Editing Nancy Cartwright (section)

==Early life==
Nancy Jean Cartwright was born on October 25, 1957,<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=29070|title = Nancy CARTWRIGHT|date = October 21, 2004}}</ref><ref name="huffpost.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/october-celebrity-birthdays_n_1030744|title = Nancy Cartwright, Randy Jackson & More: This Week's Famous Post50 Birthdays|date = October 25, 2011}}</ref> in Dayton, Ohio.<ref name="Little" /> She was the fourth of six children born to Frank and Miriam Cartwright.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legion.org/memoriam/248917/frank-c-cartwright-sr | title=Frank C. Cartwright Sr | date=June 21, 2023 | access-date=August 26, 2022 | archive-date=August 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826162255/https://www.legion.org/memoriam/248917/frank-c-cartwright-sr | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nancycartwright.com/html/about/bio.html |title=Biography highlights |publisher=Nancycartwright.com |access-date=February 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511223935/http://www.nancycartwright.com/html/about/bio.html |archive-date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> She grew up in [[Kettering, Ohio]],<ref name=Cincinatti /> and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in the [[fourth grade]] at the school of St. Charles Borromeo, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[Just So Stories|How the Camel Got His Hump]]''.<ref name="Eat my shorts">{{cite news |title=Nancy Cartwright: Eat my shorts |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/nancy-cartwright-eat-my-shorts-491916.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/nancy-cartwright-eat-my-shorts-491916.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=May 24, 2005 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=February 6, 2009 |location=London}}</ref> Cartwright attended [[Fairmont High School (Ohio)|Fairmont West High School]], and participated in the school's theater and marching band. She regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the "Humorous Interpretation" category at the National District Tournament two years running. The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices. Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from [[Ohio University]].<ref>Cartwright, pp. 9–10.</ref> She continued to compete in public speaking competitions; during her sophomore year, she placed fifth in the National Speech Tournament's exposition category with her speech "The Art of Animation".<ref>Cartwright, pp. 15–16.</ref>

In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on [[WING]] radio in Dayton.<ref name=Cincinatti>{{Cite web |title=Bart Simpson's secrets revealed |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/18/tem_kiesewetter_bart.html |author=Kieswetter, John |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=December 18, 2000 |access-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> A representative from [[Warner Bros. Records]] visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry.<ref>Cartwright, pp. 12–13.</ref> One of these was [[Daws Butler]], known for voicing characters such as [[Huckleberry Hound]], [[Snagglepuss]], [[The Jetsons|Elroy Jetson]], [[Spike and Tyke (characters)|Spike the Bulldog]], and [[Yogi Bear]]. Cartwright called him and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.<ref name="Eat my shorts" /> Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes. For the next year, they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite".<ref>Cartwright, p. 14.</ref>

Cartwright returned to [[Ohio University]] for her sophomore year, but transferred to the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.<ref name=Cincinatti /> Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Just don't call me Bart |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=November 19, 2000}}</ref> Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17, 1978, "joylessly" left for [[Westwood, Los Angeles]].<ref>Cartwright, pp. 16–18.</ref>