34 Facts About Julie Kavner

Julie Kavner has been described as "nearly reclusive"; part of her contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video.

Typically cast as a "woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny", Julie Kavner grew to dislike playing such roles.

Julie Kavner has appeared in live-action roles in six films written by Woody Allen and in the Adam Sandler comedy Click.

Julie Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 7,1950, the second daughter of Rose, a family counselor, and David Julie Kavner, a furniture manufacturer, and grew up in Southern California.

Julie Kavner decided to pursue a career in acting because "There was nothing else I wanted to do, ever".

Julie Kavner attended Beverly Hills High School, where she was "something of a loner", and unsuccessfully tried out for several plays.

John Ingle, formerly the chairman of the Beverly Hills High School art department, later commented that Julie Kavner was "excellent at improvisation, but she wasn't an ingenue [sic] and not that castable at that age".

In 1973, Julie Kavner auditioned for a role as one of Rhoda Morgenstern's sisters in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Julie Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern, sister of the eponymous character.

Julie Kavner received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Brenda, winning in 1978.

Julie Kavner appeared in the television movies Revenge of the Stepford Wives, No Other Love and A Fine Romance, and shot a television pilot.

Julie Kavner starred in several stage plays, including a play called It Had to Be You at a dinner theater in Canada, Particular Friendships in New York City in 1981, and Two for the Seesaw, directed by Burt Reynolds.

Julie Kavner thought that she was remarkable and later offered her a role in his 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters.

Julie Kavner agreed, and credits Allen and the film with rejuvenating her career.

Julie Kavner was then cast as a sidekick to Tracey Ullman in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted on Fox in 1987.

Julie Kavner described the show as, "like being back in school, a chance to play a wide variety of characters, some really vicious people, to not rest on laurels, to not play it safe".

Julie Kavner became known for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons, a show that continues to the present day.

Julie Kavner has what Hilary de Vries of The New York Times described as a "honeyed gravel voice".

Julie Kavner says her voice is due to "a bump on [her] vocal cords".

Julie Kavner provides the voices of every other female member of the Bouvier family, including Marge's mother Jacqueline, Great-Aunt Gladys, and an unnamed grandmother seen on the season six episode "Fear of Flying".

Julie Kavner had very few recorded interviews in regard to her work on the show.

However, after being coaxed by Letterman, Julie Kavner turns to face away from the camera and speaks briefly in the voice of Marge.

The issue was resolved a month later, and Julie Kavner earned $250,000 per episode.

At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards, Julie Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Marge in the season three episode "I Married Marge".

Many of Julie Kavner's roles have been described by New York Times writer Hilary de Vries as a "woman who is supportive, sympathetic, or self-effacingly funny".

Julie Kavner played Dottie Ingels, an aspiring stand-up comedian who starts neglecting her family when her career begins to take off.

Julie Kavner has frequently appeared in Woody Allen films, having roles in Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, New York Stories, Alice, Shadows and Fog, the television movie Don't Drink the Water and Deconstructing Harry.

Julie Kavner worked with Tracey Ullman in the HBO sketch comedy series Tracey Takes On.

Julie Kavner was cast as the mother of Adam Sandler's character in Click, released in 2006.

Julie Kavner did not appear in a non-Simpsons role after her appearance in Click until her role in the James L Brooks film Ella McCay.

Julie Kavner has lived in New York City's Manhattan borough since around 1992.

Julie Kavner leads an intensely private life, described by The New York Times as "nearly reclusive" and "discreet and guarded beyond the usual reticent star routine".

Julie Kavner rarely makes public appearances and refuses to be photographed while working.

Julie Kavner was in a relationship with producer David Davis from 1976 until his death in 2022.