Nancy Cartwright
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Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American voice actress. She is perhaps best known for providing the voices of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and Ralph Wiggum on the animated television show The Simpsons.[1]
Biography
Early life
Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Miriam and Frank Cartwright.[2] A graduate of Kettering Fairmont High School, Cartwright attended Ohio University before transferring to UCLA, where she earned a degree in theatre.[3] She was a student of Daws Butler (voice of Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Yogi Bear and many others),[1] and in her autobiography cites Butler as being both her mentor and her friend.[4]
Career work
Cartwright has over two decades experience at the mic. In addition to her work on The Simpsons, she has lent her voice to characters on various other animated series, including Kim Possible, All Grown Up!, The Replacements, Richie Rich, "Goof Troop", Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, My Little Pony, The Critic, God, The Devil and Bob, Mike, Lu & Og, Pound Puppies, The Snorks, Galaxy High as well as Chuck Jones' final work, Timberwolf.
Cartwright has also appeared on camera in numerous television series and movies, playing roles in Fame, Empty Nest, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Flesh + Blood, and Godzilla as well as the lead in the TV movie Marian Rose White. Cartwright also appeared in a Season 6 episode of 24 as Jeannie Tyler, the woman Chloe O'Brian thinks is Morris O'Brian's current AA sponsor (filmed during the same season, Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub reprised their roles as Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian on the Simpsons episode "24 Minutes").
Cartwright is the voice of Putt-Putt in the Putt-Putt computer game Putt-Putt Enters The Race. Her best-selling autobiography, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old Boy (Hyperion/Bloomsbury, 2001), offers a behind-the-scenes look at the phenomenon of The Simpsons. This book was converted into a stage show, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004. She recorded an updated version of the autobiography, which was released as an audio book in 2004.
Awards
Cartwright received the Patron Laureate award from Scientology, in a top secret Scientology function in Florida, for giving the organization $10,000,000 in 2007, the largest single donation to the alleged cult in history.[5]
Cartwright received an Emmy Award and an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Voice-Over Performance as Bart Simpson, and Nelson Muntz. She has also received Emmys for Animaniacs and Elmyra, Pinky and The Brain.
Cartwright’s production company, SportsBlast, and partners Turner Sports Interactive hosting Nascar.com were recognized with the Silver Award by the Houston Film Festival for their original series The Kellys.
Other work
Cartwright actively supports many nonprofit organizations that help children, including Famous Fone Friends, Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Way To Happiness Foundation and World Literacy Crusade. She is co-founder of "Happy House", a non-profit organization dedicated to building better families. She is a member of Women in Film, ASIFA , Women in Animation and The Chouinard Foundation. Recently, Cartwright has become a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.
In 2005 , an incorrect news story circulated that Cartwright had entered politics and been elected mayor of Northridge, California. In fact, Cartwright had been honored with the ceremonial title of "Honorary Mayor" by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce. Northridge is a neighborhood of Los Angeles and has no office of mayor.[6]
She is a member of the Church of Scientology,[7] joining in 1989,[8] becoming a Clear (a Scientology term for being free of malevolent alient spirits that were banished to Earth (aka "Teegeeack") by the Evil Space Lord Xenu) on October 1, 1991.[9] Two of the organizations she supports, the Way to Happiness Foundation and the World Literary Crusade, are themselves linked to the Church of Scientology.
Cartwright married writer Warren Murphy in 1988. The couple had two children before divorcing in 2005.[2]
Cartwright is a known stock car driver, and is actively seeking a NASCAR license.[10]
Cartwright was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after she donated $10 million to the organization in 2007.[11]
References
- ^ a b Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
- ^ a b http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Nancy-Cartwright.html
- ^ Terry Gross Interview on "Fresh Air" (Interview confirms transfer to UCLA) (2007-07-26). "Cartwright: It's Bearable Being Bart's Likeness". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ Cartwright, Nancy (2000). My Life as a 10-year-old Boy. Hyperion. pp. Page 116. ISBN 0786886005.
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- ^ http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/cartwright.asp
- ^ Emma Brockes (2004-08-02). "That's my boy". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
- ^ "NPR transcript from All things Considered: Scientology". Solitary Trees. 1997-03-12. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
- ^ "Nancy Cartwright in Scientology's Published Service Completion Lists". Retrieved 2007-09-17.
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- ^ Associated Press (January 30, 2008). "Scientologists' big donations". ABC Action News. Scripps TV Station Group. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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