Yeardley Smith

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Yeardley Smith (character).

Yeardley Smith

Crew Information Gender: Female ♀ Real full name: Martha Maria Yeardley Smith Job: Voice actress Birth date: July 3, 1964 (1964-07-03) Status: Active Number of episodes: 775 Seasons active: Shorts season 1 - Present First short: "Good Night" Most recent short: Welcome to the Club First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" First song: "Do the Bartman" Most recent song: "My Name Is Bart" First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify

Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. She is the voice of Lisa Simpson. She was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, and The Simpsons: America's First Family. She also appeared in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.

Biography

Smith was born in Paris, France, and raised in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the daughter (and namesake) of Joseph Yeardley "Joe" Smith (March 8, 1932 – July 17, 2005), The Washington Post's first official obituary editor (1977–1988), who continued working full time for The Post until 1996. Her mother, Martha Mayor was a gallery worker. Her parents then later divorced.

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, the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One and The Big Bang Theory. Smith co-starred on Herman's Head with Simpsons actor Hank Azaria. One notable line of hers on the show referred to her voice acting when she angrily answers a call with "I do not sound like that Lisa Simpson character on TV!"

Some of her film credits include The Legend of Billie Jean, Maximum Overdrive, City Slickers and As Good as It Gets.

Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentally, 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 cured of bulimia as of 2005.

Credits

Starring

Simpsons short – "Good Night" Simpsons short – "Watching Television" Simpsons short – "Bart Jumps" Simpsons short – "Babysitting Maggie" Simpsons short – "The Pacifier" Simpsons short – "Burp Contest" Simpsons short – "Eating Dinner" Simpsons short – "The Funeral" Simpsons short – "Football" Simpsons short – "Bart and Homer's Dinner" Simpsons short – "Bart's Haircut" Simpsons short – "World War III" Simpsons short – "The Perfect Crime" Simpsons short – "Scary Stories" Simpsons short – "Grampa & the Kids" Simpsons short – "Gone Fishin'" Simpsons short – "The Pagans" Simpsons short – "The Closet" Simpsons short – "The Aquarium" Simpsons short – "Family Portrait" Simpsons short – "The Art Museum" Simpsons short – "Zoo Story" Simpsons short – "Shut Up Simpsons" Simpsons short – "The Shell Game" Simpsons short – "The Bart Simpson Show" Simpsons short – "Punching Bag" Simpsons short – "Simpson Christmas" Simpsons short – "The Krusty the Clown Show" Simpsons short – "Bart the Hero" Simpsons short – "Bart's Little Fantasy" Simpsons short – "Home Hypnotism" Simpsons short – "Echo Canyon" Simpsons short – "Bathtime" Simpsons short – "Bart's Nightmare" Simpsons short – "Bart of the Jungle" Simpsons short – "Family Therapy" Simpsons short – "Maggie in Peril - Chapter One" Simpsons short – "Maggie in Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion" Simpsons short – "TV Simpsons" Special – The Simpsons Ride Special – The Good, the Bart, and the Loki Special – Plusaversary Special – When Billie Met Lisa Special – Welcome to the Club Video game – The Simpsons Cartoon Studio Video game – The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield Video game – The Simpsons Bowling Video game – The Simpsons Wrestling Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage Video game – The Simpsons Skateboarding Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run Video game – The Simpsons Game

Lead vocal

• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Moanin' Lisa Blues", "God Bless the Child" and "Sibling Rivalry")

Additional vocals

• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Do the Bartman" and "Deep, Deep Trouble")

Voice

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – The Yellow Album
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

A big special thank you

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

Interviewee

• Special – The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!

See also

• Characters voiced by Yeardley Smith

External links

• Yeardley Smith at the Internet Movie Database
• Yeardley Smith at Wikipedia
• Yeardley Smith at Twitter
• Yeardley Smith at MobyGames

Cast

Starring Hank Azaria • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Julie Kavner • Harry Shearer • Yeardley Smith Also starring Susan Blu • Albert Brooks • Kimberly Brooks • Michael Carrington • Christopher Collins • Grey DeLisle • Alex Désert • Robin Atkin Downes • Chris Edgerly • Marcia Mitzman Gaven • Brian George • Dana Gould • Doris Grau • Terry Greene • Jo Ann Harris • Pamela Hayden • John Kassir • Denice Kumagai • Dawnn Lewis • Jonathan Lipow • Eric Lopez • Tress MacNeille • Karen Maruyama • Cesar Mazariegos • Melanie Minichino • Christine Nangle • Kevin Michael Richardson • Renee Ridgeley • Tony Rodríguez • Maggie Roswell • James Sie • David Silverman • Russi Taylor • Frank Welker • Karl Wiedergott • Lona Williams • Marc Wilmore • Jenny Yokobori Special Guest Voices Albert Brooks • Glenn Close • Kelsey Grammer • Valerie Harper • Phil Hartman • Jan Hooks • Jane Kaczmarek • Maurice LaMarche • Jon Lovitz • Joe Mantegna • Jackie Mason • Kevin Michael Richardson • Marcia Wallace • Frank Welker One-time cast members Larina Jean Adamson • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Sunkrish Bala • Jim Beanz • Greg Berg • Gregg Berger • Rosalie Chiang • Joe Clabby • Christian Coffinet • Daryl Coley • Henry Corden • Jim Cummings • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Miriam Flynn • June Foray • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Jess Harnell • Montse Hernandez • Mario Jose • Brian J. Kaufman • Phil LaMarr • Jim Lau • Rob LaZebnik • Sang Am Lee • Kipp Lennon • Ken Levine • Kelly Macleod • Dima Malanitchev • Aron Michael Manderosian • Robert J. Manderosian • Ping Marshall • Paul McGuinness • Larry McKay • Sam McMurray • Mike Mitchell • Joey Miyashima • Jason Nash • Carolyn Omine • Jack Ong • Bill Plympton • Susie Smith • Eli Steele • Matthew Sweet • Diana Tanaka • Meher Tatna • Ron Taylor • David Turley • Joey Vieira • Gedde Watanabe • Paul Willson • Tim Yoon • Keone Young

The Simpsons: America's First Family interviewees
Hank Azaria • James L. Brooks • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Alf Clausen • Mel Gibson • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Tom Jones • Julie Kavner • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Scully • Yeardley Smith • Joseph Wack

Interviewees in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!

Host Morgan Spurlock Cast and crew Hank Azaria • Brad Bird • James L. Brooks • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Dana Gould • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Julie Kavner • David Mirkin • Conan O'Brien • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • David Silverman • Sam Simon • Yeardley Smith • Matt Warburton Guest stars Hugh Hefner • Mike Judge • Joe Mantegna • Dan Rather • Jerry Springer • Sting • Tracey Ullman • John Waters Opening music montage Bellowhead • Chicha Libre • Jimmy Fallon • Flea • Eric Fraser • Sameer Gupta • Adam Lintz • Neel Murgai • The Bill Murray Experience • O.A.R. • People Under the Stairs (Double K • Thes One) • The Roots • Michael Sherman • Jonathan Stein • Andrew W.K. • ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill) Interviewees Noel Bankhead* • Bruce Bryant • George H. W. Bush* • Liz Cameron • Scott Choate • David Cross • William Anthony Donohue* • Ariel Filosa • Bjarni Gautur* • Paula Gobbi • Paul Halpern • Marc Horne • Jensen • Jimmy Kimmel • Seth MacFarlane • Mark McGhee • Seth Meyers • Moby • Rusty Nails • Gavin Newsom • Trey Parker • J. Scott Peterson • Kenneth Pogson • Lucas Pouyau • Rashad Robinson • Chad Rowland • Matt Stone • Richard Sumrall • Ruth Westheimer* • Jeremy Wilcox* • Andrena Williams • Brian Williams • Glynne Williams

The Simpsons Take the Bowl performers
Hank Azaria • Nancy Cartwright • Beverly D'Angelo • Matt Groening • Chris Ledesma • Kipp Lennon • Jon Lovitz • Conan O'Brien • Yeardley Smith • "Weird Al" Yankovic • Hans Zimmer

Guest stars in "The Simpsons Guy"
Hank Azaria • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Julie Kavner • Yeardley Smith • H. Jon Benjamin • Jeff Bergman • Julie Bowen • Alexandra Breckenridge • Johnny Brennan • Christine Lakin • Rachael MacFarlane • Patrick Meighan • Kevin Michael Richardson • Alec Sulkin • John Viener • Patrick Warburton • Adam West • James Woods