Julie Kavner

Personal context

Summary

Julie Kavner is an actor known for playing Brenda Morgenstern on Rhoda and voicing Marge, Patty, and Selma Simpson on The Simpsons; her film work includes This Is My Life and Hannah and Her Sisters. Her roles often draw on family relationships, comic character acting, and the lives of women. In a 1992 interview, she argued that portraying homeless characters as men alone was sexist and pressed The Simpsons’ writers to include a woman. No public statements on party politics, DEI, or organized activism are on record.