Acting

Julie Kavner

Born September 7, 1950 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 75)

Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. Noted for her role as Marge Simpson on The Simpsons, she also voices other characters for the show.

Known For

The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie · 2007

The Simpsons Movie

MovieAnimationComedy

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition · 2026

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

MovieAnimationComedy

Homer and Marge's fun couples' date night goes off the rails when Marge learns Homer left the kids unsupervised with only the doorbell camera as a babysitter. Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer.

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½ · 2004

The Lion King 1½

MovieAdventureAnimation

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.

Click

MovieComedyDrama

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

Awakenings

Awakenings · 1990

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle · 1998

Doctor Dolittle

MovieComedyFamily

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters · 1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

MovieComedyDrama

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry · 1997

Deconstructing Harry

MovieComedyDrama

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

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The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie · 2007

The Simpsons Movie

MovieAnimationComedy

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier / Patty Bouvier (voice)

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition · 2026

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

MovieAnimationComedy

Homer and Marge's fun couples' date night goes off the rails when Marge learns Homer left the kids unsupervised with only the doorbell camera as a babysitter. Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer.

Marge Simpson (voice)

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½ · 2004

The Lion King 1½

MovieAdventureAnimation

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.

Mom (voice)

Click

MovieComedyDrama

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

Trudy

Awakenings

Awakenings · 1990

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

Eleanor Costello

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle · 1998

Doctor Dolittle

MovieComedyFamily

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

Female Pigeon (voice)

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters · 1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

MovieComedyDrama

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Gail

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry · 1997

Deconstructing Harry

MovieComedyDrama

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Grace

Ella McCay

Ella McCay · 2025

MovieComedyDrama

An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.

Estelle

Someone Like You...

Someone Like You... · 2001

Someone Like You...

MovieComedyRomance

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.

Furry Animal (voice)

May the 12th Be with You

May the 12th Be with You · 2024

May the 12th Be with You

MovieAnimationComedy

It's Mother's Day and Marge Simpson joins the moms of Disney+ on a special holiday outing that turns into an epic galactic adventure filled with heroes, villains, and Stewie from Family Guy.

Marge Simpson (voice)

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful · 2024

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

MovieAnimationComedy

The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.

Marge Simpson (voice)

Simpsley

Simpsley · 2026

MovieAnimationComedy

When penniless con-artist Marge Bouvier is sent to Italy to convince wealthy sap Seymour Skinner to come home, she’s tempted by the trappings of his affluent lifestyle. But there’s a big fat fly in the ointment: Skinner’s clingy, dim-witted mooch of a houseguest, Homer Simpsley. Lies, lust and Italian lira are abound.

Marge Bouvier (voice)

The Simpsons Movie 2

The Simpsons Movie 2 · 2027

The Simpsons Movie 2

MovieAnimationComedy

The sequel to the 2007 film. Plot TBA.

Marge Simpson (voice)

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration · 1993

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

MovieFamilyMusic

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration is a special produced for the beloved series' 25th anniversary. Released in a slightly different form on video in October 1993, the special was shelved for its broadcast premiere on PBS until 1994, during pledge drive season, and in many markets, aired as part of a marathon block with three show episodes.

Marge Simpson (voice) (segment "Monster in the Mirror") (uncredited)

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog · 1991

Shadows and Fog

MovieComedyMystery

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Alma

New York Stories

New York Stories · 1989

New York Stories

MovieComedyDrama

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Treva

A Walk on the Moon

A Walk on the Moon · 1999

A Walk on the Moon

MovieDramaRomance

The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.

P.A. Announcer (voice)

Alice

MovieFantasyDrama

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

Decorator

Radio Days

Radio Days · 1987

MovieComedyDrama

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Mother

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad" · 2022

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"

MovieAnimationComedy

This Christmas, Homer surprises Marge with the ultimate gift: an unforgettable performance from Italian opera superstar Andrea Bocelli and his children Matteo and Virginia.

Marge Simpson (voice)

Forget Paris

Forget Paris · 1995

MovieComedyDrama

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

Lucy

I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything · 1994

I'll Do Anything

MovieComedyDrama

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.

Nan Mulhanney

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water · 1994

Don't Drink the Water

MovieComedyTV Movie

Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.

Marion Hollander

Family Guy

Family Guy · 1999

SeriesAnimationComedy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons · 1989

SeriesAnimationComedy

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier / Jacqueline Bouvier (voice)

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman · 1993

Late Show with David Letterman

SeriesTalkComedy

David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

Marge Simpson (voice)

Taxi

SeriesComedyDrama

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Monica Banta Douglas

Lou Grant

Lou Grant · 1977

SeriesComedyDrama

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Alice Merrin

Rhoda

Brenda Morgenstern

Petrocelli

Petrocelli · 1974

Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.

Julie

The Tracey Ullman Show

The Tracey Ullman Show · 1987

The Tracey Ullman Show

SeriesAnimationComedy

The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born actress and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children (1987–1997), and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.

Fortnite x The Simpsons

Fortnite x The Simpsons · 2025

Fortnite x The Simpsons

SeriesComedyAnimation

Springfield and Fortnite universes converge. Chaos ensues as Homer sets out to transform the world, wielding a powerful alien energy.

Marge Simpson (voice)

Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On... · 1996

Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring actress Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993). Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.

Jodie Wolf / Midge Dexter