Billy West: What are you doing here? Tress MacNeille: The aksed me.
Billy West: Tress, I love you. Lock the door, don't let her out! I love this woman!
Nancy Cartwright: [Tress] is one of the most under-acknowledged voice-over talents in the industry. She does what it would normally take ten actresses to do. She is quiet and keeps to herself, diligently working in the background - a total pro.
(About one of the Futurama writers jokingly calling another writer an "asshole") Tress: (Humorously) He meant that in the ameliorative sense, not the pejorative sense. Certainly.
(On the results of a pet show in Futurama episode "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid") Tress MacNeille: (Dramatically) This'll end in tears!
Tress MacNeille: They almost strained their brains!
Tress MacNielle: Here for you and your edification.
Tress has been nominated for four Annie Awards. Twice she has been nominated for playing Dot Warner, once for playing Debbie Douglas and once for playing The World's Oldest Woman.
Tress is uncredited as the voice of Boobarella on The Simpsons. Boobarella is a parody of Cassandra Peterson's character, Elvira, the host of Movie Macabre.
Tress MacNeille took over the role of Lunch Lady Doris after her original voice actress, Doris Grau, passed away. The character was originally set to be "Retired" after her death, but 10 years later she was brought back into the show with Tress as her voice over.
The character of Belle from The Simpsons was originally set to be voiced by a celebrity doing a guest part on the show, however when the producers heard Tress do her impression at the table read, and sing the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" perfectly, they gave the part to her.
Tress was mis-credited as the voice of "Jimbo Jones" on The Simpsons.
Tress MacNeille has appeared in over 15 separate projects with fellow Futurama voice over, Billy West. The two are good friends.
Tress appeared in 68 out of 72 episodes of Futurama.
Among Tress MacNeille's first film/tv projects you can find: Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), Hyakuj? ? Go-Lion (1981) and The Smurfs (1981).
Tress appeared in a small part in the motion picture Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.
Besides doing extensive voice work, Tress has worked with Weird Al Yankovic.
She is the current voice of Daisy Duck.
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