June Foray
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.
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- The Simpsons (1989) as Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper Babysitting / Happy Little Elf (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Rocket J. Squirrel (voice)
- Rugrats (1991) as Blocky / Svetlana (voice)
- Married... with Children (1987) as Scary Mary (voice)
- The Powerpuff Girls (1998) as Madame Argentina (voice)
- The Flintstones (1960)
- The Flintstones (1960) as Grandma Dynamite / Peaches / Bank Customer (voice)
- The Flintstones (1960) as Nurse #1 / Nurse #2 (voice)
- The Flintstones (1960) as Granny / Ma / Secretary / Dinosaur #2 / Monkey (voice)
- Green Acres (1965) as Carmelita
- Bewitched (1964) as Diaper Dan Baby (voice) (uncredited)
- The Smurfs (1981) as Jokey Smurf (voice)
- Duck Dodgers (2003) as Lezah the Wicked (voice)
- Garfield and Friends (1988)
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Sport (voice)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Talky Tina (voice)
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- Get Smart (1965) as Impostor 99's 'real' voice (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Bus Station Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Get Smart (1965) as Doll (voice) (uncredited)
- Lost in Space (1965) as Gundemar (voice)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983) as (voice)