Who is Tress MacNeille? Life and key facts

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

Career

MacNeille was a member of the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings for ten years. She sang and appeared (as Lucille Ball) in the music video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Ricky" (1983), 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 (1990–1992). 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 had become the first voice actress to earn more than $1 million per year, and 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

Anime

1992 — Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland — Elevator creature — English dub
1998 — Kiki's Delivery Service — Osono — 2nd English dub
2003 — The Animatrix — Housewife — English dub
2003 — Castle in the Sky — Okami — English dub
2005 — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Obaba — English dub
2005 — My Neighbor Totoro — Miss Hara — English dub
2005 — Porco Rosso — Ship Announcer — English dub
2005 — My Neighbors the Yamadas — Shige — English dub
2005 — Pom Poko — Oroku Baba — English dub

Video games

1993 — Rise of the Dragon — Karyn Sommers
1993 — Reader Rabbit's Interactive Reading Journey — Ann the Giraffe
1995 — Full Throttle — Suzi, Leader of the Vultures
1996 — Toonstruck — Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun, Ms. Fortune, Marge, 'Mistress' Marge, Bouncer, Chipper, Sparky, Sam Shmaltz's secretary
1996 — Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk — Babs Bunny
1997 — The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield — Additional Voices
1997 — Fallout — Jain
1997 — Animaniacs Game Pack — Dot Warner
1998 — Fallout 2 — Tandi
1998 — Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk — Babs Bunny
1998 — Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley — Dot Warner, Hello Nurse
1999 — Animaniacs Splat Ball — Dot Warner
1999 — Winnie the Pooh Toddler — Kanga
1999 — Winnie the Pooh Preschool — Kanga
1999 — Disney's Villains' Revenge — Queen of Hearts, Mrs. Jumbo
2000 — Mickey Mouse Preschool — Daisy Duck
2000 — Mickey Mouse Kindergarten — Daisy Duck, S. Belle Guest #3, Cowgirl Guest #4
2000 — Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour — Chip, Polly Roger, Otto Plugnut
2000 — Dinosaur: Activity Center — Baylene
2000 — Mickey Mouse Toddler — Daisy Duck
2000 — Dinosaur — Baylene
2000 — Tigger's Honey Hunt — Kanga
2000 — Mickey's Speedway USA — Daisy Duck
2000 — Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers — Daisy Duck
Unreleased — Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe — Babs Bunny
2001 — The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure — Shenzi
2002 — Kingdom Hearts — Daisy Duck, Chip, Queen of Hearts
2003 — Futurama
2005 — Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure — Kanga
2005 — Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt — Dot Warner, Mary Hartless
2006 — Kingdom Hearts II — Daisy Duck, Chip, Merryweather, Kanga, Shenzi
2007 — Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ — Daisy Duck, Chip, Kanga, Merryweather
2007 — The Simpsons Game — Dolph
2007 — Bee Movie Game — Jeanette Chung
2010 — Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep — Chip, Merryweather
2010 — Epic Mickey — Daisy Duck
2011 — Kingdom Hearts Re:coded — Chip, Queen of Hearts
2011 — Kinect Disneyland Adventures — Daisy Duck, Chip
2012 — Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two — Daisy Duck
2013 — Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life — Daisy Duck, Chip
2014 — Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix — Daisy Duck, Chip, Merryweather, Kanga, Queen of Hearts — New and archived audio
2019 — Kingdom Hearts III — Chip
2023 — Disney Speedstorm — Daisy Duck, Chip
2023 — Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 — Gertrude Shortman

Live-action

1988 — Elvira: Mistress of the Dark — Anchorwoman
1989 — Chip 'n' Dale's Excellent Adventures — Herself — TV documentary
2009 — The Heart of No Place — The Art Collector

Theme parks

1986 — King Kong Encounter — Kelly King — Universal Studios Hollywood
1990 — Mickey's Starland Show — Chip — Magic Kingdom
1991 — The Disney Afternoon Live!: Plane Crazy — Chip — Disneyland
1993 — Gadget's Go Coaster — Gadget Hackwrench — Disneyland
1995 — Indiana Jones Adventure — Newsreel Announcer — Disneyland
2005/2006 — The Curse of Darkastle — Queen Marie — Busch Gardens Williamsburg
2011/2012 — The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure — Flotsam and Jetsam — Disney California Adventure/Magic Kingdom
2016 — Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire — Daisy Duck — Magic Kingdom
2018 — The Flintstones: Bedrock River Adventure — Wilma Flintstone — Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi
2020/2023 — Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway — Daisy Duck — Disney's Hollywood Studios/Disneyland
2022 — Mickey's Magical Friendship Faire — Daisy Duck — Magic Kingdom