1. Maggie Roswell is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer from Los Angeles, California.
29 Facts About Maggie Roswell
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Maggie Roswell is well known for her voice work on the Fox network animated television series The Simpsons, in which she has played recurring characters such as Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten, as well as several minor characters.
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Maggie Roswell appeared frequently in the sketch comedy The Tim Conway Show from 1980 to 1981, and did voice acting for a few animated films and television shows.
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Maggie Roswell performed in some theater plays, including one in 1988 directed by Julia Sweeney.
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In 1989, Maggie Roswell was hired for the first season of The Simpsons.
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Maggie Roswell played a few minor characters until she became a regular cast member with the introduction of Maude Flanders in the second season.
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Maggie Roswell returned to The Simpsons in 2002 after reaching a deal to record her lines from her Denver home.
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Maggie Roswell starred in the sketch comedy The Tim Conway Show in 1980 and 1981.
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Maggie Roswell appeared in the film Lost in America as the character Patty, and she had a supporting role in the film Pretty in Pink.
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Maggie Roswell acted in the two-part television film The Deliberate Stranger.
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Maggie Roswell played Eunice, a cynical woman who works at a malpractice insurance company and is a colleague to the main character.
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Maggie Roswell people do everything they can to dismiss her because they do not want to pay her retirement benefits, which are about to take effect.
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Maggie Roswell reprised this role in a 1992 revival of the play, at Groundling Theatre.
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Out of the total thirteen episodes of the first season, Maggie Roswell appeared in four; however, they were only minor roles.
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Maggie Roswell did not become a regular cast member until the middle of the second season in the episode "Dead Putting Society", with the introduction of Maude Flanders.
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Maggie Roswell went on to voice other recurring characters on the show, such as Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten, as well as several more one-time characters and background characters.
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Maggie Roswell was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on The Simpsons.
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Maggie Roswell received a 1997 Annie Award nomination in the category "Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production" for her role as Shary Bobbins in the episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpialacious", but lost to June Foray.
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In 1997, Maggie Roswell appeared in the film Switchback alongside Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid.
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Maggie Roswell left The Simpsons in spring 1999 after a pay dispute with Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs The Simpsons.
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Maggie Roswell was paid $1,500 to $2,000 per episode during the three seasons before she left, and she asked Fox for a raise to $6,000 per episode.
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Maggie Roswell returned to The Simpsons in 2002 in the season premiere of the fourteenth season, in which Maude made an appearance as a ghost.
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Maggie Roswell reached a deal with Fox to record her lines from her Denver home, the dispute ended, and Roswell has remained on the show.
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Maggie Roswell appeared as Helen Lovejoy in the film The Simpsons Movie.
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Maggie Roswell attended the gala premiere together with her daughter, who was fourteen years old at the time.
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In 2004, Maggie Roswell had a minor role in the film Silver City.
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The play recounted events in the career of actress Gilda Radner, who Maggie Roswell played, from 1975 to her death in 1989.
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Maggie Roswell met fellow voice actor Hal Rayle in 1986, and they married in 1987.
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Maggie Roswell had done roles such as the Predator in Predator 2, the ghoulies in Ghoulies II, and Marvin the Martian in Air Jordan commercials.