Maggie Roswell (born Mary Margaret Nena Roswell on November 14 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her voice work on The Simpsons where she depicted the characters of Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten among others.
After the 1999 season, she did not re-appear until the 2002 season due to a pay dispute. During this time, she was replaced by Marcia Mitzman Gaven, except for the character of Maude Flanders, who was killed in an episode following Roswell's departure.
She married fellow voice actor Hal Rayle on June 05, 1987 in Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado. Their daughter, Spenser Freeland Rayle, was born on June 20, 1993. The couple own a voice recording studio in Denver, CO blank">http://www.audiornr.com/ Her brother is movie music supervisor G. Marq Roswell http://www.35sound.com/
Roswell received a 1997 _Annie nomination, Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production, for the role of the ill-fated Shary Bobbins
She did a lot of guest appearances in series like Love, American Style, M*A*S*H, L.A. Law and Murphy Brown.
Left "Simpsons, The" (1989) cast in spring 1999 after the show's tenth season when 20th Century Fox refused her requested raise increase from the $2000 she earned the past three seasons until her departure.Before her departure, Roswell had been flying into LA from her Denver home on her own money to record her lines.
Runs a voice-over studio with her husband, Hal Rayle, near their home in Denver.
Garnered an Emmy Nomination and an Annie Nomination for her role of Shary Bobbins, a character in a satire episode of Mary Poppins in a 1997 episode, "SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialiD'OHscious".
Brother teaches in the Los Angeles area.
(2002) Rejoined "Simpsons, The" (1989), after a three-year absence due to a salary dispute.
When she returned to "Simpsons, The" (1989), her appearances were very infrequent. Over the past few years, she has begun to make more appearances.
