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Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier is the mother of Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier, and the wife of the late Clancy Bouvier. She also had a sister named Gladys, who is now deceased. Like all Bouvier women, she was voiced by Julie Kavner.
Like her twin daughters, Patty and Selma, she smoked heavily and speaks as raspily as they do. She never smiles, except in "Lady Bouvier's Lover", thus seeming largely pessimistic, critical and unsociable. She also seems to disapprove of Marge's marriage to Homer (this, again, is a similarity with Patty and Selma, who share a hatred for their brother-in-law). Her favorite song is Moonlight Serenade. Jacqueline was married to Clancy Bouvier until his death. She had a brief romance with Abe Simpson, Homer's father. However, she broke up with him when she was wooed by billionaire Montgomery Burns, whom she came close to marrying before Abraham's intervention made her decide she was better off alone.
When going through an old photoalbum, Abe Simpson can't help but notice Jacky used to be 'nifty number' in her younger years. Jacky tells him she got a lot of attention from the boys in her days, which drove all of her friends (Zelda Fitzgerald, Frances Farmer, and little Sylvia Plath) into insanity. (Lady Bouvier's Lover)
Behind the scenes
The character is created by creator Matt Groening is named after Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
