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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:250:''The'' woman of a thousand voices.]] |
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| 4 | Teressa Claire [=MacNeille=] (née Payne; born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and many Disney projects (even being the current official voice of WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Chip|AndDale}}). |
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| 6 | Her most notable characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' include Agnes Skinner (Principal Skinner's [[MyBelovedSmother controlling mother]]), Brandine Spuckler (Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's wife/sister/cousin), Dolph Starbeam (one of the three bullies, along with Jimbo Jones [whom Tress initially voiced, but was replaced with Pamela Hayden] and Kearney Zzyzwicz), and Lindsey Naegle (the generic businesswoman/network executive/image consultant/financial planner), while her performance as Mom (a cruel, elderly businesswoman) is her most notable ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' role. She even became the voice of Daisy Duck in 1999. [=MacNeille=] has also done dubbing work on English language anime translations. She was also the voice of Leon from ''Lilly the Witch''. She's been the industries' go-to voice for old lady characters for quite some time, and it's always easy to recognize her. |
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| 8 | [=MacNeille=] sang and appeared in the music video for "Ricky" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which was based on the ''Series/ILoveLucy'' television show and parodied the song "Mickey" by Toni Basil. ([=MacNeille=] played Lucy and Yankovic played Ricky.) She also appeared on Yankovic's 1999 album, ''Running with Scissors'', on "Jerry Springer", and did several one-shot voices on ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow''. [=MacNeille=] also appeared as an angry anchorwoman in ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark1988'' and served as the voice of Elvira's Great-Aunt Morganna Talbot. She also dubbed a helicopter-based news reporter, Kelly King (played by ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' actress Creator/ShereeJWilson), for Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Kongfrontation'', alongside New York newsman Rolland Smith (best known as the "[[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Fighting the Frizzies]]" guy, then employed at WWOR-TV 9, which was MCA-owned at the time) the footage of King dated back to 1986 when the ''King Kong Encounter'' ride opened at the Hollywood park (there, the in-studio anchor was Sander Vanocur). |
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| 10 | Due to the sheer amount of voice work in her resume, Tress is no doubt a WomanOfAThousandVoices and is considered the female equivalent of Creator/FrankWelker, Creator/BillyWest, Creator/MelBlanc, and Creator/JimCummings1952. |
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| 12 | !!Roles: |
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| 14 | !!!Voices on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 15 | * Agnes Skinner, Principal Skinner's elderly, controlling mother -- though the first time she was introduced in Season 1's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath The Crepes of Wrath]]" [the episode where Bart is sent to France after flushing a cherry bomb down the boys' room toilet while the Simpsons house a boy from Albania who is actually a spy for the Communist government], Agnes Skinner was merely an [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents amazingly embarrassing mom]] who called her son "[[EmbarrassingNickname Spanky]]," though most fans and writers have concluded that because of Bart's cherry bomb prank, Agnes Skinner has become the woman she is today. |
| 16 | * Lindsey Naegle, the generic businesswoman (though she is often used as a TV network executive character in such episodes as "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E22YouKentAlwaysSayWhatYouWant You Kent Always Say What You Want]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E5HelterShelter Helter Shelter]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E10EPluribusWiggum E Pluribus Wiggum]]"). Changes jobs constantly because [[spoiler:she's a sexual predator]]. Is a BlondeRepublicanSexKitten in a lot of episodes, though she was seen as a Democrat (who had a husband who left her after realizing that he was a homosexual) in the Season 19 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E10EPluribusWiggum E Pluribus Wiggum]]". |
| 17 | * June Bellamy, the voice actress who plays Itchy and Scratchy (even though in real life, Creator/DanCastellaneta is Scratchy and Creator/HarryShearer is Itchy) as seen in "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show." She also voiced the Road Runner (though she only said, "Meep" and it was doubled on the soundtrack without her knowledge). |
| 18 | * Dolph Starbeam, one of the three bullies (along with Jimbo Jones and Kearney Zzyzwicz); has red hair cut asymmetrically and wears a green shirt, black pants, and matching black sneakers. Not much is known about him, except that he may be the youngest out of the three bullies, he speaks [[UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage Esperanto]], Swahili, and Klingon, he's Jewish and attends Hebrew school, and, judging by his last name, his parents may be or have been hippies. |
| 19 | * Brandine Spuckler, Cletus Spuckler's wife (though some episodes reveal that [[spoiler:Brandine may also be Cletus's sister and/or cousin]]). |
| 20 | * Cookie Kwan, a territorial Asian American realtor who threatens anyone who tries to sell houses on "the west side." First seen in Season 9's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E9RealtyBites Realty Bites]]" (the episode where Marge goes into real estate and Homer buys Snake Jailbird's car at a police auction). |
| 21 | * Ms. Albright, the Sunday school teacher on the Season 6 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E7BartsGirlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]]". Ms. Albright was seen in Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E13HomerVsLisaAndThe8thCommandment Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]" (her first appearance), and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E11HomersTripleBypass Homer's Triple Bypass]]", but she was voiced by Maggie Roswell in those instances (her voice in those two episodes sounded more like Lisa's second-grade teacher Ms. Hoover). |
| 22 | * Mrs. Glick, the elderly shut-in lady who let Bart work for her on Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook Three Men and a Comic Book]]"; on that episode, Cloris Leachman was the voice of Mrs. Glick. When Mrs. Glick appeared in the Season 8 ''X-Files'' crossover episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]", Tress [=MacNeille=] provided her voice. |
| 23 | * Bernice Hibbert, the recovering alcoholic wife of Julius Hibbert (on the occasions that Dr. Hibbert's wife speaks; normally, she's TheVoiceless) |
| 24 | * Brunella Pommelhorst, the stern school gym teacher (first mentioned by name only in Season 6's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E21ThePTADisbands The PTA Disbands]]") who [[spoiler:quit so she could get a sex change operation and get hired as the new woodshop teacher]], [[NegativeContinuity though she was still seen as a woman in "Moms I'd Like To Forget" and]] ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''. |
| 25 | * Poor Violet, the little orphan girl seen in Season 9's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]" and Season 12's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E19ImGoinToPraiseland I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]". |
| 26 | * Crazy Cat Lady, a psychotic old lady surrounded by pet cats she uses as weapons (was once an aspiring doctor/lawyer named Eleanor Abernathy whose future went downhill when she suffered from mental exhaustion, succumbed to alcoholism, and became obsessed with cats) |
| 27 | * Gino Terwilliger, Sideshow Bob's son seen in the Season 17 episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E8TheItalianBob The Italian Bob]]". |
| 28 | * Lunchlady Doris in the Season 18 episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E1TheMookTheChefTheWifeAndHerHomer The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]" and the Season 19 episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E13TheDebarted The Debarted]]", replacing Doris Grau (who died during the show's seventh season; Grau's final episode was "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E12TeamHomer Team Homer]]"). |
| 29 | * Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's wife (only for the Season 13 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]]"; Manjula is usually voiced by former ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' castmember Jan Hooks. Because of Hooks' death, [=MacNeille=] may be her permanent replacement in the event that Manjula appears again) |
| 30 | * Belle, owner of Springfield's only burlesque house "The Maison Derriere" as seen in Season 8's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" (originally, the producers wanted a female celebrity to voice Belle, but when they couldn't find a good match, they called in Tress. The role was so big, Tress was billed with the regular voice actors). |
| 31 | * Mrs. Muntz, Nelson Muntz's [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]], drug-addict mother (first mentioned as being a jailbird in Season 4's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E21MargeInChains Marge in Chains]]" and having a cough drop addiction in Season 8's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided A Milhouse Divided]]"; first heard in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E11WildBartsCantBeBroken Wild Barts Can't Be Broken]]" first seen in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E7TisTheFifteenthSeason 'Tis the Fifteenth Season]]") |
| 32 | * Colin, the environmentalist boy who served as Lisa's SatelliteLoveInterest in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' |
| 33 | * The Medicine Woman, who Homer referred to as "Boob Lady" in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''. |
| 34 | * Various other characters |
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| 36 | !!!Voices on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': |
| 37 | * Mom, the evil owner of Mom's Friendly Robot Company |
| 38 | * Linda, the cohost of "Good Morning, Earth" |
| 39 | * Hattie [=McDoogal=], a crazy, old cat lady with a lazy eye |
| 40 | * Tinny Tim, a Tiny Tim-esque child robot |
| 41 | * Munda, Turanga Leela's long-lost mother |
| 42 | * Petunia, an elderly prostitute often holding a cigarette |
| 43 | * Ndnd, Lrrr's wife, from Omicron Persei VIII |
| 44 | * Dr. Cahil, a doctor who looks and acts like a BrainlessBeauty |
| 45 | * Monique, a fembot who appears in "[[SoapWithinAShow All My Circuits]]" as Calculon's love interest |
| 46 | * Fanny, the wife of Donbot with a propeller on her rear |
| 47 | * Guenter, a hyper-intelligent monkey created by Professor Farnsworth |
| 48 | * The Slurm Queen, a huge slug-like alien that produces slurm cola |
| 49 | * Various other characters |
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| 51 | !!!Disney character roles |
| 52 | * Shenzi in ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' (animated series) and ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. |
| 53 | * Anastasia Tremaine (''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' and ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' [[FlipFlopOfGod possibly]] ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' ). |
| 54 | * WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck in recent Disney productions, including ''Mickey Mouse Works'', ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas Mickey's Once]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas Twice Upon a Christmas]]'', ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'', the new ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' shorts from 2013 on, ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'' (2017), the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', and the first season of ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse'' (being replaced by Creator/DebraWilson in Season 2). |
| 55 | * Flo the Female Crocodile (''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'') |
| 56 | * Mother Penguin and Baby Penguin (''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'') |
| 57 | * Bonnie (Experiment 149), Gigi (a.k.a. Yapper, Experiment 007), and Topper (Experiment 025) (''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'') |
| 58 | * Chip, Gadget Hackwrench, and several bit parts throughout the series (''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'')[[note]]She has also provided Chip's voice (along with Dale's on occasion) in several other Disney projects following ''Rescue Rangers''[[/note]] |
| 59 | * Merryweather (''WesternAnimation/DisneyPrincessEnchantedTalesFollowYourDreams'') |
| 60 | * Millionara Vanderbucks (''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'') |
| 61 | * Lady Avarius (Ludo's mom), St. Olga and young [[spoiler:Meteora Butterfly]]/Miss Heinous (''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'') |
| 62 | * Margot Yale - District Attorney and Wife of Brandon Yale (''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}: The Goliath Chronicles''; [[TheOtherDarrin replaced Marina Sirtis]]) |
| 63 | * Queen of Hearts (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' and ''VideoGame/DisneyVillainsRevenge'') |
| 64 | * [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Mrs. Jumbo]] in ''VideoGame/DisneyVilliansRevenge'' |
| 65 | * Lady Bane, Marzipan (Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'') |
| 66 | * Fang, Cheezette (''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'') |
| 67 | * Kanga (''Franchise/KingdomHearts'') and other various projects |
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| 69 | !!!Other roles |
| 70 | * Queen Oona, Prince Derek, and the Fairy (''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'') |
| 71 | * Wilma Flintstone (''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'', ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' and ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'') |
| 72 | * Stacy Renee (''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'') |
| 73 | * Multiple female voices in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'', including the secretary Carol. |
| 74 | * Hydia (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''; [[TheOtherDarrin taking over the role]] from Cloris Leachman, who voiced her in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 the [original] movie]]) |
| 75 | * Hoodsey Bishop (''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'') |
| 76 | * Dot Warner, Hello Nurse, and Marita the Hippo (''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'') |
| 77 | * Wicked Witch of the West (''The Wizard of Oz'' TV Series) |
| 78 | * Humphrey the Hippo (''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'') |
| 79 | * Babs Bunny and Rhubella Rat ((''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'') |
| 80 | ** In one short, Babs impersonates the entire rest of the cast. Creator/MauriceLaMarche commented at a fan convention that the rest of the cast feared for their jobs after hearing [=MacNeille's=] imitations of them. |
| 81 | * Penelope the Parrot ''(VideoGame/ReaderRabbit Math Adventures Ages 6-9'') |
| 82 | * Soccer Mom (''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: The Fast and the Furry'') |
| 83 | * Pepper Mills, Toast, Cho-Cho, and Susanna Susquahanna (''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'') |
| 84 | * Charlotte Pickles (''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'') |
| 85 | * Pookie (''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'') |
| 86 | * Jain (''VideoGame/Fallout1'') |
| 87 | * Girl (''Kids' Creator/{{CBC}}'') |
| 88 | * Professor (''Zombie College'') |
| 89 | * Mrs. Hippopotamus (''The New WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker Show'' 1999-2003) |
| 90 | * Tandi (''VideoGame/Fallout2'') |
| 91 | * Suzi (''VideoGame/FullThrottle'') |
| 92 | * Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun (''Toonstruck'') |
| 93 | * Merla (''Anime/{{Voltron}}'') |
| 94 | * Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs (''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'') |
| 95 | * Colleen (''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'') |
| 96 | * Mama Swimmer, Mama Flyer (''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' series) |
| 97 | * Dil (''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIVJourneyThroughTheMists'') |
| 98 | * Osono (''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'') |
| 99 | * Boss's Wife (''Anime/CastleInTheSky'') |
| 100 | * Bertha/Lunchlady Irma/Miss Lemon (''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'') |
| 101 | * Mrs. Peenan (''WesternAnimation/TheMask'') |
| 102 | * Hama, Avatar Yangchen (''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'') |
| 103 | * Jean-Pierre Orleans (''WesternAnimation/ElTigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera'') |
| 104 | * Obaba (''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'') |
| 105 | * Shige Yamano (''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'') |
| 106 | * Fang (''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'') |
| 107 | * Okiyo (''Anime/PomPoko'') |
| 108 | * Junior Asparagus, Laura Carrot, Petunia Rhubarb, Madame Blueberry (''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'') |
| 109 | * Antonia Chillingsworth ''(Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick: WesternAnimation/DarkFury'') |
| 110 | * Cobra Queen (''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'') |
| 111 | * Sarah Ravencroft (''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'') |
| 112 | * Mary Todd Lincoln (''WebAnimation/HardDrinkinLincoln'') |
| 113 | * Elevator Creature (''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', deleted scene) |
| 114 | * Kala the Neutrino, other minor roles (''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'') |
| 115 | * Aunt Bogunda and Bogetta (''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'') |
| 116 | * Ginger (''WesternAnimation/BeethovenTheAnimatedSeries'') |
| 117 | * Taffy (''VideoGame/ClayFighter 63⅓'') |
| 118 | ** Also made Art/LadyLiberty and High Five in the sequel ''Sculptor's Cut'' |
| 119 | * Twinkle and Diva Weed (''WesternAnimation/TwinkleTheDreamBeing'') |
| 120 | * Made a rare live-action appearance on the [[Recap/CheersS9E26 Season 9 finale]] of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. She throws a drink in Sam Malone's face. |
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| 123 | !!Tropes: |
| 124 | * ActingForTwo: Many times. Notably in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', she became notable as one of the few voice actors ever to flirt with themselves. ([=MacNeille=] voices Chip and Gadget Hackwrench. Her Chip voice is so sped-up that casual viewers wouldn't know it was her. Now, her Gadget voice is recognizable, as she has used that voice for several bit female characters on other shows, and is very similar to [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Babs]]). |
| 125 | * CatchPhrase: "My baby!" She's had this line in pretty much every production she's been in (often multiple times given her tendency to voice more than one character and often when she's voicing a mother or mother-like character whose baby is in danger), the commentary for ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' hung a lampshade on this. |
| 126 | * TheOtherDarrin: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', her role as Kumiko was Darrined by Creator/JennyYokobori. |
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