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| + | '''Martha Maria Yeardley Smith''' (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of [[Lisa Simpson]] on the animated television series [[The Simpsons]]. | ||
| + | Smith was born in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the daughter (and namesake) of Joseph Yeardley "Joe" Smith (May 10, 1931–January 17, 2006), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996. | ||
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| + | In addition to performing as the voice of Lisa Simpson and other occasional characters on The Simpsons, Smith also appeared on the sitcoms Herman's Head and Dharma and Greg and guest-starred on Showtime's Dead Like Me, the Disney Channel's Phil of the Future and the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One. | ||
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| + | Some of her film credits include The Legend of Billie Jean, Maximum Overdrive and As Good as It Gets. | ||
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| + | Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentially, her character Lisa Simpson suffered through an eating disorder in the episode "[[Sleeping with the Enemy]]". She is currently performing in a one-woman show called More where she exposes her eating disorder. Yeardley has been binge-purge free for two years as of February 18, 2005. | ||
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| + | ==Yeardley Voices== | ||
| + | *[[Lisa Simpson]] | ||
| + | *[[Maggie Simpson]] | ||
| + | *[[Lisa Jr.]] | ||
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| + | ==Credits== | ||
| + | ===Starring=== | ||
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| + | * [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]] | ||
| + | * [[Bart the Genius]] | ||
| + | * [[Homer's Odyssey]] | ||
| + | * [[There's No Disgrace Like Home]] | ||
| + | * [[Bart the General]] | ||
| + | * [[Moaning Lisa]] | ||
| + | * [[The Call of the Simpsons]] | ||
| + | * [[The Telltale Head]] | ||
| + | * [[Life on the Fast Lane]] | ||
| + | * [[Homer's Night Out]] | ||
| + | * [[The Crepes of Wrath]] | ||
| + | * [[Krusty Gets Busted]] | ||
| + | * [[Some Enchanted Evening]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Yeardley}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Cast members]] | ||
Revision as of 09:16, August 26, 2008
Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.
Smith was born in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the daughter (and namesake) of Joseph Yeardley "Joe" Smith (May 10, 1931–January 17, 2006), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996.
In addition to performing as the voice of Lisa Simpson and other occasional characters on The Simpsons, Smith also appeared on the sitcoms Herman's Head and Dharma and Greg and guest-starred on Showtime's Dead Like Me, the Disney Channel's Phil of the Future and the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One.
Some of her film credits include The Legend of Billie Jean, Maximum Overdrive and As Good as It Gets.
Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentially, her character Lisa Simpson suffered through an eating disorder in the episode "Sleeping with the Enemy". She is currently performing in a one-woman show called More where she exposes her eating disorder. Yeardley has been binge-purge free for two years as of February 18, 2005.
