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"Mr. Burns has a mother? She must be a hundred million years old!"

―Homer Simpson^[src]

Daphne Burns

Character Information

Gender:	Female ♀
Status:	Alive
Age:	122^[1]
Hair:	Gray
Occupation:	Retired
Relatives:	Husband: Clifford Burns Sons: Montgomery, George, Zeph, Cornelius, Ernest, Clifford Jr. & Archibald Burns Daughters: Cornelia Hernandez, Sarah Drew Linscott & Dominique Burns Grandchildren: Larry Burns, Pepita Hernandez & J. Stewart Burns
First appearance:	"Rosebud"
Voiced by:	Tress MacNeille Amy Schumer

Daphne Burns (née Charles),^[2]^[3] also known as Mrs. Burns, is Charles Montgomery Burns' mother. She was married to Clifford Burns, but once had an affair with President Taft; Mr. Burns never forgave her.

Children

Daphne holding toddler Burns.

Daphne had many children, including Montgomery, George, Zeph, Cornelius and Cornelia Burns. However, the father of at least three of her children is unknown, despite their last name being Burns.^[2]

History

Early life

In a flashback Burns had, his father let him sit on Santa's lap at Gimbels department store. Young Burns told Santa that all he wanted was a hug from his mom and a smile from his dad. However, this never happened and on Christmas Day, Burns was taken to boarding school. Later, his father and mother both died and still refused to hug him. However, the accuracy of this flashback is unknown since Daphne Burns is still alive in the present.^[4]

Present

She seems to live at a resting home now, and all she is capable of doing is dialing phone numbers and yelling. Mr. Burns rarely calls her. It is implied that Mr. Burns killed her and her husband when he says that his parents cause of death was "Got in my way".^[5] When Burns almost dies, he also asks if the voice he hears is his mother, which could mean that she has died.^[6] After buying out KBBL and firing Bill and Marty, Mr. Burns comments that the lack of indoor plumbing killed his mother.^[7] Mr. Burns also once asked Smithers where his "stuffed mother" was, implying that his mother is deceased.^[8] It is possible that, in these instances, he is actually referring to his grandmother Evelyn Graycomb, much like how he once referred to his grandfather Wainwright Montgomery Burns as his father.^[9]

When Homer attempted to pretend to be Mr. Burns' mother as part of a scheme to get Smithers rehired (after Homer unintentionally disconnected his mother from the phone while attempting to transfer the call to his line), Burns implied that he may have attempted to "pull the plug" on her as revenge for her affair with William Taft, but had not expected her to "live another five decades".^[1]

In a film by Guillermo del Toro, Daphne Burns gave birth to her son, then immediately gave him away to a gorilla.^[10]

Appearances

Episode – "Simpson and Delilah" (picture)

Episode – "Rosebud"

Episode – "Homer the Smithers"

Episode – "The Falcon and the D'ohman" (mentioned)

Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" (flashback)

Episode – "101 Mitigations"

Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside"

Episode – "Burger Kings"

Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" (opening sequence)

Comic story – Homer's Job File (picture)

Comic story – A Brand New Burns, Part One! (mentioned)

Comic story – Oh, Brother!

Comic story – 1001 Nightmares of C. Montgomery Burns

Book – The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album

Gallery

Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus promo 2.jpg
Mrs. Burns in Oh, Brother!.

References

Burns family

view • talk • edit • past Living family
Charles Montgomery Burns • Daphne Burns • Ironfist Burns • Ken Burns • Larry Burns • Victoria Burns • Mr. Burns' nephews • Persephone Odair

view • talk • edit • past Deceased family
Captain Blackburns • Agnes Montgomery Burns • Bensonhurst Burns • Bertam Burns • Casandra Burns • Chasity Temperance Burns • Clifford Burns • Doctor General Edmund Burns • Elspeth Burns • Franklin Jefferson Burns • Mergatroid Burns • Rudolph Burns • Tiberius Burns • Wainwright Montgomery Burns • Wilhelm Podchester Burns • Evelyn Graycomb • Barbara Kretizer • Rosemarie Lippincott • Lyla • Lauren Vontavius Porter • Jeannette Schicklgruber • Marguerite Chesterton Wagstaff

view • talk • edit • past Pets
Canary M. Burns • The Hounds (Crippler • Nipper • Shadow • Winston)

view • talk • edit • past Status unknown
Agnes Brookside • Archibald Burns • Carol Burns • Christoph Burns • Clifford Burns Jr. • Cornelius Burns • Dominique Burns • Doreena Burns • Elihu Burns • Ernest Burns • Ferguson Cranford Burns IV • Fu Manchu Burns • George Burns • J. Stewart Burns • Manchester U. Burns • Rupert Burns • Vernon Burns • Zeph Burns • Charles Montgomery Burns' adoptive father • Sarah Drew Linscott • Hortensia Patterson • Zelda Stewart • Elaine van Landinham • Bernadette Windham

view • talk • edit • past Miscellaneous
Robo Burns

The Simpsons characters

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Jacqueline Bouvier • Patty Bouvier • Selma Bouvier • Abraham Simpson • Bart Simpson (Bartman • El Barto) • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Marge Simpson • Mona Simpson Jub-Jub • Plopper • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II

view • talk • edit • past Around Springfield
Kumiko Albertson • Ms. Albright • Jasper Beardley • Benjamin • Blue-haired lawyer • Shauna Chalmers • Comic Book Guy • Crazy Cat Lady • Larry Dalrymple • Doug • Eddie • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Julio Franco • Jonathan Frink • Gary • Alice Glick • Barney Gumble • Gil Gunderson • Constance Harm • Bernice Hibbert • Julius Hibbert • Julius Hibbert's daughter • Julius Hibbert's oldest son • Lionel Hutz • Jacques • "Just stamp the ticket" man • Princess Kashmir • Hyman Krustofsky • Akira Kurosawa • Cookie Kwan • Grady Little • Lou • Helen Lovejoy • Jessica Lovejoy • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. • Barry Mackleberry • Jerri Mackleberry • Jack Marley • Horatio McCallister • Milo • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Eddie Muntz • Mrs. Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Lindsey Naegle • Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets (Anoop • Gheet • Nabendu • Poonam • Pria • Sandeep • Sashi • Uma) • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon • Old Jewish man • Ruth Powers • Gareth Prince • Gloria Prince • Joe Quimby (Mayor Quimby's body guards) • Martha Quimby • Raphael • Luigi Risotto • Nick Riviera • Sam • Gerald Samson • Agnes Skinner • Roy Snyder • Spuckler children (Dubya • Whitney) • Brandine Spuckler • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky-voiced teen • Strawberry • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Clancy Wiggum • Sarah Wiggum • Yes Guy • Artie Ziff

view • talk • edit • past Celebrities
Bill and Marty • Booberella • Kent Brockman • Bumblebee Man • Scott Christian • Duffman • Matt Groening • Krusty the Clown • Lurleen Lumpkin • Troy McClure • Sideshow Mel • Roger Meyers, Jr. • Arnie Pye • Pyro • Dave Shutton • Jebediah Springfield • Miss Springfield • Drederick Tatum • Mr. Teeny • Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain)

view • talk • edit • past Springfield Elementary School faculty and students
Chuck Berger • Black weasel • Wendell Borton • Gary Chalmers • Lewis Clark • Database • Lunchlady Dora • E-mail • Rod Flanders • Todd Flanders • Ham • JJ Hibbert • Elizabeth Hoover • Sophie Jensen • Jimbo Jones • Edna Krabappel • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Sherri Mackleberry • Terri Mackleberry • Otto Mann • Audrey McConnell • Nelson Muntz • Nell Nicholson • Brunella Pommelhorst • Janey Powell • Martin Prince • J. Loren Pryor • Report Card • Richard • Dolph Shapiro • Becky Shorter • Nina Skalka • Seymour Skinner • Cosine Tangent • Allison Taylor • Milhouse Van Houten • Wanda • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie • Hubert Wong • Yellow weasel • Jaffee Ziswhisky • Üter Zörker • Kearney Zzyzwicz Blond-haired boy with glasses • Brown-haired boy • Buck-toothed boy • Buck-toothed girl • Girl with glasses • Lewis look-alike • Long haired girl

view • talk • edit • past Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Blinky • Charles Montgomery Burns (The Hounds) • Carl Carlson • Charlie • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers, Jr. • Smitty

view • talk • edit • past Villains
Sideshow Bob • Frankie the Squealer • Herman Hermann • Snake Jailbird • Kang Johnson • Kodos Johnson • Legs • Louie • The Rich Texan • Hank Scorpio • Johnny Tightlips • Fat Tony

view • talk • edit • past Other characters
Capital City Goofball • Jesus Christ • Santa Claus • Devil • Fallout Boy • Itchy • God • Leprechaun • Richard Nixon • Poochie • Radioactive Man • Scratchy

view • talk • edit • past Families
The Simpsons • The Bouviers • The Flanderses • The Hibberts • The Krustofskys • The Lovejoys • The Spucklers • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums • The Muntzes

view • talk • edit • past Miscellaneous
Doppelgängers • Fictional characters • LGBT characters • Animals • Deceased characters • Crossover characters • One-time characters • Recurring characters • Non-canon characters

[Homer_the_Smithers-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Homer the Smithers"

[The_Simpsons_Uncensored_Family_Album-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album

[3] C. Montgomery Burns' Handbook of World Domination

[4] "Bobby, It's Cold Outside"

[5] "The Mansion Family"

[6] "The Falcon and the D'ohman"

[7] "Fraudcast News"

[8] "Dark Knight Court"

[9] "The Color Yellow"

[10] "101 Mitigations"

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