June Foray
Born September 18, 1917 (Age: 108)
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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]
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]
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Filmography
Tom & Jerry
2021
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as Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)
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Age: 103
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 86
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
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as Self
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Age: 83
Tweety's High Flying Adventure
2000
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 82
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
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as Rocky / Cartoon Natasha / Narrator's Mother (voice)
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Age: 82
Mulan
1998
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as Grandmother Fa (voice)
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Age: 80
Space Jam
1996
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 79
Thumbelina
1994
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as Queen Tabitha (voice)
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Age: 76
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
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as Self
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Age: 75
Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster
1991
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as Voice
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Age: 73
A Very Retail Christmas
1990
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as (voice)
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Age: 73
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
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as Mrs. Featherby (voice)
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Age: 72
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
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as Wheezy / Lena Hyena (voice)
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Age: 70
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986
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as Grammi Gummi (voice)
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Age: 68
No Image
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
1984
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
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as Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice)
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Age: 65
The Adventures of Curious George
1982
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
Romeo and Smurfette
1981
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as Jokey Smurf (Voice)
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Age: 64
No Image
The Furious Flycycle
1980
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as Mrs. Spitznagle
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Age: 62
The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver
1978
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as Jack
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Age: 60
The Aristocats
1970
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as Cat Screeches (uncredited)
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Age: 53
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
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as Pogo Possum / Mam'selle Hepzibah / Miz Weevil
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Age: 51
French Freud
1969
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as Melody Mercurochrome / Psychiatrist as Maid (voice)
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Age: 51
Birthday
1969
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as Pogo Possum / Mam'selle Hepzibah / Miz Weevil
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Age: 51
E Flat Elephants
1965
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as Jane, Rosie
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Age: 47
The Great Rights
1963
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as
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Age: 45
No Image
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1962
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as Various
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Age: 44
The Last Hungry Cat
1961
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as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 44
The Do-Good Wolf
1960
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as Snow White (voice)
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Age: 42
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
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as Grandma Duck - Daisy Duck (voice)
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Age: 42
Tweet Dreams
1959
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as Various (voice)
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Age: 42
Unnatural History
1959
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as Various (voice)
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Age: 42
Wolf Hounded
1959
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as Red Riding Hood / Pig #2 / Grandma (voice)
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Age: 42
A Witch's Tangled Hare
1959
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as Witch Hazel (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
A Broken Leghorn
1959
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as Miss Prissy / Hens (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Apes of Wrath
1959
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as Mama Ape (voice)
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Age: 41
Duck Flies Coop
1959
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as Katharine Hepburn / Gossip journalist (voice)
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Age: 41
Mouse-Placed Kitten
1959
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as Matilda, Junior's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 41
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
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as Receptionist (voice)
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Age: 40
Tweet and Sour
1956
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 38
The Goofy Success Story
1955
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as Mother Nature (voice)
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Age: 38
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
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as Little Miss Mop-Up (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Bedtime Bedlam
1955
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as Mrs. Moneybelt (voice)
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Age: 37
Sabaka
1955
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as Marku Ponjoy - High Priestess of Sabaka
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Age: 37
Peter Pan
1953
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as Mermaid / Squaw (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 35
No Image
St. George and the Dragonet
1953
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as
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Age: 35
Cinderella
1950
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as Lucifer (voice)
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Age: 32