The Simpsons: Milhouse voice actor Pamela Hayden retires from show after 35 years
After almost 700 episodes playing Bart’s bespectacled and beleaguered best friend, the voice actor is moving on to other opportunities
Pamela Hayden, the actor behind beloved Simpsons character Milhouse, has announced her retirement from the show after 35 years and almost 700 episodes.
“The time has come for me to hang up my microphone,” Hayden, 70, said in a statement on Wednesday. “It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show … I’ll always have a special place in my heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.”
Hayden has been a mainstay on The Simpsons since it premiered in 1989, playing Bart’s best friend Milhouse Van Houten as well as school bully Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders’ sons Rod and Todd, Chief Wiggum’s wife Sarah and Lisa’s friend Janey Powell. But as she said in a video tribute shared by the show, Milhouse was her “main guy”.
He was also a fan favourite: “People would come up to me and they quote Milhouse lines,” Hayden said in the video, which included clips of the character over the years.
