Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright | |
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Cartwright at the 2014 Annie Awards | |
Born |
Nancy Jean Cartwright October 25, 1957 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation |
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Years active | 1980–present |
Known for | Bart Simpson in The Simpsons |
Spouse(s) |
Warren Murphy (m. 1988; div. 2002) |
Children | 2 |
Website |
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Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957)[1] is an American voice actress, film and television actress, and comedian. She is known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, and Database.
Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).
After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.
Besides The Simpsons, Cartwright has also voiced numerous other animated characters, including Daffney Gillfin in The Snorks, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Pistol in Goof Troop, Margo Sherman in The Critic, Todd Daring in The Replacements, and Charles "Chuckie" Finster, Jr. in Rugrats and All Grown Up! (a role she assumed in 2002, following the retirement of Christine Cavanaugh). In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later, adapted it into a one-woman play. She also co-produced the one-woman play In Search of Fellini (2016).
Early life
Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio,[2] on October 25, 1957, the fourth of Frank and Miriam Cartwright's six children.[3] She grew up in Kettering, Ohio,[4] and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in the fourth grade, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance of Rudyard Kipling's How the Camel Got His Hump.[5] Cartwright attended Fairmont West High School, and participated in the school's theater and marching band. She regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the "Humorous Interpretation" category at the National District Tournament two years running. The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices. Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University.[6] She continued to compete in public speaking competitions; during her sophomore year, she placed fifth in the National Speech Tournament's exposition category with her speech "The Art of Animation".[7]
In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton.[4] A representative from Warner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry.[8] One of these was Daws Butler, known for voicing characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson and Yogi Bear. Cartwright called him, and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.[5] Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes. For the next year they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite".[9]
Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.[4] Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978.[10] Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17, 1978, "joylessly" left for Westwood, Los Angeles.[11]
Career
Early career
While attending UCLA, which did not have a public speaking team,[13] Cartwright continued training as a voice actress with Butler. She recalled, "every Sunday I'd take a 20-minute bus ride to his house in Beverly Hills for a one-hour lesson and be there for four hours ... They had four sons, they didn't have a daughter and I kind of fitted in as the baby of the family."[12] Butler introduced her to many of the voice actors and directors at Hanna-Barbera. After she met the director Gordon Hunt, he asked her to audition for a recurring role as Gloria in Richie Rich. She received the part, and later worked with Hunt on several other projects. At the end of 1980, Cartwright signed with a talent agency and landed a lead role in a pilot for a sitcom called In Trouble. Cartwright described the show as "forgettable, but it jump-started my on-camera career".[14] She graduated from UCLA in 1981 with a degree in theater.[15] During the summer, Cartwright worked with Jonathan Winters as part of an improvisation troupe at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.[14]
Returning to Los Angeles, Cartwright won the lead role in the television movie Marian Rose White. Janet Maslin, a critic for The New York Times, described Cartwright as "a chubby, lumbering, slightly cross-eyed actress whose naturalness adds greatly to the film's impact".[16] Cartwright replied by sending Maslin a letter insisting she was not cross-eyed, and included a photograph.[17] Later, Cartwright auditioned for the role of Ethel, a girl who becomes trapped in a cartoon world in the third segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie. She met with director Joe Dante and later described him as "a total cartoon buff, and once he took a look at my resume and noticed Daws Butler's name on it, we were off and running, sharing anecdotes about Daws and animation. After about twenty minutes, he said, 'considering your background, I don't see how I could cast anyone but you in this part!'"[18] It was her first role in a feature film.[18] The segment was based on The Twilight Zone television series episode "It's a Good Life", which was later parodied in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II" (1992).[19]
Cartwright continued to do voice work for projects including Pound Puppies, Popeye and Son, Snorks, My Little Pony and Saturday Supercade.[20] She joined a "loop group", and recorded vocals for characters in the background of films, although in most cases the sound was turned down so that very little of her voice was heard. She did minor voice-over work for several films, including The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), Silverado (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and The Color Purple (1985).[21] The most notable of these was a role in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) as a shoe that was "dipped" in acid. She described it as her first "off-screen death scene",[21] and worked to correctly convey the emotion involved.[22]
—Nancy Cartwright, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy[20]
In 1985, she auditioned for a guest spot as Cynthia in Cheers. The audition called for her to say her line and walk off the set. Cartwright decided to take a chance on being different and continued walking, leaving the building and returning home. The production crew was confused, but she received the part.[21] In search of more training as an actress, Cartwright joined a class taught by Hollywood coach Milton Katselas. He recommended that Cartwright study La Strada, a 1956 Italian film starring Giulietta Masina and directed by Federico Fellini. She began performing "every imaginable scene" from La strada in her class and spent several months trying to secure the rights to produce a stage adaptation.[23] She visited Italy with the intention of meeting Fellini and requesting his permission in person. Although they never met, Cartwright kept a journal of the trip and later wrote a one-woman play called In Search of Fellini, partially based on her voyage.[23] The play was co-written by Peter Kjenaas, and Cartwright won a Drama-Logue Award after performing it in Los Angeles in 1995. In a 1998 interview, she stated her intention to make it into a feature film.[24]
The Simpsons
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Cartwright is best known for her role as Bart Simpson on the long-running animated television show The Simpsons. On March 13, 1987, Nancy Cartwright auditioned for a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show, a sketch comedy program. Cartwright originally intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the eldest daughter. After arriving at the audition, she found that Lisa was simply described as the middle child and at the time did not have much personality. Cartwright became more interested in the role of Bart, described as "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever".[25] Creator Matt Groening let her try out for Bart and gave her the job on the spot.[26] Bart's voice came naturally to Cartwright, as she had previously used elements of it in My Little Pony, Snorks, and Pound Puppies.[22] Cartwright describes Bart's voice as easy to perform compared with other characters.[22] The recording of the shorts was often primitive; the dialog was recorded on a portable tape deck in a makeshift studio above the bleachers on the set of The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright, the only cast member to have been professionally trained in voice acting,[27] described the sessions as "great fun".[28] However, she wanted to appear in the live-action sketches and occasionally showed up for recording sessions early, hoping to be noticed by a producer.[28]
In 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show on the Fox network called The Simpsons. Bart quickly became the show's breakout personality and one of the most celebrated characters on television—his popularity in 1990 and 1991 was known as "Bartmania".[29][30][31][32] Bart was described as "television's brightest new star" by Mike Boone of The Gazette[33] and was named 1990's "entertainer of the year" by Entertainment Weekly.[34] Despite Bart's fame, however, Cartwright remained relatively unknown. During the first season of The Simpsons, Fox ordered Cartwright not to give interviews, because they did not want to publicize the fact that Bart was voiced by a woman.[35] Cartwright's normal speaking voice is said to have "no obvious traces of Bart",[22] and she believes her role is "the best acting job in the world"[22] since she is rarely recognized in public.[5] When she is recognized and asked to perform Bart's voice in front of children, Cartwright refuses because it "freaks [them] out".[22] Bart's catchphrase "Eat My Shorts" was an ad-lib by Cartwright in one of the original table readings, referring to an incident from her high school days. Once while performing, members of the Fairmont West High School marching band switched their chant from the usual "Fairmont West! Fairmont West!" to the irreverent "Eat my shorts!" Cartwright felt it appropriate for Bart, and improvised the line; it became a popular catchphrase on the show.[36]
Cartwright voices several other characters on the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, and Database.[37] She first voiced Nelson in the episode "Bart the General" (season one, 1990). The character was to be voiced by Dana Hill, but Hill missed the recording session and Cartwright was given the role.[38] She developed Nelson's voice on the spot and describes him as "a throat-ripper".[39] Ralph Wiggum had originally been voiced by Jo Ann Harris, but Cartwright was assigned to voice the character in "Bart the Murderer" (season three, 1991).[40] Todd Flanders, the only voice for which Cartwright used another source, is based on Sherman (voiced by Walter Tetley), the boy from Peabody's Improbable History, a series of shorts aired on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[39]
Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 for her performance as Bart in the episode "Separate Vocations"[41][42] and an Annie Award in 1995 for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation.[43] Bart was named one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century by Time,[44] and in 2000, Bart and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[45]
Until 1998, Cartwright was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors and made preparations for casting new actors.[46] The dispute was resolved, however, and Cartwright received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded $360,000 an episode.[46] A compromise was reached after a month,[47] and Cartwright's pay rose to $250,000 per episode.[48] Salaries were re-negotiated in 2008 with the voice actors receiving approximately $400,000 per episode.[49] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Cartwright and the other cast members accepted a 25 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.[50]
Further career
—Nancy Cartwright, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy[51]
In addition to her work on The Simpsons, Cartwright has voiced many other characters on several animated series, including Chuckie Finster in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Margo Sherman in The Critic, Mindy in Animaniacs, and Rufus the naked mole-rat in Kim Possible. For the role of Rufus, Cartwright researched mole-rats extensively, and became "a font of useless trivia".[52] She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in 2004 for her work on the show.[53] In 2001, Cartwright took over the Rugrats role of Chuckie Finster when Christine Cavanaugh retired.[52] Cartwright describes Rufus and Chuckie as her two most difficult voices: "Rufus because my diaphragm gets a workout while trying to utilize the 18 vocal sounds a mole makes. Chuckie because ... he's an asthmatic with five personalities rolled into one—plus I have to do the voice the way [Cavanaugh] did it for 10 years."[52] Other television shows that have used her voice work include Galaxy High, God, the Devil and Bob, Goof Troop, Mike, Lu & Og, The Replacements, Pinky and the Brain and Timberwolf.[54] Cartwright has appeared on camera in numerous television shows and films, including Fame, Empty Nest, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Flesh and Blood, Godzilla, and 24.[54]
In 2000, Cartwright published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy. The book details her career (particularly her experiences as the voice of Bart) and contains stories about life behind the scenes of The Simpsons.[55] Laura A. Bischoff of the Dayton Daily News commented that the book was the "ultimate insider's guide to The Simpsons".[56] Critics complained that the book lacked interesting stories and was aimed mostly at fans of The Simpsons rather than a general audience.[57][58][59]
Cartwright adapted My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy into a one-woman play in 2004. Cartwright has performed it at a variety of venues, including the August 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.[2] The play received modest reviews, including criticism for a lack of inside stories about The Simpsons,[60] and its "overweeningly upbeat" tone.[61] David Chatterton of The British Theatre Guide described the show as "interesting and entertaining, but not really a 'must see' even for Simpsons fans".[62]
Cartwright has shown an interest in stock car racing and as of 2007 was seeking a NASCAR license.[63] In 2001, she founded a production company called SportsBlast and created an online animated series called The Kellys. The series is focused on racing; Cartwright voices a seven-year-old named Chip Kelly.[64]
In 1980s, she was so impressed by Giulietta Masina's work in Italian film La Strada that she attempted to obtain theatrical rights to the film in order to mount a stage production in New York. After traveling to Rome in an unsuccessful attempt to meet with director Federico Fellini, she created a one-woman play, In Search of Fellini (2016).[65]
Personal life
Cartwright met writer Warren Murphy, 24 years her senior, on her birthday in 1988 and married him two months later.[66] In her book, she describes Murphy as her "personal laugh track".[67] The couple had two children, Lucy and Jack, before divorcing in 2002.[5][68]
Cartwright was raised a Roman Catholic[69] but joined the Church of Scientology in 1991.[70] She has said that before becoming involved with the church she was depressed that she did not have a "committed relationship", and wanted to get married and have children. She "thought that maybe [she] could find a relationship by going to a church".[69] Cartwright attended a barbecue at a friend's house and noticed that all of the attendees were Scientologists with "thriving careers".[69] Cartwright began reading the works of L. Ron Hubbard and found solace in a chapter about shedding the pain of loss. She said later, "I felt he was talking directly to me, I said to myself, 'I want to stop that feeling.'" Cartwright was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after she donated $10 million, almost twice her annual salary, to the Church in 2007.[71][72]
Cartwright actively supports many nonprofit organizations, including Famous Fone Friends, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Scientology-related The Way to Happiness Foundation. She is co-founder of "Happy House", a non-profit organization dedicated to building 'better' families and distributing Scientology-based literature, based on The Way to Happiness Foundation[73][74] and is a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.[54] In September 2007, Cartwright received the Make-a-Wish Foundation's Wish Icon Award "for her tremendous dedication to the Foundation's fundraising and wish-fulfillment efforts".[75] In 2005, Cartwright created a scholarship at Fairmont High School "designed to aid Fairmont [graduates] who dream of following in her footsteps and studying speech, debate, drama or music" at Ohio University.[76] In 2005, Cartwright was given the title of Honorary Mayor of Northridge, California (a neighborhood of Los Angeles) by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.[77]
In 2007, Cartwright was in a relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett.[78] They planned to get married in spring 2008.[17][79] Brackett was the President and Treasurer of Brackett Construction in Hollywood, California; the construction company was founded in 1987 and had $8.5 million in sales in 2009.[80] He was a fellow member of Scientology,[79] reaching the Operating Thetan level of OT V in Scientology, in 1989.[81] He died in May 2009.[82] According to The Monterey County Herald, Brackett leaped off the Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur, California.[82] Law enforcement stated, "friends and relatives of Brackett said he was despondent because of financial troubles with his business".[82] In September 2010, it was announced Cartwright was being sued by the executives of American Safety Casualty Insurance Company over a policy covering refurbishment work Stephen Brackett failed to finish before his death. The lawsuit sought $260,000 from Cartwright, who the company claims was guarantor for the policy but has refused to cover the expenses. The lawsuit also alleges Brackett diverted contract funds to the Church of Scientology.[83]
In January 2009, Cartwright used Bart's voice in an automated telephone message to Scientologists, inviting them to an event in Hollywood, California.[72][84] She opened the message in Bart's voice, saying "Yo, what's happenin' man, this is Bart Simpson [laugh]", then used her normal voice in most of the remaining message.[85][86] In a 2000 interview, Cartwright explained that a character's voice is copyrighted and she can use Bart's voice in public but cannot record original dialogue without approval.[87] Al Jean, executive producer of The Simpsons, said that the calls had not been "authorized by us"[84] while The Simpsons creator Matt Groening commented that the issue had been "blown up beyond what was intended".[88][89]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Ethel | |
1985 | Heaven Help Us | Girl at dance | Uncredited |
Flesh and Blood | Kathleen | ||
1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Gusty Bushwoolie #4 |
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1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Arabian Prince | |
1988 | Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | Bright Eyes | |
Yellow Pages | Stephanie | Titled Going Underground in US | |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Dipped Toon Shoe | Uncredited | |
1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Page | |
The Little Mermaid | Additional voices | ||
1992 | Petal to the Metal | Fawn Deer | Short film |
1998 | Godzilla | Caiman's secretary | |
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Additional voices | Direct-to-video release | |
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Dana | Direct-to-video release | |
1999 | Wakko's Wish | Mindy | Direct-to-video release |
2001 | Timberwolf | Earl Squirrel | Direct-to-video release |
2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Chuckie Finster | |
Kim Possible: The Secret Files | Rufus | Direct-to-DVD release | |
2006 | Leroy & Stitch | Phantasmo: Experiment 375 Shortstuff: Experiment 297 |
TV Movie, Direct-to-DVD release |
2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Bart Simpson Various characters |
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2013 | I Know That Voice | Herself | Documentary |
Television
Year | Series | Role | Notes |
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1980 | The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show | Gloria Patterson | |
1980–1984 | Fat Albert | Additional characters | |
1980–1984 | Richie Rich | Gloria Glad | |
1981 | Skokie | Unnamed character | TV film; uncredited |
1982 | Marian Rose White | Marian Rose White | TV film |
The Rules of Marriage | Jill Murray | TV film | |
Tucker's Witch | Holly | Episode 1.5: "Terminal Case" | |
1983 | Deadly Lessons | Libby Dean | TV film |
Monchhichis | Additional voice | ||
1983, 1984 | Fame | Muffin | Episode 2.23: "UN Week" and 3.9: "Secrets" |
1983–1985 | Shirt Tales | Kip Kangaroo | Season Two Episodes |
1983–1988 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Additional voices | Appeared in 59 episodes |
1984–1985 | Saturday Supercade | Kimberly | Space Ace segments |
1984–1988 | Snorks | Daffney Gilphin | |
1984, 1985, 1994 | ABC Weekend Special | Karen Winsborrow Wally Funnybunny |
Appeared in three episodes |
1985 | Not My Kid | Jean | TV film |
Cheers | Cynthia | Episode 4.5: "Diane's Nightmare" | |
1986 | Bridges to Cross | Unnamed character | Episode "Memories of Molly" |
Galaxy High School | "Flat" Freddy Fender Gilda Gossip |
Appeared in all 13 episodes | |
1986–1987 | My Little Pony 'n Friends | Various characters | |
Pound Puppies | Bright Eyes Additional Voices |
Appeared in 26 episodes | |
1987 | Popeye and Son | Woody | |
Our House | Unnamed character | Episode 1.22: "Growing Up, Growing Old" | |
Mr. Belvedere | Gwen | Episode 4.1: "The Initiation" | |
Christmas Every Day | The Little Girl | TV film | |
1987–1989 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons shorts |
1988–1990 | Fantastic Max | FX | |
1989 | Dink, the Little Dinosaur | Additional voices | |
TV 101 | Melinda | Episode 1.5: "On the Road" | |
Empty Nest | Ann | Episode 1.13: "Tears of a Clown" | |
1989–present | The Simpsons | Bart Simpson Various characters |
Longest-running role |
1990 | Bobby's World | Natalie | Episode 1.3: "Adventures in Bobby Sitting" |
42nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Bart Simpson | TV special | |
1991 | Big Bird's Birthday Celebration | Bart Simpson | TV special |
1992 | Raw Toonage | Fawn Dear | Appeared in all 12 episodes |
1992–1993 | Goof Troop | Pistol Pete | Appeared in 55 episodes |
1992, 2002–2004 | Rugrats | Junk Food Kid Chuckie Finster |
Episode 2.4: "Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch/Mirrorland" Replaced Christine Cavanaugh in main role until the end of the series |
1993 | The Pink Panther | Additional voices | |
Precious Victims | Ruth Potter | TV film | |
Animaniacs | Mindy Additional voices |
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Problem Child | Betsy | ||
Bonkers | Fawn Deer | Appeared in three episodes | |
A Goof Troop Christmas | Pistol Pete | ||
1994 | Aladdin | The Sprites | |
1994–1995 | The Critic | Margo Sherman Various characters |
Appeared in all 23 episodes |
1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Ruby Jillette | Episode 5.21: "Save the Last Trance for Me" |
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Additional voices | ||
Timon & Pumbaa | Pumbaa Jr. | Episode 1.3: "Never Everglades/The Laughing Hyenas: Cooked Goose" | |
Baywatch Nights | Frances O'Reilly | Episode 1.6: "976 Ways to Say I Love You" | |
1996 | Vows of Deception | Terry | TV film |
Sesame Street | Bart Simpson | Episode 28.1: "Maria in the Hospital: Part 1" | |
Suddenly | Dell | TV film | |
1998 | Toonsylvania | Melissa Screetch | |
1998 | Pinky and the Brain | Mindy | Episode 4.9: "Star Warners" |
1998–1999 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Rudy Mookich | Appeared in 25 episodes |
1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Additional voices | |
Futurama | Bart Simpson doll | Episode 1.8: "A Big Piece of Garbage" | |
1999–2000 | Mike, Lu & Og | Lu | |
2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | Megan Allman | Appeared in all 13 episodes |
2002 | Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa | Todd | TV film |
2002–2007 | Kim Possible | Rufus | 87 episodes |
2003 | Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Rufus | TV film |
2003, 2004, 2005 | Lilo & Stitch | Phantasmo: Experiment 375 Shortstuff: Experiment 297 Rufus |
Episode 1.2: "Phantasmo: Experiment 375" Episode 1.29: "Short Stuff: Experiment 297" "Episode 2.20: "Rufus: Experiment #607" |
2003–2007 | All Grown Up! | Chuckie Finster | |
2004–2008 | Groovy Girls | Oki, Kyle | |
2005 | Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | Rufus | TV film |
Family Guy | Daffney | Episode 4.7: "Brian the Bachelor" | |
The Kellys | Chip Kelly | ||
2006–2009 | The Replacements | Todd Daring | |
2007 | Random! Cartoons | Chum Chum, Kid #1 | Episode 1.23: "Fanboy" |
24 | Jeannie Tyler | Episode 6.11: "Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m" | |
Disney Channel Games | Todd | TV miniseries | |
2007–2010 | Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures | Billy | |
2010 | The Cleveland Show | Bart Simpson | Episode 2.2: "Cleveland Live!" |
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! | Herself Bart Simpson |
TV special | |
2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Bart Simpson | TV special |
2013 | American Dad! | Bart Simpson | Episode 9.7: Faking Bad |
2014 | Family Guy | Bart Simpson | Episode 13.1: "The Simpsons Guy" |
The 7D | Goldilocks | Episode 7b: "Goldilocks and the 7D" |
Video games
Year | Game | Role |
---|---|---|
1991 | The Simpsons | Bart Simpson |
1991 | The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants | Bart Simpson |
1992 | The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare | Bart Simpson |
1995 | TerraTopia | Piper |
1996 | The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
1997 | The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
1998 | Putt-Putt Enters the Race | Putt-Putt |
1999 | Simpsons Bowling | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
2000 | Putt-Putt Joins the Circus | Putt-Putt |
2000 | 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue | Fidget the Squirrel |
2001 | The Simpsons Wrestling | Bart Simpson |
2001 | The Simpsons: Road Rage | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
2002 | Rugrats: Royal Ransom | Chuckie Finster |
2002 | The Simpsons Skateboarding | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
2003 | The Simpsons: Hit & Run | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
2004 | Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise | Rufus |
2007 | The Simpsons Game | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
2012 | The Simpsons: Tapped Out | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
Music videos
Year | Song | Role | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | "Do the Bartman" | Bart Simpson | Herself |
Theme park
Year | Ride | Role |
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2008 | The Simpsons Ride | Bart Simpson, Various characters |
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Role | Series | Result | Ref. |
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1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons: "Separate Vocations" | Won | [41] |
1995 | Annie Award | Outstanding Voice Acting in the Field of Animation | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons | Won | [43] |
1995 | Drama-Logue Award | — | — | In Search of Fellini | Won | [24] |
2004 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Rufus | Kim Possible | Nominated | [53] |
2017 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons: "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" | Pending | [90] |
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Bibliography
- Cartwright, Nancy (2000). My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy. New York City: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-8600-5.
- Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia, eds. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M.
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.
External links
- Official website
- Cartwright Entertainment
- Nancy Cartwright on IMDb
- Nancy Cartwright at the TCM Movie Database
- Nancy Cartwright interview video at the Archive of American Television