Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013)[1] was an Emmy-winning actress from Creston, Iowa, United States, best known for her roles in The Bob Newhart Show and The Simpsons. She was a Delta Zeta alumna. She voiced Bart's cynical, bitterly-divorced, chain-smoking fourth grade teacher, Edna Krabappel. She had also voiced Ms. Mellon (the teacher at the school for gifted children who, unlike Mrs. Krabappel, loves teaching and encourages their students to do whatever they want to expand their minds) in "Bart the Genius."
Biography[]
Wallace was best known for her roles as Carol Kester Bondurant, the receptionist for Bob Newhart (to people over 40) in The Bob Newhart Show and as the voice of Edna Krabappel in The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.
She was a semi-regular celebrity panelist on Match Game and The Hollywood Squares, and would make appearances on several other game shows like Password and The $25,000 Pyramid. She played "Mrs. Carruthers" in a few episodes of the ABC sitcom Full House. She also played the maid on the short-lived TV series That's My Bush! and appeared in episode #227 of Bewitched ("Laugh, Clown, Laugh"), as Darrin's secretary, in 1971.
Wallace was a breast cancer survivor and activist who lectured on the subject [1]. On January 27, 2007, she won the Gilda Radner Courage Award from Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection and inspiring others through her 2 decades as a breast cancer survivor.
Her book, Don't Look Back We're Not Going That Way, is a biography that recounts the early detection of her breast cancer, the loss of her husband Denny to cancer, her nervous breakdown, her single motherhood, and other experiences.
Retirement[]
Al Jean stated that due to Wallace's passing, the character Edna Krabappel would be retired, as it wouldn't feel like the same character with a different voice actor and it was paying their respects.[2] Edna's retirement was confirmed in "The Man Who Grew Too Much". In said episode, the credits showed a small tribute to Marcia and her work as the voice actress of Edna.
Credits[]
Special Guest Voice (1990-2021)[]
Season 1
Episode – "Bart the Genius" (7G02)- Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" (7G03)
- Episode – "The Telltale Head" (7G07)
Season 2
- Episode – "Bart Gets an "F"" (7F03)
- Episode – "Principal Charming" (7F15)
- Episode – "Lisa's Substitute" (7F19)
Season 3
- Episode – "Bart the Murderer" (8F03)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II" (as Macabre Marcia Wallace) (8F02)
- Episode – "Flaming Moe's" (8F08)
- Episode – "Bart the Lover" (8F16)
- Episode – "Homer at the Bat" (8F13)
- Episode – "Separate Vocations" (8F15)
- Episode – "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" (8F22)
Season 4
- Episode – "Kamp Krusty" (8F24)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (as Macabre Marcia Wallace) (9F04)
- Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (9F03)
- Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" (9F05)
- Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet" (9F12)
- Episode – "Duffless" (9F13)
- Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (9F19)
Season 5
- Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" (1F05)
- Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" (1F06)
- Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer" (1F07)
- Episode – "Bart Gets Famous" (1F11)
- Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (1F18)
- Episode – "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" (1F19)
- Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (1F20)
Season 6
- Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" (2F33)
- Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (2F02)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (as Macabre Marcia Wallace) (2F03)
- Episode – "Lisa on Ice" (2F05)
- Episode – "The PTA Disbands" (2F19)
- Episode – "'Round Springfield" (2F32)
- Episode – "The Springfield Connection" (2F21)
- Episode – "Lemon of Troy" (2F22)
Season 7
- Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" (3F01)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (3F04)
- Episode – "Team Homer" (3F10)
- Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" (3F13)
- Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" (3F19)
- Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (3F22)
Season 8
- Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" (4F08)
- Episode – "Brother from Another Series" (4F14)
- Episode – "Grade School Confidential" (4F09)
- Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" (4F21)
Season 9
- Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" (4F23)
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Macabre Wallace) (5F02)
- Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" (5F04)
- Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic" (5F05)
- Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" (5F07)
- Episode – "The Joy of Sect" (5F23)
- Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" (5F10)
- Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity" (5F12)
- Episode – "This Little Wiggy" (5F13)
- Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions" (5F14)
- Episode – "Girly Edition" (5F15)
- Episode – "Trash of the Titans" (5F09)
- Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" (5F17)
- Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" (5F18)
Season 10
- Episode – "Bart the Mother" (5F22)
- Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A"" (AABF03)
- Episode – "Mayored to the Mob" (AABF05)
- Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders" (AABF06)
- Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (AABF07)
- Episode – "I'm with Cupid" (AABF11)
- Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" (AABF10)
- Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" (AABF14)
- Episode – "Mom and Pop Art" (AABF15)
Season 11
- Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome" (AABF23)
- Episode – "Brother's Little Helper" (AABF22)
- Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" (AABF21)
- Episode – "E-I-E-I-D'oh" (AABF19)
- Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" (BABF02)
- Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'" (BABF03)
- Episode – "Take My Wife, Sleaze" (BABF05)
- Episode – "Grift of the Magi" (BABF07)
- Episode – "Little Big Mom" (BABF04)
- Episode – "Faith Off" (BABF06)
- Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" (BABF10)
- Episode – "Pygmoelian" (BABF12)
- Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" (BABF14)
- Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" (BABF18)
- Episode – "Behind the Laughter" (BABF19)
Season 12
- Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields" (BABF20)
- Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" (CABF04)
- Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" (CABF02)
- Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow" (CABF06)
- Episode – "Pokey Mom" (CABF05)
- Episode – "Tennis the Menace" (CABF07)
- Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer" (CABF09)
- Episode – "Bye Bye Nerdie" (CABF11)
- Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" (CABF13)
- Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales" (CABF17)
Season 13
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" (CABF19)
- Episode – "The Parent Rap" (CABF22)
- Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal" (DABF04)
- Episode – "I Am Furious Yellow" (DABF13)
- Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" (DABF17)
Season 14
- Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" (DABF22)
- Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" (DABF20)
- Episode – "Large Marge" (DABF18)
- Episode – "Special Edna" (EABF02)
- Episode – "Barting Over" (EABF05)
- Episode – "A Star Is Born-Again" (EABF08)
- Episode – "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" (EABF09)
- Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" (EABF15)
Season 15
- Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" (EABF20)
- Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" (FABF03)
- Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (FABF07)
- Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day" (FABF10)
- Episode – "The Wandering Juvie" (FABF11)
- Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" (FABF12)
- Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner" (FABF17)
Season 16
- Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" (FABF20)
- Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy" (FABF19)
- Episode – "There's Something About Marrying" (GABF04)
- Episode – "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" (GABF05)
- Episode – "Future-Drama" (GABF12)
- Episode – "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star" (GABF09)
Season 17
- Episode – "The Italian Bob" (HABF02)
- Episode – "We're on the Road to D'oh-where" (HABF04)
- Episode – "My Fair Laddy" (HABF05)
- Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" (HABF06)
- Episode – "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" (HABF08)
- Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" (HABF12)
- Episode – "Regarding Margie" (HABF13)
Season 18
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (HABF17)
- Episode – "Yokel Chords" (JABF09)
- Episode – "Marge Gamer" (JABF10)
- Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" (JABF12)
Season 19
- Episode – "The Debarted" (KABF06)
- Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder" (KABF07)
Season 20
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (as Macabre Marcia Wallace) (KABF16)
- Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" (KABF19)
Season 21
- Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" (LABF15)
- Episode – "Postcards From the Wedge" (MABF04)
Season 23
- Episode – "Ned 'N Edna's Blend Agenda" (PABF15)
Season 25
- Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" (RABF18)
- Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" (SABF07)
Season 29
- Episode – "Left Behind" (archive audio)
Season 32
- Episode – "Diary Queen" (archive audio)
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Also Starring (2007)[]
Trivia[]
- Wallace was the first and most recurring guest star throughout the series.
References[]
- ↑ Marcia Wallace dies at age 70, Entertainment Weekly, October 26, 2013
- ↑ 'Simpsons' star Marcia Wallace dies at 70
External links[]
- Marcia Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
- Marcia Wallace at Wikipedia
- Marcia Wallace at The Angry Beavers Wiki
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| Dan Castellaneta | Julie Kavner | Nancy Cartwright | Yeardley Smith | Hank Azaria | Harry Shearer | |||
| Also Starring | |||
| Pamela Hayden | Tress MacNeille | Maggie Roswell | Russi Taylor | Karl Wiedergott | Christopher Collins | Doris Grau | Jo Ann Harris | Grey DeLisle | Marcia Mitzman Gaven | Kevin Michael Richardson | Alex Désert | Dawnn Lewis | Jenny Yokobori | Chris Edgerly | Mo Collins | Kelly Macleod | |||
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| Kelsey Grammer | Maurice LaMarche | Joe Mantegna | Marcia Wallace | Greg Berg | Albert Brooks | Phil Hartman | Jan Hooks | Jane Kaczmarek | Jon Lovitz | Frank Welker | Megan Mullally | Jay Pharoah | Kerry Washington | |||