Doris Grau

Doris Grau (October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995) was an American actress, script supervisor and voice artist. She worked on many films and television shows, including The Simpsons, where she provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and other characters.

Grau was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She worked as a script supervisor on many films and TV shows including A Rage to Live, The Klansman, Sleeper and King Kong. In 1987 she was hired to work on The Tracey Ullman Show and then The Simpsons from 1989. She retired after three years to take up acting. On The Simpsons she voiced Springfield Elementary School cafeteria worker Lunchlady Doris in 24 episodes, as well as Doris in The Critic. She also had a recurring role as The Hungry Heifer waitress Corrinne on Cheers. She also had a few guest appearances on The Tracey Ullman Show and provided additional voices for the movie Babe (1995). Grau appeared on camera in The Distinguished Gentleman (1992). Doris Grau was also mentioned by Lucille Ball's Lucy Carmichael in the 1965 episode of The Lucy Show entitled "Lucy, The Choirmaster" as one of the recipients of Mr. Mooney's Christmas gifts.

She died from emphysema on December 30, 1995. The characters she voiced were retired out of respect (similar to the retirement of Phil Hartman's characters), with the exception of Lunchlady Doris, who returned to The Simpsons after a decade-long absence in 2006 (voiced by Tress MacNeille) in Season 18.