who plays lois in family guy?
Alex Borstein
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 Upon completion of the pilot , the series went on the air . " Death Has a Shadow " was the first episode of Family Guy to be aired . It was written by creator MacFarlane , and was the first episode to be directed by Peter Shin . The episode guest starred Lori Alan as Diane Simmons , Carlos Alazraqui as Mr. Weed , Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown , Billy West , Fred Tatasciore , Joey Slotnick , Phil LaMarr , Wally Wingert , and fellow cartoonist Butch Hartman as various characters . The episode aired after Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31 , 1999 . 

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 The episode was written by Alex Carter and directed by Jerry Langford , their firsts for the Family Guy series . Besides Sinatra , the episode featured guest performances by Bob Barker , James Burkholder , Max Burkholder , Chace Crawford , Elisha Cuthbert , Kaylee DeFer , Andy Dick , Carrie Fisher , Caitlyn Jenner ( then Bruce ) , Phil LaMarr , John Kassir , Debbie Reynolds , Sinbad , Billy Unger and Mae Whitman , along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series . The episode was seen by 8 @.@ 52 million viewers , and it received mostly positive reviews from television critics . 

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 In addition to the regular cast , actress Drew Barrymore reprised her role as Jillian Russell , the former girlfriend of Brian ; actor James Woods , in his fifth appearance in the series , reprised his role as the overly exaggerated version of himself ; actress Ashley Tisdale ( who is known for playing Candace Flynn on Disney Channel 's Phineas and Ferb , the show created by Family Guy alumnus Dan Povenmire ) made her first official appearance on Family Guy as James Woods 's girlfriend , Priscilla ; and voice actor H. Jon Benjamin reprised his role as Quahog Market owner Carl . Additionally , actors Max Burkholder , Colin Ford and Patrick Stewart also guest starred in the episode in minor roles . Recurring guest voice actors Lori Alan , John G. Brennan , Nicole Sullivan , Jennifer Tilly , and John Viener reprised their roles as news reporter Diane Simmons , Quahog pharmacist Mort Goldman , Muriel Goldman , Griffin family neighbor Bonnie Swanson , and Jillian 's husband , Derek Wilcox , respectively . A minor appearance was also made by Family Guy writer and regular voice artist Danny Smith . 

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 The episode saw the second re @-@ appearance , the first being a brief appearance in " Road to the Multiverse " , by former main cast member and writer Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown . The actor had previously left the role on Family Guy to star as the character in his own spin @-@ off The Cleveland Show , co @-@ created by Seth MacFarlane , Mike Henry , and Richard Appel . In addition to the regular cast , actors Dan Aykroyd , Chevy Chase , and Gary Cole ; voice actors Dimitri Diatchenko and Chris Parson ; writer , actor , and television host James Lipton ; actresses Henriette Mantel and Mae Whitman ; and voice actress Nicole Sullivan guest starred in the episode . Recurring guest voice actors Johnny Brennan , actor Ralph Garman , writer and showrunner Mark Hentemann , writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener also made minor appearances . Actors Adam West and Patrick Warburton made appearances as well . 

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 All the main Family Guy cast members lent their voices to the episode , along with writers Kirker Butler , John Viener , Alec Sulkin , Mark Hentemann , and Danny Smith , who all had minor speaking roles . Peter 's boyfriend Scott was voiced by recurring voice actor John G. Brennan , who voices him in the same way he voices gay The Jerky Boys character Jack Tors . Other guest stars included writer Wellesley Wild , actress Meredith Baxter @-@ Birney , and actor Seth Rogen . 
