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3	->''"When I was a kid I would get upset when people laughed at me when I didn't mean to be funny. I would always hear, 'We're not laughing '''at''' you, we're laughing '''with''' you.' But I would say, ''''I'm''' not laughing.'"''
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5	Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her voice work.
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7	Although she first became recognized for her role as Brenda Morgenstern on the sitcom ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'', Kavner is most famous as the voice of Marge Simpson on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. On that show she also plays most of the women on Marge's side of the family, including her twin sisters Patty and Selma,[[note]]or, as Homer calls them, "The Gruesome Twosome"[[/note]] her mother Jackie, her Great Aunt Gladys,[[note]]the relative who died in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E13SelmasChoice "Selma's Choice"]][[/note]] and several unnamed relatives with minor roles in the Season 6 episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying "Fear of Flying"]].[[note]]the one where Marge goes to therapy about her aerophobia while Homer gets banned from Moe's for playing a lame prank on him[[/note]] She has also appeared in six of Creator/WoodyAllen's films.
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9	Kavner has lived with television writer and producer David Davis since 1976.
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12	!!Selected Filmography:
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14	* ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'' (1974–78): Brenda Morgenstern
15	* ''Series/{{Petrocelli}}'' (1 episode, 1975): Julie
16	* ''Series/LouGrant'' (1 episode, 1977): Alice Merrin
17	* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' (1 episode, 1980): Monica Banta Douglas
18	* ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' (1986): Gail
19	* ''Film/RadioDays'' (1987): Joe's Mother
20	* ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' (1987–90): Various characters
21	* ''Film/NewYorkStories'' (1989): Treva
22	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (1989–present): Marge Simpson/Patty Bouvier/Selma Bouvier/Jacqueline Bouvier (voices)
23	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' (2007): Marge/Patty/Selma (voices)
24	** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ([[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E1TheSimpsonsGuy 1 episode]], 2014): Marge/Patty/Selma (voices)
25	* ''Film/{{Awakenings}}'' (1990): Eleanor Costello
26	* ''Film/{{Alice\|1990}}'' (1990): Decorator
27	* ''Film/ShadowsAndFog'' (1991): Alma
28	* ''Forget Paris'' (1995): Lucy
29	* ''Film/DeconstructingHarry'' (1997): Grace
30	* ''Film/DrDolittle'' (1998): Female Pigeon (voice)
31	* ''Film/AWalkOnTheMoon'' (1999): P.A. Announcer
32	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' (2004): Timon's Ma (voice)
33	* ''Film/{{Click}}'' (2006): Trudy Newman
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36	!!Tropes:
37	* EnforcedMethodActing: In order to make her sound properly emotionally drained in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', director David Silverman had Kavner record [[spoiler: Marge's goodbye monologue to Homer]] close to one hundred times. The final take is the one that made it into the film.
38	* [[invoked]]SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Kavner deserves special mention for her performance in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', [[spoiler:during the tape Marge records over their wedding video, telling him they’re leaving him for good]]. Never has Marge sounded so tired and heartbroken at her husband’s stupidity.
39	* ReclusiveArtist: Kavner is a very private person and does not allow herself to be photographed while working. She also has a clause in her ''Simpsons'' contract that says she does not have to promote the show, making the few times she agrees to do so very momentous occasions. Her relatively rare public appearances include an episode of ''Series/InsideTheActorsStudio'' (alongside her ''Simpsons'' co-stars)[[note]]It was one of the few times she agreed to do the Marge voice in public, although she refused to let herself actually be shown doing it on TV (clips of Marge covered the segments where she was interviewed as the character). The episode is also notorious because Kavner suddenly disappears halfway through, without anyone mentioning it. It was because she had to catch a plane and they erroneously told her it would only take an hour to tape, when it was really more like two hours.[[/note]] and ''Woody Allen: A Documentary''.
40	* ReviewerStockPhrases: It's practically a requirement for anyone writing about her to use the phrase "honeyed gravel" to describe her unique voice.
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