Editing Julie Kavner (section)

===''The Simpsons''===
Kavner became known for her role as [[Marge Simpson]] on the animated television show ''[[The Simpsons]]'', a show that continues to the present day. ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' included [[The Simpsons shorts|a series of animated shorts]] about the dysfunctional Simpson family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member [[Dan Castellaneta]] to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.<ref name="The Age">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/27/1046064146568.html|title=D'oh, you're the voices|access-date=2009-02-10|date=2003-02-27|author=Lee, Luaine|newspaper=[[The Age]]|location=Melbourne|archive-date=September 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905010546/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/27/1046064146568.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FN">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/doh-the-voice-of-homer-is-deceivingly-deadpan|title=D'oh!: The Voice of Homer Is Deceivingly Deadpan|access-date=2009-02-10|date=2008-08-18|author=Elber, Lynn|agency=Associated Press|work=Fox News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703090128/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C129665%2C00.html|archive-date=July 3, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Kavner has what Hilary de Vries of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described as a "honeyed gravel voice".<ref name="darling">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFDF1F38F935A15752C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Darling! Listen to Me|access-date=2009-02-10|date=1992-01-26|author=De Vries, Hilary|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=December 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209000856/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFDF1F38F935A15752C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Kavner says her voice is due to "a bump on [her] vocal cords".<ref>{{cite news|title=The actress with the one-of-a-kind voice stars in Nora Ephron's comedy 'This is my Life'.|date=1992-03-13|work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|author=Haun, Harry}}</ref>

Although Marge is her highest profile character on the show, Kavner's favorite characters to voice are Marge's sisters [[Patty and Selma|Patty and Selma Bouvier]] because "they're really funny and sad at the same time".<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite news|title=Ay caramba!: Only TV could call this work|date=1996-12-31|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|author=Duffy, Mike}}</ref> Series creator [[Matt Groening]] instructed Kavner to voice the duo as characters who "suck the life out of everything".<ref>Groening, Matt (2001). Commentary for "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete First Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Both have similar raspy voices, but Patty's voice is more masculine and has a lower register, while Selma's voice is a little sweeter.<ref name="Jean">Jean, Al (2004). Commentary for "[[Selma's Choice]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Kavner also provides the voices of every other female member of the Bouvier family, including Marge's mother [[Jaqueline Bouvier|Jacqueline]], Great-Aunt Gladys (a dead relative who was introduced on season four's "[[Selma's Choice]]"), and an unnamed grandmother seen on the season six episode "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]".<ref name="Jean"/>

While cast members and crew have referenced Kavner as a deep fan of the series and the characters she voices, part of Kavner's contract says that she will never have to promote ''The Simpsons'' on video nor has she performed Marge's voice in public because she believes the publicity "destroys the illusion. People feel these are real people."<ref name="Hamilton"/><ref name="Sheridan">{{cite news|title=Meet the Simpsons|date=2004-05-06|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Express]]|author=Sheridan, Peter}}</ref> Kavner takes recording sessions seriously, and feels that voice acting is "a little more limiting than live acting. And I have nothing to do with my character's movement."<ref name="Water">{{cite news|title=Treading 'Water' Julie Kavner takes break from Marge Simpson to star in Woody Allen's TV Movie |date=1994-09-18|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|author=Weiskind, Ron}}</ref> [[Nancy Cartwright]], who voices [[Bart Simpson]], said in her book ''[[My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy]]'' (2000) that Kavner is a warm person who is "a workhorse of an actor" with "extraordinary professionalism and quiet work ethic", and notes that she is rarely late for recording sessions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cartwright|first=Nancy|title=[[My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy]]|year=2000|publisher=[[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/mylifeastenyearo00nanc/page/48 48]|location=New York City|isbn=0-7868-8600-5}}</ref> Kavner had very few recorded interviews in regard to her work on the show. In behind-the-scenes footage from 1992, she describes Marge as "a wonderful person" with "a great sex life".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99p4iB62Mw |title=The voice of Marge Simpson - Julie Kavner - YouTube<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[YouTube]] |date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026044816/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99p4iB62Mw |url-status=live }}</ref> On a 1994 appearance on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', Kavner explains that performing the voice of Marge in a live-action setting would break the illusion of the character, and that she does not want her own likeness to overlap with that of the character. However, after being coaxed by Letterman, Kavner turns to face away from the camera and speaks briefly in the voice of Marge.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=David Letterman, Julie Kavner |date=1 February 1994 |title=''The Late Show with David Letterman'' |type=TV episode |language=en |url= |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote=}}</ref>

Until 1998, Kavner was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices.<ref name=Glaister/> However, the dispute was soon resolved and she received $125,000 per episode until 2004 when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode.<ref name=Glaister>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/02/1080544690429.html|title=Simpsons actors demand bigger share|access-date=2009-02-10|date=2004-04-03|author=Glaister, Dan|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|archive-date=November 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116081914/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/02/1080544690429.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The issue was resolved a month later,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/simpsons-cast-goes-back-to-work/|title='Simpsons' Cast Goes Back To Work|access-date=2009-02-10|date=2004-05-01|work=[[CBS News]]|archive-date=September 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913212830/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/01/entertainment/main615066.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and Kavner earned $250,000 per episode.<ref name="Sheridan"/> After salary re-negotiations in 2008, the voice actors received approximately $400,000 per episode.<ref>{{cite news | title = Simpsons cast sign new pay deal | work = BBC News | date = 2008-06-03 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434296.stm | access-date = 2009-02-10 | archive-date = September 14, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080914050545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434296.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Kavner and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.<ref>{{cite news|last=Block|first=Alex Ben|title='The Simpsons' Renewed for Two More Seasons|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-renewed-two-more-seasons-245748|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=October 15, 2011|date=October 7, 2011|archive-date=October 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010170625/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-renewed-two-more-seasons-245748|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[44th Primetime Emmy Awards]], Kavner received a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] for voicing Marge in the [[The Simpsons (season 3)|season three]] episode "[[I Married Marge]]".<ref name="emmys"/> In 2004, Kavner and [[Dan Castellaneta]] won a [[Young Artist Award]] for Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series.<ref name="YAA">{{cite news|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm |title=25th Annual Winners and Nominees |access-date=2009-02-10 |publisher=Youngartistawards.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817061116/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm |archive-date=2016-08-17 }}</ref> For her performance in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', Kavner was nominated for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature at the 2007 [[Annie Awards]], but [[Ian Holm]] from ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'' received the award.<ref name="A35">{{cite news|url=http://annieawards.org/foryourconsideration.html |title=For Your Consideration |access-date=2009-02-10 |date=2007-12-31 |publisher=Annie Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217224351/http://annieawards.org/foryourconsideration.html |archive-date=2009-02-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117980588.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1|title='Ratatouille' nearly sweeps Annies|access-date=2009-02-10|date=2008-02-08|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Debruge, Peter|archive-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524113040/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117980588.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Kavner's emotional performance in the movie got positive reviews, and one critic said she "gave what must be the most heartfelt performance ever to find its way into a movie based on an irreverent cartoon".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=2879 |title=Homer's Odyssey |publisher=Metro Weekly |access-date=2009-02-10 |date=2007-07-26 |author=Shulman, Randy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231021/http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=2879 |archive-date=2007-09-26 }}</ref> Some scenes in the movie, such as Marge's emotional video message to Homer, were recorded over 100 times, leaving Kavner exhausted.<ref name=moviesonline>{{cite news|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12524.html |title=The Simpsons Movie Interviews |author=Roberts, Sheila |access-date=2009-02-10 |publisher=Movies Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104132905/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12524.html |archive-date=2009-01-04 }}</ref>