Tracy Grandstaff Explained

Tracy Grandstaff
Birth Date:November 1963
Birth Name:Tracy Jeanne Grandstaff
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Actress, writer, consultant, production assistant, singer
Years Active:1992–2010, 2023–present[1]

Tracy Jeanne Grandstaff (born November 1963) is an American actress, writer and production assistant best known for her work portraying Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV animated series Daria. This role was spun off from another MTV series, Beavis and Butt-Head, for which Grandstaff provided the voices of Daria and other minor characters.[2]

Career

She has written for various series on MTV, including The Tom Green Show and the annual Video Music Awards, and for other Viacom-owned networks, including Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. In April 2011 Grandstaff conducted an interview with the website Can I Get A Man With That[3] to promote the DVD release of the complete series of Daria. On her view of the character eight years since the finale, Grandstaff said, "She is, was, and always will be the Misery Chick who loathes attention more than she loathes herself. Eight years later, there are new things that would totally annoy her—primarily words like totally and bestie. ...I don't see her as a sad character. I see her as tolerant of her unavoidable reality—eager to put the whole miserable experience behind her, so she could get out into the world and surround herself with people she actually admired and respected, or not."

She reprised her role of Daria Morgendorffer for a GPS in 2010.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000Is It Fall Yet?Daria MorgendorfferTelevision film
2002Is It College Yet?

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
1993–1997, 2023Beavis and Butt-HeadDaria Morgendorffer, Mrs. Stevenson, additional voices22 episodes
1997–2001DariaDaria Morgendorffer65 episodes

Video Games

YearGameRoleNotes
1995Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual StupidityDaria Morgendorffer, Mrs. Stevenson, others
1999Daria's Sick, Sad Life PlannerDaria Morgendorffer
2000Daria's InfernoDaria Morgendorffer

Crew Work

YearShowServed AsNotes
1992Real WorldProduction assistant
1993Beavis and Butt-headWriter of episode "True Crime"
1993Free Your MindWriter
1996–1999MTV Video Music AwardsConsultant (1996–99) and writer (1999)
1998Comedy Central's Hi Fi PartyWriter
1999–2003The Tom Green ShowWrote 6 episodes
2001–2002TainaWriter of episodes "Desperately Seeking Agent", "Bad Review", "Sabotag" & "Blue Mascara"
2005MTV Presents: Xbox, the Next Generation RevealedWriter

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.navtones.com/daria-voice-for-gps.html Navtones.com
  2. Kool Thing: '90s Cult Hit 'Daria' Finally Hits DVD. Rolling Stone. May 12, 2010. September 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100922110118/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/8813/52468. dead.
  3. Web site: Dear Daria, Revisiting the Misery Chick . 15 Questions . Can I Get A Man With That? . April 14, 2011 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210010558/http://canigetamanwiththat.com/post/1086565092/dear-daria-revisiting-the-misery-chick . December 10, 2010 .