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June Foray
Born September 18, 1917 (1917-09-18) (age 90)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Years active 1943 – present
Spouse(s) Hobart Donavan (1954 – December 3, 1976) (widowed; no children)

June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an American voice actress who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be

Foray was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where her voice was first broadcast in a local radio drama when she was 12 years of age; by age 15, she was doing regular radio voice work. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Two years later, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and soon became a popular voice actress on radio there, including on the national programs of Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Danny Thomas ( January 6, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub Comedian and television and film In the 1940s, she began film work as well, including a few appearances acting in live-action movies, but mostly doing voiceovers for animated cartoons. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be

For Walt Disney, she played Lucifer the Cat in the feature film Cinderella; she also did a variety of voices in Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker cartoons. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Cinderella is a 1950 Animated feature produced by Walt Disney, and released to theaters on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Walter Benjamin Lantz ( April 27 1899 &ndash March 22 1994) was an American Cartoonist and Animator, best Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an Anthropomorphic Woodpecker who appeared in theatrical Short films produced For Warner Brothers Cartoons, she was Granny, owner of Tweety and Sylvester (whom she has played, on and off, since 1943), and, memorably, a series of witches, including Witch Hazel, for Chuck Jones; plus, she served as the narrator of Really Scent. Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Granny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and '60s is a Looney Tunes character that Sylvester J Pussycat Sr, or simply Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester is a Fictional character, a three-time Academy Award -winning Anthropomorphic Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Witch Hazel is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator,

She voice acted on The Smurfs as Jokey Smurf and Mother Nature, George of the Jungle, and on How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Cindy Lou Who, asking "Santa" why he's taking their tree. The Smurfs is a American Cartoon series that aired on NBC from 1981 to 1989 George of the Jungle was an American Animated television series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr She was the voice of the original "Chatty Cathy" doll as well as the voice of the evil "Talking Tina" doll in The Twilight Zone episode, "Living Doll". Chatty Cathy was a Doll manufactured by the toy company Mattel starting in 1959 The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. "Living Doll" is an episode of the American television Anthology series The Twilight Zone. She voiced the wife of the man getting dunked ("Don't tell him, Carlos!") in Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a theme park ride a series of films

Foray worked for Hanna-Barbera, including The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Jetsons, and many others. The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Scooby-Doo Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. She has done extensive voice acting for Stan Freberg's commercials, albums, and 1957 radio series, memorably as secretary to the werewolf advertising executive. Stanley Victor Freberg (b August 7, 1926, Los Angeles, California) is an American author recording artist Animation Foray has also appeared in several Rankin/Bass TV specials in the 1960s and 1970s. Rankin/Bass Productions Inc (formerly Videocraft International Ltd

Most recognizable, though, is her work for Jay Ward: she played nearly every female on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, including Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick, and Rocket J. Squirrel (AKA Rocky Squirrel), as well as voicing Magica De Spell and Ma Beagle in the televised cartoon DuckTales. J Troplong "Jay" Ward ( September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989) was an American creator and producer of animated The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is the collective name for two separate American Television Animated series: Rocky and His Friends Natasha Fatale is a fictional character in the 1960s Animated cartoons Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, collectively Rocket J Squirrel, usually called by the nickname " Rocky " is the name of the Flying squirrel protagonist Magica De Spell is a Fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe, a Witch created by Carl Barks. Ma Beagle is a Fictional character created for the Animated series DuckTales. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Most significantly in the later part of her career, she had a leading role voicing Grammi Gummi on the groundbreaking animated television series, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the

Foray and Stan Freberg are among the few surviving voice artists from the Golden Age of theatrical cartoons. Stanley Victor Freberg (b August 7, 1926, Los Angeles, California) is an American author recording artist Animation She remains active to this day, with roles in recent animated films, such as Mulan (as Grandmother Fa) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Mulan is a 1998 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 19 1998 Looney Tunes Back in Action is a 2003 Live-action/animated film that tells the story of a hapless stuntman DJ Drake (played by Brendan Fraser In October 2006 she portrayed Susan B. Anthony on three episodes of the podcast The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd. Susan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 &ndash March 13, 1906) was a prominent American Civil rights leader who played "Dr Floyd" redirects here For the character from The Space Odyssey series, see Heywood R

Renowned animator/director Chuck Jones is reported to have said, "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc, Mel Blanc was the male June Foray. Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian "[1]

In 1995, ASIFA-Hollywood, a chapter of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (the International Animated Film Association), established the June Foray Award [1], which is awarded to "individuals who have made a significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation". ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is a branch member of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation The International Animated Film Association (Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA is an international non-profit organization June Foray was the first recipient of the award. At age 90, Foray recently became a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project. ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is a branch member of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation

In 2007, Britt Irvin became the first person ever to voice a character in a cartoon remake that had been previously voiced by Foray in the original series, when she started voicing the character Ursula (Foray's former character) in the new "George of the Jungle" cartoon series on the Cartoon Network. Brittney "Britt" Irvin (born November 10, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actress and singer It has widely been rumored that Foray thinks very highly of Irvin's work with the character.

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  1. ^ The Remarkable June Foray. Animation World Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-03-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.

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