June Foray
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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June Foray (born June Lucille Forer; September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American voice actress. She was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney's Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears series, and Magica De Spell, among many others. Her career encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, records (particularly with Stan Freberg), video games, talking toys, and other media. Foray was also one of the early members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation. She is credited with the establishment of the Annie Awards, as well as being instrumental in the creation of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring her voice work in television. Chuck Jones was quoted as saying: "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray." Foray died at the age of 99. She had been in declining health since an automobile accident in 2015. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Movie Credits
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
