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Profile of Yeardley Smith on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Yeardley Smith  
   
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Date of Birth: 3rd July 1964
   
Place of Birth: Paris, France
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Yeardley Smith

Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964 in Paris, France and raised in Washington, D.C., USA) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson (and occasionally, both on the Tracy Ullman shorts and the half-hour show, for Maggie Simpson) on the animated television show The Simpsons. She 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, and the "Mathnet" segment of the Children's Television Workshop show Square One.

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

She is the daughter (and namesake) of J.Y. Smith, the obituary writer for The Washington Post.

Yeardley admitted on The Jane Pauley Show that she had struggled with bulimia for 25 years. Coincidentially, Lisa Simpson, Her character on The Simpsons sufferred through the same problem in episode Sleeping with the Enemy. She is currently performing in an one-woman show called More where she exposes her eating disorder. Yeardley has been binge-purge free for two years as of February 18, 2005.

Selected Filmograpghy

  • The Simpsons Movie (2008) (voice)
  • The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) (VG) (voice)
  • Back by Midnight (2002)
  • As Good as It Gets (1997)
  • Jingle All the Way (1996) (uncredited)
  • Toys (1992)
  • Herman's Head (1991) (TV series)
  • City Slickers (1991)
  • The Simpsons Christmas Special (1989) (TV) (voice)
  • The Simpsons (1989) (TV series) (voice)
  • The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (TV series) (voice)
  • Maximum Overdrive (1986)
  • The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

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