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|image = [[File:Abigail Van Buren.png|250px]] | |image = [[File:Abigail Van Buren.png|250px]] | ||
|gender = {{Female}} | |gender = {{Female}} | ||
| + | |alias = Dear Abby | ||
|hair = Brown | |hair = Brown | ||
|age = | |age = | ||
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|job = Syndicated columnist | |job = Syndicated columnist | ||
|relatives = '''Twin sister:''' [[Ann Landers]] | |relatives = '''Twin sister:''' [[Ann Landers]] | ||
| + | |mentioned = "[[Fear of Flying]]" | ||
|appearance = "[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]" | |appearance = "[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]" | ||
|voiced by = | |voiced by = | ||
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| − | '''Abigail Van Buren''' wrote the syndicated {{W|advice column}} "Dear Abby". | + | '''Abigail Van Buren''' wrote the syndicated {{W|advice column}} "Dear Abby" since 1956. |
== History == | == History == | ||
| − | Dear Abby was stored at the ''[[Springfield Shopper]]'' newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with [[Ann Landers]]. | + | Dear Abby was stored at [[Springfield Shopper Building|the offices]] of the ''[[Springfield Shopper]]'' newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with [[Ann Landers]].<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref> |
== Behind the Laughter == | == Behind the Laughter == | ||
{{W|Pauline Phillips|Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips}} who wrote ''Dear Abby'' and her identical twin sister {{W|Eppie Lederer|Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer}} who wrote ''Ask Ann Landers'' became embittered and estranged rivals over the dueling syndicated advice columns. | {{W|Pauline Phillips|Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips}} who wrote ''Dear Abby'' and her identical twin sister {{W|Eppie Lederer|Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer}} who wrote ''Ask Ann Landers'' became embittered and estranged rivals over the dueling syndicated advice columns. | ||
| − | Phillips died in 2013, but because of her diagnosis of {{W|Alzheimer's disease}} the ''Dear Abby'' had been written since 2000 by her daughter {{W|Jeanne Phillips}}. | + | Phillips died in 2013, but because of her diagnosis of {{W|Alzheimer's disease}} the ''Dear Abby'' column had been written since 2000 by her daughter {{W|Jeanne Phillips}}. |
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
| + | *{{ep|Fear of Flying|(mentioned)}} | ||
*{{ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?}} | *{{ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Simpsons characters}} | {{Simpsons characters}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, June 30, 2025
Abigail Van Buren
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Character Information
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Abigail Van Buren wrote the syndicated advice column "Dear Abby" since 1956.
History[edit]
Dear Abby was stored at the offices of the Springfield Shopper newspaper where she slept for 23 hours a day along with Ann Landers.[1]
Behind the Laughter[edit]
Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips who wrote Dear Abby and her identical twin sister Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer who wrote Ask Ann Landers became embittered and estranged rivals over the dueling syndicated advice columns.
Phillips died in 2013, but because of her diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease the Dear Abby column had been written since 2000 by her daughter Jeanne Phillips.
Appearances[edit]
Episode – "Fear of Flying" (mentioned)- Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
References[edit]
