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Pamela Hayden | |
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| Born | 1953or1954(age 70–71) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–2025 |
Pamela Hayden (born 1953/1954 [1] ) is an American actress, known for providing various voices for the animated television show The Simpsons , such as Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, and Jimbo Jones. [2]
Hayden provided voices for characters in The Simpsons including Bart Simpson's best friend Milhouse Van Houten, teenage thug Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders' son Rod, [3] Chief Wiggum’s wife and Ralph Wiggum's mother Sarah, and Lisa Simpson's friend Janey Powell. She also originally voiced the character of Katrina (Shanks) Meltsner and Doris Rathbone, [4] on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey from 1993 to 2000. She is also the voice actress for Bianca from Spyro: Year of the Dragon , Douglas McNoggin on Lloyd in Space and Sublimity Jill in Party Wagon.
In November 2024, Hayden announced her retirement from voicing characters on The Simpsons. [5] However, Simpsons creator Matt Groening and writer Carolyn Omine later revealed that Hayden would make a few more performances than initially announced. [6]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Additional voices |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | More Than Friends | Sky | TV film |
| 1979 | Studs Lonigan | Unknown | TV mini-series |
| 1982 | Hill Street Blues | Mrs. Jackson | Appeared in three episodes |
| 1982 | The Price Is Right | Contestant on the September 13, 1982 episode | |
| 1984 | Turbo Teen | Pattie | Main cast member |
| Snorks | Additional voices | ||
| 1988 | Designing Women | Waitress | Episode: "Ted-Bare" |
| 1988 | Wheel of Fortune | Contestant on the December 1, 1988 syndicated episode | |
| 1989–2024 | The Simpsons | Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Additional voices | 695+ episodes |
| 1990 | The Tom & Jerry Kids Show | Additional voices | |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Rita | Episode: "Love Stuck" |
| Droopy, Master Detective | Additional voices | ||
| 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Teen, Tough Girl | Episode: "Get Down Here!" [7] |
| 1995 | The Nanny | Chester the Dog | Episode: "Oy to the World" [7] |
| 1996–1999 | Hey Arnold! | Connie | 2 episodes [7] |
| 1997–1998 | Pinky and the Brain | Trudy, Dawn | 2 episodes [7] |
| 1998 | The New Batman Adventures | Geena | Episode: "Old Wounds" [7] |
| 1999–2000 | Recess | Steve, Lance the Pants | 2 episodes |
| 2001–2004 | Lloyd in Space | Douglas McNoggin | Main cast [7] |
| 2004 | Party Wagon | Sublimity Jill, Daughter | Television film [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Artist |
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| 1990 | "Do the Bartman" | Milhouse Van Houten | Nancy Cartwright |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992–2000 | Adventures in Odyssey | Katrina Shanks, Doris Rathbone | 49 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio | Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones | |
| 1997 | The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield | Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders | |
| 2000 | Spyro: Year of the Dragon | Bianca | [7] |
| 2001 | The Simpsons: Road Rage | Milhouse Van Houten | |
| 2002 | Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly | Bianca | [7] |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Hit & Run | Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders | |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Game | Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey Powell, Sarah Wiggum, Wendell Borton |
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Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a recurring character in the Fox animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Pamela Hayden and created by Matt Groening. Milhouse is Bart Simpson's childhood best friend in Mrs. Krabappel's fourth grade class at Springfield Elementary School. He is insecure, gullible, and is often led into trouble by Bart, who takes advantage of his friend's naivety. Milhouse is a regular target for school bully Nelson Muntz and his friends Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam and Kearney Zzyzwicz. He has a crush on Bart's sister, Lisa, which is a common plot element.
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