Tress MacNeille

Teressa Claire MacNeille (née Payne; born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress and singer who is best known for voicing Dot in Animaniacs, Daisy Duck and Chip in Disney's House of Mouse and other Disney properties, Chip and Gadget Hackwrench in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Mom in Futurama, Dolph Starbeam and Agnes Skinner in The Simpsons, Wilma Flintstone in later iterations of The Flintstones, and Babs Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Early Life
MacNeille was born Teressa Claire Payne in Los Angeles, California on June 20, 1951. She loved cartoons as a child and wanted to be a voice actress from the age of eight, but instead chose a "practical" career, feeling she would never be able to realize her ambition. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and attended broadcasting school, becoming a disc jockey

Career
MacNeille wed Douglas Whitsett MacNeille in Carson City, Nevada on August 29, 1974.

MacNeille worked in a variety of jobs and had numerous minor voiceover roles before becoming a regular on an animated TV show. In her words, "I'd been doing radio spots, some TV, demos, sound-alikes, industrial narrations -- anything that came my way for about two years." She was also a member of the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings for ten years. MacNeille took acting workshops and worked as a casting assistant for voice acting talent agent Bob Lloyd in what she calls "The University of Voice-over." Lloyd and fellow agent Rita Vennari got MacNeille her first role on an animated show: a part in an episode of the 1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

She sang and appeared in the music video (as Lucille Ball) for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Ricky" (1983), which was based on the I Love Lucy television show and parodied the song "Mickey" by Toni Basil. MacNeille also appeared on Yankovic's 1999 album Running with Scissors, on the tracks Pretty Fly for a Rabbi and "Jerry Springer."

MacNeille was cast as Babs Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995). Writer Paul Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs' voice and the voices of her impressions. MacNeille commented: "The best part of doing Babs is that she's a mimic, like me...In the show I do Babs doing Billie Burke, Hepburn, Bette Davis, Madonna and Cher. I even have her doing Jessica Rabbit." The success of Tiny Toon Adventures led to the series Animaniacs. MacNeille was brought in to voice Dot Warner, one of the show's three main characters, because Dot's character was very similar to Babs Bunny. Andrea Romano, the voice director and caster for Animaniacs, said that the casters had "no trouble" choosing the role of Dot: "Tress MacNeille was just hilarious (...) And yet [she had] that edge." MacNeille was nominated for an Annie Award for her performance on the show in 1995.

She has provided voices for numerous films, television shows, video games and commercials, garnering over 200 credits. MacNeille says: "The characters that I do all come from people in my own life--as well as the material I've stolen from my friends!" Her TV roles include characters on The Simpsons, where she voices Agnes Skinner, Brandine Spuckler and Lindsey Naegle, and Futurama, in which her main role is the character Mom. MacNeille has provided voices on many other television shows and cartoons such as Rugrats (as Charlotte Pickles), Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (as Chip and Gadget), Histeria, Hey Arnold, as well as dubbing work on English language anime translations.

She is the voice of Daisy Duck and Wilma Flintstone since 1999 and 2000 respectively. MacNeille also appeared as an angry anchorwoman in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and served as the voice of Elvira's Great-Aunt Morganna Talbot. She provided voice acting for the 2003 Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner short feature The Whizzard of Ow.

Movies

 * Kiss Me Again - Livia

Animated Series

 * Spot's Musical Adventures (2000) - Sally, Helen, Grandma, Mrs. Bear
 * The Garfield Show (2009-2016) - Esmeralda Brubaker, Hostess, Squirrel #1

Animated Shorts

 * Have a Laugh! (2009-2012) - Daisy, Chip

Animated Specials

 * Spot's Magical Christmas (1995) - Sally, Reindeer #2, Helen
 * Bugs Bunny's Learning Adventures (1996-1998) - Granny, Additional Voices

Anime

 * Saber Rider & the Star Sheriffs (1984-1985) - Robin, Mandy, June
 * Voltron (1984-1985) - Queen Merla

Anime Films

 * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) - Obaba (Buena Vista Dub)
 * Castle in the Sky (1986) - Okami Duffi, Sheeta's Grandma (Buena Vista Dub)
 * My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - Miss Hara (Buena Vista Dub)
 * Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - Osono (Buena Vista Dub)
 * Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) - Elevator Creature
 * Porco Rosso (1992) - Additional Voices (Buena Vista Dub)
 * Pom Poko (1994) - Fireball Oroku, Additional Voices
 * Princess Mononoke (1997) - Kiyo, Iron Worker
 * My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) - Shige Yamano
 * The Animatrix (2003) - Housewife, Kenny
 * Tales from Earthsea (2006) - Old Woman

Video Game Dubbing

 * Kingdom Hearts (2002) - Daisy Duck, Chip, Queen of Hearts
 * Kingdom Hearts II (2006) - Merryweather, Daisy Duck, Chip, Kanga
 * Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) - Merryweather, Chip
 * Kingdom Hearts III (2019) - Chip
 * Cookie Run: Kingdom (2021-present) - Daisy Duck Cookie