Nancy Cartwright's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Simpsons Bart Simpson Ralph Wiggum Nelson Muntz Todd Flanders Kearney Wendell Bor… Kim Possible Rufus Animaniacs Mindy All Grown Up Chuckie Fin… Goof Troop Pistol Pete The Replacements Todd Daring Bonkers Fawn Deer Pound Puppies Bright Eyes My Little Pony and Friends Baby Heart … Gusty The Critic Margo Shirt Tales Kip Kangaroo God, the Devil and Bob Megan Allman Mike, Lu & Og Lu Tucker's Witch Holly Galaxy High School Gilda Gossip 'Flat Fredd… Problem Child Betsy Raw Toonage Fawn Dear Toonsylvania Melissa Scr… Fantastic Max FX Fully Booked (UK) Nancy Cartw…

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BIOGRAPHY:

Nancy Cartwright is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist.
She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.


TRIVIA:

• Originally auditioned for the part of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons (1989) but asked to read for Bart because she thought Bart was funnier.
• Was friends with 'Daws Butler' (qv), the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and hundreds of others. They regularly exchanged letters, and soon he was addressing her "Dear Pixie." He sent her scripts to record, and then critiqued the tapes she returned. At 12, she joined a children's theatre company and made her first stage debut in "An Old-Fashioned Christmas". The director asked her to join his summer theatre group. She traveled with them for four years. As a senior, she was president of the Forensic League at Fairmont West High school.
• Was offered the chance to do the female voices for _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv), but turned it down because she felt the show was too offensive.
• For her birthday, a 1992 episode of "The Simpsons" featured its opening of Bart writing as punishment on the chalkboard, "I am *not* a 35-year-old woman.".
• She met the future Supervising Director of _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv), 'David Silverman (I)' (qv), when they were both students in UCLA's Art Department in the late 1970s. They jokingly made an agreement they would one day work on a show together, but didn't find out their deal came through until they saw the credits of the first episode of the series.
• Like many tourists, Cartwright attempted to disturb the notoriously unflappable guards at Buckingham Palace in London. When she blurted, "What's happening man, I'm Bart Simpson, dude!", she succeeded.
• Attended Ohio University from 1976-1978 as an interpersonal communication major and was awarded the Cutler Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership.
• The segment of _Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)_ (qv) in which she appears is based on the same episode that was later parodied in a "Simpsons" Halloween special.