Editing Marge Simpson (section)

==Reception==
[[File:The Simpsons star.jpg|thumb|200px|right|In 2000, Marge, along with the rest of the Simpson family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.]]
At the [[44th Primetime Emmy Awards]], Kavner received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] for voicing Marge in the [[The Simpsons (season 3)|season three]] episode "[[I Married Marge]]".<ref name="Emmys">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |title=Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search |publisher=Emmys.org |access-date=February 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113103340/http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |archive-date=January 13, 2008 }}</ref> In 2004, Kavner and [[Dan Castellaneta]] (the voice of Homer) 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=January 18, 2008 |publisher=Youngartistawards.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802044855/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2011 }}</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 lost to [[Ian Holm]] from ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''.<ref name="A35">{{cite news |url=http://annieawards.org/foryourconsideration.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102908/http://annieawards.org/foryourconsideration.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |url-status=live |title=For Your Consideration |access-date=December 3, 2007 |date=December 3, 2007 |publisher=Annie Awards}}</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=February 9, 2008 |date=February 8, 2008 |work=Variety |author=Debruge, Peter |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524113040/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117980588.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1 |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |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."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=2879 |title=Homer's Odyssey |work=Metro Weekly |access-date=July 26, 2007 |date=July 26, 2007 |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=September 26, 2007 }}</ref> Various episodes in which Marge is prominently featured have been nominated for Emmy Awards for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program]], including "[[The Way We Weren't]]" in 2004 and "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]", which won the award in 1990.<ref name="Emmys"/> In 2000, Marge and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=September 4, 2008 |url=http://www.tibp.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.dll/wlx/dir/wlxdirectory?cc=WOFAME++++&lcName=The+Simpsons |title=Hollywood Icons |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731111136/http://www.tibp.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.dll/wlx/dir/wlxdirectory?cc=WOFAME++++&lcName=The+Simpsons |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Marge has been ranked highly in lists of the top television mothers of all time. She was ranked first on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list in 1994;<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/05/13/best-and-worst-tv-moms/ |title=Yea, Mamas–The best and worst of TV Moms |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 14, 2008 |date=May 13, 1994 |author=Tucker, Ken |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011094102/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302270,00.html |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> first on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]' list in 2005;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/marge-simpson-named-best-tv-mom |title=Marge Simpson Named Best TV Mom |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] |access-date=June 14, 2008 |date=May 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116051551/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155758,00.html |archive-date=January 16, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> eighth on [[CityNews]]' list in 2008;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2008/05/08/june-cleaver-chosen-as-all-time-top-tv-mom/ |title=June Cleaver Chosen As All Time Top TV Mom |publisher=CityNews |access-date=May 11, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509125613/http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_22488.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref> and was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the "10 Best Moms Ever".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1738178_1737704_1737693,00.html |title=10 Best Moms Ever–Marge Simpson |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=June 14, 2008 |author=Brooks, Caryn |date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612093356/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1738178_1737704_1737693,00.html |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a 2004 poll in the United Kingdom, Marge was named the "most respected mother" by respondents.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3518984.stm |title=Marge Simpson leads top mum poll |publisher=[[BBC|BBC News]] |date=March 17, 2004 |access-date=October 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118020946/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3518984.stm |archive-date=November 18, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Still in 2004, Marge was ranked third in a poll conducted by the Opinion Research Company.<ref>{{cite news |title=Claire Huxtable named best TV mom |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4892882 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=June 17, 2012 |date=April 5, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307175457/http://www.today.com/id/4892882/ns/today-entertainment/t/claire-huxtable-named-best-tv-mom/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2012, Marge was one of the 12 moms chosen by users of [[iVillage]] on their list of "Mommy Dearest: The TV Moms You Love".<ref>{{cite web |last=Garfinkel |first=Jacki |title=Mommy Dearest: The TV Moms You Love |url=http://www.ivillage.com/favorite-tv-moms/1-b-152904#152975 |publisher=iVillage |access-date=June 17, 2012 |date=May 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104095204/http://www.ivillage.com/favorite-tv-moms/6-b-152904#152975 |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[AOL]] has named Marge the 24th "Most Memorable Female TV Character".<ref>{{cite web |last=Potts |first=Kim |title=100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/02/tvs-greatest-women-25-1/ |publisher=AOL TV |access-date=July 20, 2012 |date=March 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922053410/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/02/tvs-greatest-women-25-1/ |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her relationship with Homer was included in ''[[TV Guide]]''{{'s}} list of "The Best TV Couples of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |title=Couples Pictures, The Simpsons Photos&nbsp;– Photo Gallery: The Best TV Couples of All Time |url=https://www.tvguide.com/PhotoGallery/Best-TV-Couples-1026715/1026738 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104162248/http://www.tvguide.com/PhotoGallery/Best-TV-Couples-1026715/1026738 |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |url-status=live |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=June 20, 2012}}</ref>

Religious writer Kenneth Briggs has written that "Marge is my candidate for sainthood ... She lives in the real world, she lives with crises, with flawed people. She forgives and she makes her own mistakes. She is a forgiving, loving person ... absolutely saintly."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bates |first=Stephen |title=Homer's odyssey takes Simpsons into the theological textbooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/oct/03/broadcasting.internationaleducationnews |journal=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 3, 2001 |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013120952/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/oct/03/broadcasting.internationaleducationnews |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Marge and Lisa are [[James L. Brooks]]'s favorite characters in the series, and the two with whom he identifies with most. Marge and Lisa are more popular than Homer and Bart in Japan, France, and many French speaking countries. Matt Groening has spoken fondly of them, though he prefers Homer and Bart. Sam Simon also prefers Homer and Bart finding Marge and Lisa to be too "goody two-shoes" for his tastes.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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