Marge Simpson

Marjorie "Marge" J. Simpson (née Bouvier) is the well-meaning and patient wife of Homer Simpson. Her most notable physical feature is her blue hair, styled into an improbably high beehive; she is proud to have never met anyone with taller hair outside Graceland.

Physical Appearance
Marge usually wears a strapless green dress, red shoes, tall blue hair and a red pearl necklace. The pearl necklace is a family heirloom and she is seen to have a big drawer full of them. Lisa also wears a pearl necklace, but with white pearls. Doctor Hibbert revealed that she has webbed feet. She remarked that she used to have a "perfect 26-26-26" figure.

Hair
As a teen, Marge had waist length hair that she always wore down, but got the idea to wear it in her trademark beehive for senior prom ; this is sometimes contradicted by recent flashbacks showing Marge as a child, where she is portrayed with her hair worn tall. Her hair is once shown close to her knees, consistent with the logic that a lot of hair would be needed to create her tall beehive. It was revealed by Homer that Marge dyes her hair with blue dye #56, stating "She’s been gray as a mule since she was seventeen." Because of her unusually large hairstyle, her height is reported to be 8'6", as noted by Apu . Her hair was blue before she met Homer and was brunette at one time due to Marge ironing a piece of her hair for a long time.

Biography
Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is the mother of the Simpsons family, and the third born of the Bouvier family. It is not known what her birth year is, but she stated she has the same birthday as Randy Quaid (October 1st) but we have not seen a clear birth year. It is presumed that Marge is in the range of the ages 36-40. Marge spends most of her time doing housework, in minding Maggie, being supportive of Lisa and either disciplining Bart or protecting him from Homer's wrath.

Marge is a foil to her reckless and impulsive husband. Having high morals and a tendency to be a 'wet blanket' as Homer puts it, to the point she has actually worn a groove into the carpet going from the kitchen to the bedroom and the basement from her constant housework. She tends to consider anything that isn't completely plain to be amazing or exotic, even if they're not all that special. Such as deviled ham opposed to normal ham and buttered noodles opposed to unbuttered noodles. She has also been depicted as a killjoy and attempt to stop things that other characters otherwise find fun. She always believes she has a good reason for doing so even if it's not the case. She once had Itchy and Scratchy banned because Maggie injured Homer after imitating a scene from the cartoon. She tried to demolish a burlesque house even though it hurt no one and no one else wanted it destroyed, and she outright says that if something isn't to her taste then no one else should be allowed to enjoy it. Homer sums up his wife when he tells her: "If it were up to [Marge], all we'd ever do is work and go to church."

Despite these tendencies Marge has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show’s history. She was once a police officer in Springfield, took therapy for flight fear , was jailed for shoplifting , became a gambling addict , showed alcoholic tendencies , .
 * was an unwilling participant in a cross-country police chase, overdosed on steroids , cheated on a cooking competition and developed amnesia . Marge is the only member of the family who encourages church attendance. She also appears to have significant athletic ability. She is bilingual, being fully fluent in French.

Political Views
Politically, Marge generally aligns with the Democratic Party. She once mentions that she voted for Jimmy Carter ("twice" according to Lisa) and supported the candidacy of their state's progressive governor Mary Bailey, and also claimed to have been extremely depressed when Lyndon B. Johnson died. She, however, appears to be a Conservative Democrat, unlike the Left-Winged Lisa.

Talents
Marge is a talented painter. When she was a teenager she had an intense crush on Ringo Starr and painted a large number of portraits of him. She also wrote to him, but only received a reply 25 years later. After Homer discovered her old paintings, Lisa encouraged Marge to enroll in an art contest in which her portrait of a drunk Homer asleep on the couch won a local art competition. She was then hired by Mr. Burns to do a portrait of him. After many attempts, she almost gave up until a belated response from Ringo Starr (stating that she had talent) inspired her to continue. The resulting portrait won even Mr. Burns’ praise, a massive feat in itself, and was placed at the Springfield Art Museums Burn's Wing.

Marge is also very talented cook. She once brought a pretzel business, which flourished with the aid of the mafia. She has entered various cooking challenges, although circumstances such as vengeful competitors and overheated ovens cause her to lose and once, sabotage other competitors. Marge says she feeds the family on twelve dollars a week, using sawdust to pad Homer's food. Generally she is regarded as a very good cook, despite the unusual fact that she knows of fewer than eight spices and apparently constructs very bad ice cream sundaes. She is especially renowned for her pork chops, Homer's favorite dish. She once worked in Au Naturel, an erotic bakery in Springfield.

Jobs
Marge has had many jobs, most of which lasted a short period of time, these include:
 * Pretzel Wagon creator and saleswomen
 * Policewoman
 * Trade Show Model
 * Estate Agent for Red Blazer Reality
 * Power plant employee
 * House Wife

Future
In the year 2013, Marge leaves Homer after he blew the family savings on an underwater home. She then dates Krusty the Clown. Homer tries to win Marge's love back by beating him up, and is beaten up himself. Marge then gets back together with Homer.

Behind the Scenes
Marge Simpson is voiced by Julie Kavner

Creation
Matt Groening first conceived the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after various members of his own family, with Marge being the name of his mother. Marge then made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on 19 April 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night".

In The Simpsons Season Four DVD commentary, Matt Groening states that the original idea behind Marge's hair was to conceal large rabbit ears. The gag was intended to be revealed in the final episode of the series, but was scrapped early on due to inconsistencies.

Reception
Julie Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 for voicing Marge in the episode "I Married Marge". In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer) won a Young Artist Award for "Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series". For her performance in The Simpsons Movie, Kavner received a nomination for "Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature" at the 2007 Annie Awards, but lost to Ian Holm in Ratatouille. Kavner's emotional performance in the movie got positive reviews and one critic said she "gave what must be the most heartfelt performance ever".

Trivia

 * Marge has hazel-colored eyes.
 * Has webbed toes.
 * Bouvier is the surname of Jackie Kennedy-Onassis.
 * Marge is on the cover of Playboy magazine for November.
 * She is left handed, but she always uses her right hand for everything to look normal.