 |
| The Lion King 1½ | Mom (voice) / Mom | 2004 |
| Barn Red | Susan | 2004 |
| American Idol | Marge Simpson | 2002 |
| Someone Like You | Furry Animal | 2001 |
| CyberWorld | Patty Bouvier / Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice) | 2000 |
| Judy Berlin | Marie | 1999 |
| A Walk on the Moon | P.A. Announcer | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier | 1999 |
| Story Of A Bad Boy | Elaine | 1999 |
| Doctor Dolittle | Female Pigeon (voice) / Female Pigeon | 1998 |
| Deconstructing Harry | Grace | 1997 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Various Characters / Jobie Wolf / Midge Dexter | 1996 |
| Jake's Women | Karen | 1996 |
| Forget Paris | Lucy | 1995 |
| Don't Drink the Water | Marion Hollander | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Guest | 1994 |
| I'll Do Anything | Nan Mulhanney | 1994 |
| Birdland | Madeline Diamond | 1994 |
| Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Marge Simpson (segment "Monster in the Mirror") | 1993 |
| Live & Kicking | Marge Simpson | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Marge Simpson | 1993 |
| This Is My Life | Dottie Ingels | 1992 |
| Shadows and Fog | Alma | 1991 |
| Sibs | Julia Kaufman | 1991 |
| Alice | Decorator | 1990 |
| Awakenings | Eleanor Costello | 1990 |
| The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show | Various Characters | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice) / Selma Bouvier / Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier / Various / Patty and Selma / Jacqueline Bouvier / Others / Jackie Bouvier / Marge Albertson / Marge Bar / Actress as Marge / Adil's Mother / Angela Lansburry / Audience / Bowler #2 / Cartoon Squirrel / Eunice Bouvier / Frida Kahlo / Patty / Selma / Genevieve Bouvier / Gloria / Herb's Mother / Mabel Simpson / Majora / Margarine of aragon / Marge Bufflekill / Marge robots / Mary / Pagan Mother / Nurse / Floor Buffer / Aunt Gladys / Marge's Grandmother / Queen Elizabeth I / Elizabeth Raleigh / Spirit #3 / Zombie DJ #1 / Receptionist / Teacher / The Pookadook / Turkey / Whispering Teachers | 1989 |
| New York Stories | Treva (segment "Oedipus Wrecks") / Treva | 1989 |
| Surrender | Ronnie | 1987 |
| The Tracey Ullman Show | Various Characters / Marge Simpson / Anika Asternovish / Marcy / Ariel's Manager / Cindy / Audience Wife / Juistine's Mother / The Nanny / June / Becky / Becky's Mother / Meg / Rosalie / School Director / Molly's Roommate / Patron's Wife / Phyllis / Polly / Lynn / Roz / Policewoman / Susan's Mother / The Wife / Various roles / Wife / Prison Wife | 1987 |
| Radio Days | Mother / Tess, the mother | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Gail | 1986 |
| Bad Medicine | Cookie Katz | 1985 |
| Movie Madness | Mrs. Falcone ("Municipalians") | 1982 |
| Revenge of the Stepford Wives | Megan Brady | 1980 |
| No Other Love | Janet Michaels | 1979 |
| Taxi | Monica Banta Douglas | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Alice Merrin | 1977 |
| Bert D'Angelo/Superstar | Billy Gordon | 1976 |
| Katherine | Margot Weiss Goldman | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Julie | 1974 |
| Rhoda | Brenda Morgenstern | 1974 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Jane Darwin | 1972 |
| Sesame Street | Marge Simpson | 1969 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Won |
| 1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
| 1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
| 1988 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Television Series | Nominated |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
| 1977 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1976 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Nominated |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1975 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Nominated |
| 1975 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
