Editing Tress MacNeille (section)

==Career==
MacNeille worked in numerous jobs and had many minor [[voiceover]] roles before becoming a regular on an animated TV show. In her words: "I'd been doing radio spots, some TV, demos, sound-alikes, industrial narrations&mdash;anything that came my way for about two years."<ref name=int/> She was also a member of the improvisational comedy group [[The Groundlings]] for ten years.<ref name="Meisler" /> MacNeille took acting workshops and worked as a casting assistant for voice acting talent agent Bob Lloyd in what she calls "The University of Voice-over". Lloyd and fellow agent Rita Vennari got MacNeille her first role on an animated show: a part in an episode of the 1979 ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]''.<ref name=int/>

She sang and appeared (as [[Lucille Ball]]) in the music video for [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s song "[[Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)|Ricky]]" (1983), which was based on the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' television show and parodied the song "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" by [[Toni Basil]].<ref name="Meisler">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/08/arts/television-steven-spielberg-promises-th-th-that-s-not-all-folks.html?pagewanted=3|title=Television; Steven Spielberg Promises: 'Th-Th-That's Not All, Folks'|last=Meisler|first=Andy|date=July 8, 1990|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref> MacNeille and [[Mary Kay Bergman]] also appeared on Yankovic's 1999 album ''[[Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)|Running with Scissors]]'', on the tracks "[[Pretty Fly for a Rabbi]]" and "Jerry Springer".

MacNeille was cast as [[Babs Bunny]] in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990–1992). Writer [[Paul Dini]] said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs's voice and the voices of her impressions.<ref>{{Cite news  | last = Miller | first = Bob | title = NEW TOONS ON THE BLOCK: They're attending Acme Looniversity & hoping to graduate as classic cartoon characters | periodical = Comic Scene | issue = 15 | pages = 33–39, 68 | year = 1990 }}</ref> MacNeille commented: "The best part of doing Babs is that she's a mimic, like me...In the show I do Babs doing [[Billie Burke]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Madonna]], and [[Cher]]. I even have her doing [[Jessica Rabbit]]."<ref name="Meisler"/> The success of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' led to the series ''[[Animaniacs]]''. MacNeille was brought in to voice [[Yakko, Wakko, and Dot#Dot Warner|Dot Warner]], one of the show's three main characters, because Dot's character was very similar to Babs Bunny.<ref>{{cite news|title=It's time for Animaniacs! - The Kids' WB network cartoon has gained a huge adult following and several Internet sites, with its zany stories, hip references and irreverent attitude.|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|date=January 19, 1996|author=Ross, Curtis|page=18}}</ref> [[Andrea Romano (voice director)|Andrea Romano]], the voice director and caster for ''[[Animaniacs]]'', said that the casters had "no trouble" choosing the role of Dot: "Tress MacNeille was just hilarious (...) And yet [she had] that edge."<ref name="dvdint1">{{cite video| people = Maurice LaMarche | title =Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: Volume 1. Special Features: Animaniacs Live! | medium = DVD| publisher = Warner Home Video |date = 2006|display-authors=etal}}</ref> MacNeille was nominated for an [[Annie Award]] for her performance on the show in 1995.<ref name="annie23">{{citation | title = Legacy: 23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995)| publisher = Annie Award Database| url = http://annieawards.org/23rdwinners.html |access-date = May 19, 2007}}</ref>

She has provided voices for numerous films, television shows, video games and commercials, garnering over 200 credits. MacNeille says: "The characters that I do all come from people in my own life – as well as the material I've stolen from my friends!". Her TV roles include characters on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where she voices [[Agnes Skinner]], [[Brandine Spuckler]] and [[Lindsey Naegle]], and ''[[Futurama]]'', in which her main role was the character [[Mom (Futurama)|Mom]]. MacNeille has provided voices on many other television shows and cartoons such as ''[[Rugrats]]'' (as [[Charlotte Pickles]]), ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' (as Chip and Gadget Hackwrench),<ref name=int/> ''[[TaleSpin]]'' (as Kitten Kaboodle), ''[[Histeria!]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' and ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'' (as Fang), as well as [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] work on English-language anime translations.

She is the voice of [[Daisy Duck]] and [[Wilma Flintstone]] since 1999 and 2000 respectively.<ref name=int/> MacNeille also appeared as an angry anchorwoman in ''[[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]]'' and served as the voice of Elvira's Great-Aunt Morganna Talbot. She provided voice acting for the 2003 [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]] short feature ''[[The Whizzard of Ow]]''.