June Foray
Actor
- Born
- September 18, 1917 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- July 26, 2017 (age 99)
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.
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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]
Known for
Mulan
June 18, 1998
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
January 22, 1938
Cinderella
February 22, 1950
Space Jam
November 15, 1996
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
June 22, 1988
Peter Pan
February 5, 1953
The Aristocats
December 24, 1970
Tom & Jerry
February 10, 2021
Mulan II
November 3, 2004
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
November 14, 2003
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
December 18, 1966
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
August 3, 1990
Acting229
- 2021Tom & Jerry as Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)
- 2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Rocky and Bullwinkle as Rocket J. Squirrel / Fearless Leader's Mom (voice)
- 2014Dustland as Narrator (voice)
- 2014I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013The One and Only June Foray as Self
- 2012Alvin and the Chipmunks: Batmunk
- 2012Tom and Jerry: In the Dog House as (archive footage)
- 2011I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat as Granny
- 2010