Editing Yeardley Smith (section)

==Early life==
Smith was born on July 3, 1964, in [[Paris, France]]. Her father, Joseph Smith, worked for [[United Press International]] in Paris and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1966, where he became ''[[The Washington Post]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first official obituary editor.<ref name="Steps"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Two in one. Yeardley Smith is behind Lisa Simpson, but up front on 'Herman's Head'|work=[[The Knoxville News-Sentinel]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-yeardley-smi/166896190/|date=February 26, 1992|author=Pickle, Betsy}}</ref> Her mother, Martha Mayor, was a [[conservation-restoration|paper conservator]] for the [[Freer Gallery of Art|Freer]] and [[Arthur M. Sackler Gallery|Sackler Galleries]] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref>Smith, Martha. "[http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-13.html Hunting for Old Paper with James McNeill Whistler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909124907/http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-13.html |date=September 9, 2011 }}." ''The Book and Paper Group Annual''. v16 (1997). [[American Institute for Conservation]]. Accessed August 2, 2011.</ref> Smith's parents later divorced.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011802475_pf.html |title=J.Y. Smith, 74; Raised Standards for Post Obituaries |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=January 19, 2006 |access-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012132001/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011802475_pf.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her maternal grandfather was art historian [[A. Hyatt Mayor]], and among her great-grandparents were marine biologist and zoologist [[Alpheus Hyatt]] and artist and sculptor [[Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/huntington_ah.htm|title=Anna Hyatt Huntington Papers An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University|website=library.syr.edu|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327211346/https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/huntington_ah.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/03/02/a-h-mayor-ny-print-curator-dies/b60f7c58-acf8-4718-b458-45f3045c6068/|title=A. H. Mayor, N.Y. Print Curator, Dies|first=J. Y.|last=Smith|date=March 2, 1980|access-date=March 17, 2021|via=www.washingtonpost.com|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111010806/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/03/02/a-h-mayor-ny-print-curator-dies/b60f7c58-acf8-4718-b458-45f3045c6068/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also the paternal niece of political scientist, historian, and [[Latin American studies]] specialist [[Peter H. Smith]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/joseph-smith-obituary?id=5551299 |title=Joseph Yeardley Smith |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=January 19, 2006 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730215207/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/joseph-smith-obituary?id=5551299 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith has labeled her family "upper crust and reserved".<ref name=laughs>{{cite news|title='Lisa Simpson' turns insecurities to laughs|date=April 5, 2004|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |first= Heidi|last=Vogt|page=3}}</ref> As a child, Smith was often teased because of her unusual voice.<ref name="love">{{cite magazine|title=Yeardley Smith Confesses: I Love Lisa|magazine=Simpsons Illustrated | volume=1|date=Spring 1992|first=L. W. |last= Michion| pages= 20–23}}</ref> Smith has stated: "I've sounded pretty much the same way since I was six. Maybe [my voice is] a little deeper now."<ref name=targum/> She made her acting debut in a sixth-grade play.<ref name=local/>