Tress MacNeille


Teressa Claire "Tress" MacNeille is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series Animaniacs and its revival, Babs Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures, Daisy Duck in various The [Walt Disney Company|Disney] media since 1999, Chip and Gadget Hackwrench on Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and a variety of characters including Agnes Skinner, Brandine Spuckler, Lindsay Naegle, Dolph Shapiro, and Crazy Cat Lady in The Simpsons since 1990. She has also worked on animated series such as Futurama, Disenchantment, Rugrats, and ''Hey Arnold!''

Early life

Teressa Claire MacNeille was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 20, 1951.

Career

MacNeille was a member of the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings for ten years. She sang and appeared in the music video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Ricky", which was based on the I Love Lucy television show and parodied the song "Mickey" by Toni Basil.
MacNeille was cast as Babs Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures. Writer Paul Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs's 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, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Madonna, and Cher. I even have her doing Jessica Rabbit." By 1992, MacNeille became the first voice actress to earn more than $1 million per year, becoming one of the most popular voice actresses in the industry.
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. MacNeille was nominated for an Annie Award for her performance on the show in 1995.

Filmography

Film

Animation

Anime

Video games

Live-action

Theme parks

Music videos

Audiobooks