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Nancy Cartwright was born on October 25, 1957 in Dayton, Ohio, USA as Nancy Jean Cartwright. She is an actress, known for Die Simpsons (1989), Die Simpsons: Der Film (2007) and Godzilla (1998). She was previously married to Warren Murphy.



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Best known as the voice of "Bart Simpson", "Nelson Muntz", "Todd Flanders", and "Ralph Wiggum" on the TV show Die Simpsons (1989).

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Children, with Warren Murphy , Lucy Mae and Jackson.



When she auditioned for Die Simpsons (1989), she was originally called in for the voice of "Lisa Simpson", not "Bart Simpson". She was then asked to read for "Bart Simpson" and got the role on the spot.



Was friends with Daws Butler , 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.

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.





Fittingly her character Ethel in Unheimliche Schattenlichter (1983), years before her role as Bart Simpson, is "wished" into a television set where she is chased around and then eaten alive by a cartoon monster.



The segment of Unheimliche Schattenlichter (1983) in which she appears is based on the same episode that was later parodied in a "Simpsons" Halloween special.

Her character, Bart Simpson, was rated number 2 in Comedy Central's newest show 'Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses'.



Attended Ohio University from 1976-1978 as an interpersonal communication major and was awarded the Cutler Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership.



Appointed Honorary Mayor of Northridge, California, USA (2005)





Was offered the chance to do the female voices for South Park (1997), but turned it down because she felt the show was too offensive.



She met the future Supervising Director of Die Simpsons (1989), David Silverman , 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.

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.".



Originally auditioned for the part of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons (1989) but asked to read for Bart because she thought Bart was funnier.



Became a Scientologist in 1991.



She is a lifelong Democrat.



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On auditioning for Die Simpsons (1989): I went in, saw Lisa, and didn't really see anything I could sink my teeth into. But the audition piece for Bart was right there, and I'm like, 'Whoa, 10 years old, under-achiever and proud of it? Yeah, man - that's the one I want to do!.

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