June Foray

June Foray

Date of Birth:

Sep 18, 1917

Place of Birth:

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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]

filmography:

Thumbelina Thumbelina

1994

Cinderella Cinderella

1950

Space Jam Space Jam

1996

Sabaka Sabaka

1955

Peter Pan Peter Pan

1953

Pet Peeve Pet Peeve

1954

Faeries Faeries

1981

Scruffy Scruffy

1980

Dog Tales Dog Tales

1958

Mulan Mulan

1998

Mulan II Mulan II

2004

Dustland Dustland

2014

Sweet Sea Sweet Sea

1985

Ratzafratz Ratzafratz

2009

Birthday Birthday

1969

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