Amanda Blake

Blake died on August 16, 1989 in Sacramento, California, of AIDS-related throat cancer. She is also a member of the Church of Scientology. Miss Kitty was owner/operator of the Long Branch Saloon from which she dispensed wisdom, whiskey, and an ongoing-nongoing mystery relationship with Dodge City Marshall Matt Dillon (played by James Arness). She has also loaned her voice for Margo Sherman on The Critic, Chuckie Finster on Rugrats (replacing Christine Cavanaugh in 2001), and Rufus the Naked Mole Rat in Kim Possible. Amanda Blake (born February 20, 1929 in Buffalo, New York), was a former telephone operator and best known for her 19-year role as Kitty Russell on the long-running series, Gunsmoke. She is best known for providing the voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons. Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor.