Colorado Commute Caused Demise of Well-Known Cartoon Character
We all know about a pretty sizeable handful of celebrities that are either from Colorado or currently live here, but if you ran into one of these celebrities at the store you probably wouldn't recognize her. That is, unless she was channeling one of the many cartoon characters she's lent her voice to.
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The voice actor we're going to learn about today has quite an extensive resume and in an interesting twist, her love of Colorado actually contributed to the on-screen death of one of her most famous characters.
Meet Colorado Voice Actor Maggie Roswell
Maggie Roswell has contributed much to the entertainment industry over the years and although she does have some pretty impressive acting roles on her resume, she is most well-known for providing the voices for a number of characters on The Simpsons.
Roswell's Simpsons voice credits include Reverend Lovejoy's wife Helen, Lisa's teacher Ms. Hoover, and the late wife of Ned Flanders, Maude, to name a few.
Interestingly, the fact that Roswell calls Colorado home is ultimately what led to Maude Flanders being killed off of the show.
Colorado's Maggie Roswell + the Death of Maude Flanders
Roswell was hired to voice multiple Simpsons characters in 1989 and even continued to do so after she and her husband moved to Colorado in 1994.
However, by 1999, Roswell began to grow tired of the commute to Los Angeles that she had to commit to twice a week for tapings but instead of quitting, she simply asked for a small raise to compensate her for the rising costs in airline tickets.
Unfortunately, Fox wasn't keen on granting her the raise and instead opted to kill off Maude Flanders in the 1999 episode titled, "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily."
While she was replaced at the time, Roswell was rehired in 2002 after it was agreed upon that she would record her tracks at her home studio in Denver.
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