Pamela Hayden

Pamela Hayden (born November 28, 1953) is an American voice actress, known for providing various voices for the animated television show The Simpsons, such as Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, and Jimbo Jones.^[1]

Pamela Hayden
Born	(1953-11-28) November 28, 1953 (age 71)
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1978–present

Biography

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,^[2] 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,^[3] 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,^[4] However, Simpsons creator Matt Groening and writer Carolyn Omine later revealed that Hayden would make a few more performances than initially announced.^[5] Despite no longer working in The Simpsons, Hayden will continue to do other voice work that is not related to The Simpsons.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
1999	Being John Malkovich	Additional voices
2007	The Simpsons Movie	Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders[6]

Television

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!"[6]
1995	The Nanny	Chester the Dog	Episode: "Oy to the World"[6]
1996–1999	Hey Arnold!	Connie	2 episodes[6]
1997–1998	Pinky and the Brain	Trudy, Dawn	2 episodes[6]
1998	The New Batman Adventures	Geena	Episode: "Old Wounds"[6]
1999–2000	Recess	Steve, Lance the Pants	2 episodes
2001–2004	Lloyd in Space	Douglas McNoggin	Main cast[6]
2004	Party Wagon	Sublimity Jill, Daughter	Television film[6]

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Artist
1990	"Do the Bartman"	Milhouse Van Houten	Nancy Cartwright

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992–2000	Adventures in Odyssey	Katrina Shanks, Doris Rathbone	49 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	[6]
2001	The Simpsons: Road Rage	Milhouse Van Houten
2002	Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly	Bianca	[6]
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

Theme park

• The Simpsons Ride (2008) – Milhouse Van Houten