Yeardley Smith
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| Image:Yeardleysmithcomiccon.jpg Yeardley Smith on a panel at Comic Con in San Diego for The Simpsons. | ||||||
| Birth name | Martha Maria Yeardley Smith | |||||
| Born | July 3 1964 Paris, France | |||||
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Yeardley Smith (IPA: /ˈjɑrdli/; born July 3, 1964[1]) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Smith was born Martha Maria Yeardley Smith in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., U.S. She is the daughter of Martha, a gallery worker, and Joseph Yeardley Smith (May 10, 1931–January 17, 2006), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996.
[edit] Career
In addition to performing as the voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons, Smith also appeared on the sitcoms Herman's Head and Dharma and Greg and guest-starred on Showtime's Dead Like Me and the Disney Channel's Phil of the Future. Her résumé features guest appearances on Teen Angel, and the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One. She also appeared as an escaped juvenile prisoner named "Bonita Rokeke" in an episode of Mama's Family.
Her film credits include The Legend of Billie Jean, City Slickers, Maximum Overdrive and As Good as It Gets. A twist of trivia regarding her work on The Simpsons was that she auditioned for the role of Bart Simpson, while Nancy Cartwright auditioned for the part of Lisa. However the producers felt that Smith would be better suited for Lisa's voice, while Cartwright was given the role of Bart.
Smith won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for her work on The Simpsons in 1992.[2] Lisa's distinctive voice differs from Smith's only in that it is higher in pitch. Smith has joked about her lack of vocal range in comparison to her Simpsons co-stars, saying she only has three voices: her own, Lisa's, and one that's somewhere in between. She has also said that any time Lisa sings on the show that she has to drop into her own singing voice. Her laugh too however, as heard on the DVD commentaries, also is quite close to Lisa's.
[edit] Personal life
Smith married English-Canadian actor Christopher Grove in 1990 and divorced him in 1992. She is now married to Daniel Erickson; the couple were wed in 2002.
Smith admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Her character Lisa Simpson suffered through an eating disorder in the episode "Sleeping with the Enemy". She is currently performing in a one-woman show called More where she exposes her eating disorder. Smith has been binge-purge free since February 18, 2003.
[edit] Filmography
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) (voice)
- The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) (VG) (voice)
- Back by Midnight (2002)
- The Simpsons Road Rage (2001) (VG) (voice)
- Just Write (1998)
- As Good as It Gets (1997)
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
- Toys (1992)
- City Slickers (1991)
- Ginger Ale Afternoon (1989)
- Maximum Overdrive (1986)
- The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
- Heaven Help Us (1985)
- Three O'Clock High (1987)
[edit] Television
- The Simpsons (1987 to present) as the voice of Lisa Simpson, and other Lisa related characters
- Phil of the Future (2006)
- Dead Like Me (2004)
- Dharma & Greg
- Nash Bridges
- Herman's Head (1991) (TV series)
- Mama's Family (1986)
- Brothers (1984)
- Smart Guy
[edit] Radio
- Return of the Jedi Radio Adaptation (1996) as the voice of EV-9D9
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Yeardley Smith at the Internet Movie Database
- The Daily Targum's interview with Yeardley Smith in 1997 (from The Simpsons Archive)
- Simpsons Illustrated's interview with Yeardley Smith in 1992 (from The Simpsons Archive)
- Yeardley Smith's interview in Newsweek, discussing her one-woman show More and her struggles with bulimia
- Yeardley Smith at Voice Chasers
- Yeardley Smith at TV.com
The Simpsons cast members | |
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| Main cast | Dan Castellaneta · Julie Kavner · Nancy Cartwright · Yeardley Smith · Hank Azaria · Harry Shearer |
| Recurring cast | Pamela Hayden · Tress MacNeille · Maggie Roswell · Russi Taylor · Karl Wiedergott |
| Recurring guest stars | Albert Brooks · Kelsey Grammer · Jan Hooks · Jane Kaczmarek · Maurice LaMarche · Jon Lovitz · Joe Mantegna · Marcia Wallace |
| Former cast | Christopher Collins · Doris Grau · Jo Ann Harris · Phil Hartman · Marcia Mitzman Gaven · Frank Welker |
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