born september american film television actress voice actress comedian attracted notice role character younger sister sitcom won primetime emmy award outstanding supporting actress comedy series best known voice role animated television series simpsons voices characters including known improvisation distinctive gravel voice cast professional acting role received primetime emmy award nominations playing character following cast debuted included series animated shorts dysfunctional family voices needed shorts producers decided ask voice shorts eventually spun simpsons described nearly contract says promote simpsons video work received primetime emmy award outstanding voice performance nomination performance character typically cast woman supportive sympathetic self funny grew dislike playing roles starred life leading role feature film appeared live action roles seven films written adam comedy click early life born los_angeles california september second daughter rose family counselor furniture manufacturer grew southern_california decided pursue career acting wanted attended later admitted hated unsuccessfully tried plays chairman art department later commented excellent improvisation wasn age graduating high school attended drama cast productions including role known improvisation ability comedy drama graduating got day job career early career auditioned role sisters mary tyler moore producer convinced audition decided cast actress instead year later leading character spin called cast professional acting role sister eponymous character ran cbs september december received primetime emmy award nominations outstanding continuing performance supporting actress comedy series playing winning received nominations received nomination starring role daytime special girl couldn lose following guest appearance taxi appeared comedy film surrender box office failures appeared television movies revenge wives love fine romance shot television pilot starred stage plays including play called dinner theater canada new_york directed saw night watching 1970s thought remarkable later offered role film hannah sisters agreed credits allen film career cast sidekick debuted fox described like school chance play wide variety characters vicious people rest play safe commented lot looking people find base characters lunch hour received primetime emmy award nominations simpsons famous role animated television simpsons continues present included series animated shorts dysfunctional simpson family voices needed shorts producers decided ask fellow cast member voice homer hire actors new_york_times described gravel voice says distinctive voice bump vocal famous character favorite characters voice sisters funny sad time series creator instructed voice duo characters suck life similar voices voice masculine lower register voice little provides voices female member family including mother great aunt dead relative introduced season choice unnamed grandmother seen season episode fear flying contract says promote simpsons video rarely performs voice public believes destroys illusion people feel real people takes recording sessions seriously feels voice acting little limiting live acting character movement voices said book life year old boy actor extraordinary quiet work ethic notes rarely late recording sessions paid episode pay dispute fox threatened replace main voice actors new actors going far preparing cast new voices dispute soon resolved received episode voice actors demanded paid episode issue resolved month later earned episode salary negotiations voice actors received approximately episode years later fox threatening cancel series production costs cut cast members accepted percent pay cut episode 44th primetime emmy awards received primetime emmy award outstanding voice performance voicing season episode married won young artist award popular mom dad series performance nominated best voice acting animated feature annie awards lost emotional performance movie got positive reviews critic said gave heartfelt performance find way movie based cartoon scenes movie emotional video message homer recorded times leaving exhausted career roles described new_york_times writer woman supportive sympathetic self funny grew playing roles saying won job supporting role nurse befriends character academy award nominated film interviewed nurses preparation role director film described low maintenance actor worry giving story characters starred life leading role feature film played aspiring stand comedian starts family career begins described selfish admitted liked role reason asked play character smaller role film time chairman 20th century fox suggested cast lesser known actress lead role writer life said little shocking demands actress big trailer character makes sense frequently appeared films having roles hannah sisters alice shadows fog television movie don drink water harry allen described naturally funny person scene listen look filtered funny believes true filmmaker continually experimenting different themes film making adding allen want don read voice work films lion king uncredited role announcer walk moon recent live action film role mother character click worked hbo sketch comedy series personal life leads private nearly life guarded usual star routine rarely makes public appearances refuses allow photographed work especially studio simpsons partner retired producer lived interview new_york_times said considering retiring days year woody allen felt retire receive script wanted life filmography film television video games simpsons bird simpsons cartoon studio springfield simpsons wrestling simpsons road rage simpsons simpsons hit run deluxe bird simpsons game simpsons tapped music video theme park simpsons ride awards
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