Alice Glick

Alice Glick was an elderly woman who resided in Springfield.

Biography
Alice Glick lived in the Simpsons' neighborhood. Bart met her when he was trying to earn money to buy a collector's item comic book. Alice Glick put Bart to work doing chores around her house, but because she paid him very poorly, he quickly grew to loathe her. During one of Bart's work sessions with Alice Glick, she showed him "an old lady thing" where she dyed her wedding dress black for her husband's funeral. Mr. Glick has never been seen, apparently having passed away long before Bart met Mrs. Glick.



Doctor Hibbert confessed to once leaving his car keys inside her while operating. She also tried to sell a candy dish for ninety dollars that she forcefully insisted could only be used for storing candy. Alice Glick was shown at the Springfield Swap-and-Meet, selling many valuable items such as an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, the first Superman comic, Inverted Jenny postal stamps and a Stradivarius violin, all for five cents. Alice Glick once took the heart donor ticket off her I.D., along with many other people around her.

Alice Glick was possibly suffering from dementia; consequently, her grasp on reality can be questioned at times. When residents of Springfield were at the Kwik-E-Mart stocking up food for a hurricane, she grabbed Lisa's head, thinking she was a pineapple, and carried her on her shopping cart along with Ralph (whom she thought was a pumpkin). Ralph then revealed that Alice planned on cooking them into a pie.

Alice Glick appears to be one of the ladies who gets her hair done on a regular basis at the salon Marge goes to. Mrs. Glick also watches soap operas. Alice Glick also appears to be patriotic where Springfield is concerned, enjoying Jebediah Springfield Day.



Alice Glick had a brother named Asa, who died during World War I. He was killed by his own grenade when he held onto it for too long.

It is revealed that Mrs. Glick is a long-time friend of Myrna Bellamy. However, given that Myrna Bellamy does not exist, but is a fictional character created for the reality show Frame Up, this could mean the show's producers either hired Mrs. Glick to be part of the cast or knew of her dementia and took advantage of it to get her to go along with the story. Mrs. Glick also appears to be friendly with Agnes Skinner.

Mrs. Glick is killed in Replaceable You by a rogue robot seal. She is later seen in Heaven. Despite this, she has been seen in episodes since then.

Behind the Laughter
Following her debut in the episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", Mrs. Glick became a recurring minor character, often seen at the hospital or the Springfield Retirement Castle. In addition to minor speaking roles, she also lingers in the background of various episodes, often laughing toothlessly. Groundskeeper Willie once even made a remark about it, quoting "How come yer always around?!", frightening Mrs. Glick.

In her first appearance, Mrs. Glick was voiced by Cloris Leachman. In all her appearances since then, Mrs. Glick is voiced by Tress MacNeille.

Trivia
In her first appearance, she was acting like a grandma due to her likeness to Bart.