June Foray

June Foray (September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American voice actress who had worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. Her notable film work includes Cinderella and Mulan.
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 of 15 she was doing regular radio voice work. 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. In the 1940s, she began film work as well, including a few appearances acting in live-action movies, but mostly doing voice overs for animated cartoons.
For Walt Disney, she played Lucifer the Cat in the feature film Cinderella; she did a variety of voices in Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker cartoons; for Warner Bros. 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. She appeared on The Smurfs (as Jokey Smurf and Mother Nature), George of the Jungle, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas; she was the voice of the original "Chatty Cathy" doll (coincidently, she was the voice of the "Talking Tina" doll in The Twilight Zone episode, "The Living Doll"), and is a voice on the Disney attraction "Pirates of the Caribbean" as the wife of the man getting dunked ("Don't tell him, Carlos!").
Foray also has done extensive voice acting for Stan Freberg.
She also voiced Magica De Spell and Ma Beagle in the televised cartoon DuckTales. She even voiced Grammi Gummi on Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
She was the last surviving major classic cartoon voice artist. She remains active to this day, with roles in recent animated films, such as Mulan (as Grandmother Fa) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Chuck Jones is reported to have said, "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray."
June Foray has recently become a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's animation archives|ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.
==Death==
On July 26, 2017, Foray's friend, Dave Nimitz, reported that Foray had died earlier in the day at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 99.
==Filmography==
===Radio===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
Circa 1937–1939	Lady Make Believe 	Host 	She also wrote the episodes
1944–1952 	The Buster Brown Program 	Midnight the Cat, Old Grandie 	
1945–1947 	Smile Time 	Various characters 	
1946 	Cavalcade of America 	Mary Anne Clark 	"Danger: Women at Work"
1946 	Let George Do It 	Mrs. Hutchinson 	"Cousin Jeff and the Pigs"
1946; 1948–1950	The Lux Radio Theatre 	Additional voices 	"Coney Island Repeat""Mother Wore Tights""Wabash Avenue"
1947 	The Life of Riley 	Secretary 	"Riley Enrolls at Pip Instead of UCLA"
1947–1950 	The Jimmy Durante Show 	Various characters 	
1948 	NBC University Theatre 	Cunégonde 	"Candide"
1949 	Command Performance 	The Granny 	
1949 	Screen Directors Playhouse 	Mother Zombie 	"The Ghost Breakers"
1950 	The Adventures of Philip Marlowe	Stewardess, Receptionist 	"The Last Wish"
1952 	Amos 'n' Andy 	Chiquita 	"Leroy's Oil Stock"
1954 	Rocky Fortune 	Linda, Miss Fabian 	"The Museum Murder"
1954 	Our Miss Brooks 	Mrs. Thundercloud 	"Bartering With Chief Thundercloud"
1956–1957 	CBS Radio Workshop 	Amy Lesley, Convention Secretary, Edwina, Gladys Farley, Grocery Clerk, Listener #2, Rhoda Mae Flogg, Temperamental Actress, Vess Neff	4 episodes
1957 	The Stan Freberg Show 	Various characters 	
1979 	Sears Radio Theater 	Spanish Lady on the Street 	"Voodoo Lady"
2007 	Adventures in Odyssey 	Madge 	"The Other Side of the Glass Part 1"
===Film===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1943 	The Egg Cracker Suite 	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 	Voice roleUniversal Short
1943 	The Unbearable Bear 	Sleepwalking Wife Bear 	Voice roleMerrie Melodies Short
1946 	The Lonesome Stranger 	Little Orphan Fanny 	Voice roleLive action short
1946 	Bacall to Arms 	Laurie Be-Cool, Mother in Law 	Voice roleMerrie Melodies Short
1950 	Cinderella 	Lucifer the Cat 	
1951 	Get Rich Quick 	Mrs. Geef, Additional voices 	Goofy short
1951 	Car of Tomorrow 	Fashion Car announcer, Talking Turn Signal 	MGM short
1952 	Trick or Treat 	Witch Hazel 	Donald Duck short
1952 	Lambert the Sheepish Lion 	Mrs. Sheep 	
1952 	How to Be a Detective 	The Dame 	Goofy short
1952 	One Cab's Family 	Mary, Nurse 	MGM short
1953 	Little Johnny Jet 	Mary 	MGM short
1953 	Peter Pan 	Squaw 	She also served as the model for one of the mermaids
1953 	Father's Day Off 	Goofy Jr. 	Goofy short
1953 	Father's Week-end 	Mrs. Geef 	Goofy short
1954 	Pet Peeve 	Joan 	Tom and Jerry shortuncredited
1954 	The Farm of Tomorrow 	Hen, Female announcer 	MGM short
1955 	Mouse for Sale 	Joan 	Tom and Jerry short
1955 	Red Riding Hoodwinked 	Red Riding Hood's Grandmother, Red Riding Hood 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1955 	This Is a Life? 	Granny 	Bugs Bunny short
1956 	The Flying Sorceress 	Joan, Witch 	Tom and Jerry short
1956 	Broom-Stick Bunny 	Witch Hazel 	Bugs Bunny short
1956 	Tweet and Sour 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1956 	Get Lost 	Knothead and Splinter 	Woody Woodpecker short
1956 	Tugboat Granny 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1956 	Rocket-bye Baby 	Martha Wilbur, Old Lady, P.A. voice 	Merrie Melodies short
1956 	Deduce, You Say 	Alfie's Girlfriend, The Shropshire Slasher's Mother 	Daffy Duck short
1957 	Red Riding Hoodlum 	Knothead and Splinter 	Woody Woodpecker short
1957 	International Woodpecker 	Knothead and Splinter 	Woody Woodpecker short
1957 	Boston Quackie 	Mary 	Daffy Duck shortuncredited
1957 	Mucho Mouse 	Joan 	Tom and Jerry short
1957 	Greedy for Tweety 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1957 	Rabbit Romeo 	Millicent 	Bugs Bunny shortuncredited
1957 	The Snow Queen 	Court Raven, Old robber, Old Fairy 	1959 English dub
1957 	Tom's Photo Finish 	Joan 	Tom and Jerry short
1957 	The Unbearable Salesman 	Knothead and Splinter 	Woody Woodpecker short
1958 	Don't Axe Me 	Elmer Fudd's Wife 	Daffy Duck short
1958 	Hare-Less Wolf 	Charles Wolf's Wife 	Bugs Bunny short
1958 	A Pizza Tweety Pie 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1958 	The Vanishing Duck 	Joan 	Tom and Jerry short
1958 	A Bird in a Bonnet 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1959 	Apes of Wrath 	Mama Ape 	Bugs Bunny short
1959 	A Broken Leghorn 	Miss Prissy 	Foghorn Leghorn short
1959 	China Jones 	Dragon Lady 	Daffy Duck shortuncredited
1959 	A Witch's Tangled Hare 	Witch Hazel 	Bugs Bunny short
1959 	Loopy De Loop 	Red Riding Hood, Grandma 	"Wolf Hounded"
1959 	Goldimouse and the Three Cats 	Narrator, Mother Cat, Goldimouse 	uncredited
1960 	Trip for Tat 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1961 	The Last Hungry Cat 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety shortuncredited
1962 	Quackodile Tears 	Daffy Duck's Wife 	uncredited
1962 	Honey's Money 	The Wealthy Widow 	Yosemite Sam short
1962 	The Jet Cage 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1964 	Hawaiian Aye Aye 	Granny 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1965 	Of Feline Bondage 	Jerry's Fairy Godmother 	Tom and Jerry short
1965 	The Year of the Mouse 	Second Mouse 	Tom and Jerry short
1966 	A-Haunting We Will Go 	Witch Hazel 	Daffy Duck short
1966 	The Man Called Flintstone 	Tanya 	
1970 	The Phantom Tollbooth 	Faintly Macabre the Witch, Princess of Pure Reason, Voice of Ralph 	
1975 	Jaws 	Michael Brody, Sean Brody 	ADR work
1981 	Time Bandits 	Melina 	
1981 	The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie 	Granny 	
1982 	Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales 	Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse / Mrs. Sylvester / Jack's Mother	
1983 	Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island 	Granny, Miss Prissy, Sylvester's wife 	
1983 	The Smurfic Games 	Jokey Smurf 	TV movie
1984 	Strong Kids, Safe Kids 	Jokey Smurf 	Video Documentary Short
1987 	Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers 	Poor Old Witch 	TV movie
1987 	Daws Butler: Voice Magician 	Herself 	
1987 	DTV Monster Hits 	Hazel the Witch, Colleen 	TV movie
1988 	Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons 	Herself 	TV movie Documentary
1988 	Who Framed Roger Rabbit 	Wheezy, Lena Hyena 	
1988 	Daffy Duck's Quackbusters 	 	Uncredited
1989 	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 	Librarian 	1992 English dub
1990 	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp 	Mrs. Featherby 	
1990 	Of Moose and Men: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Story 	Herself / Rocky 	TV movie
1991 	Problem Child 2 	Voice of puppet 	Live-action film
1992 	Adventures in Odyssey: A Fine Feathered Frenzy 	Evelynn Harcourt 	Video
1992 	The Magical World of Chuck Jones 	Herself 	Documentary
1992 	Boris and Natasha: The Movie 	Autograph Woman 	TV movie
1993 	I Yabba-Dabba Do! 	Additional voices 	TV movie
1994 	Thumbelina 	Queen Tabitha 	
1992 	Adventures in Odyssey: Electric Christmas 	Evelynn Harcourt 	Video
1996 	Space Jam 	Granny, Witch Hazel 	
1998 	Mulan 	Grandmother Fa 	
2000 	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 	Rocky J. Squirrel, Animated Natasha Fatale, The Narrator's Mother 	Voice role
Live-action/animated film
2000 	Tweety's High-Flying Adventure 	Granny 	Direct-to-video film
2003 	Looney Tunes Back in Action 	Granny 	Live-action/animated film
2003 	Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure 	Granny 	Video
2003 	Looney Tunes: Reality Check 	Granny 	Video
2003 	Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction 	Granny / Witch Hazel 	Video
2003 	Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes	Herself 	Video Documentary
2003–2006	Behind the Tunes 	Herself 	Video Documentary Shorts: Short Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam / Putty Problems and Canary Rows / Blanc Expressions / A Hunting We Will Go – Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy / Wild Lines – The Art of Voice Acting
2004 	Mulan II 	Grandmother Fa 	Direct-to-video film
2005 	Corpse Bride 	Flora 	Voice role
2006 	The Legend of Sasquatch 	Momma Sasquach 	
2006 	Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas 	Granny as The Ghost of Christmas Past 	Direct-to-video film
2008 	Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices 	Herself 	Video Documentary
2008 	I Smurf the Smurfs! 	Herself / Jokey Smurf 	Video Documentary Short
2011 	I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat 	Granny 	Theatrical Short
2013 	I Know That Voice 	Herself 	Documentary
2013 	The One and Only June Foray 	Herself 	Documentary
2014 	Rocky and Bullwinkle 	Rocky, Fearless Leader's Mother 	Direct-to-video short. Planned for Theatrical Release along with Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
===Live action===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1954 	Sabaka 	Marku Ponjoy, The High Priestess of Sabaka 	Live-action film
1954 	The Ray Milland Show 	Myrna 	episode: Fashion Model
1954 	Meet Mr. McNutley 	Myrna 	"Fashion Model"
1955–1956	The Johnny Carson Show 	Various characters 	
1966 	Death of a Salesman 	Jenny 	TV adaptation
1966 	Bewitched 	Diaper Dan Baby / Baby Gladys Kravitz / Baby Darrin Stephens 	2 episodes
1967 	Green Acres 	Carmelita 	"Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked"
1969 	The Brady Bunch 	Sandra 	episode: A Clubhouse Is Not a Home
1969–1970	Get Smart 	Impostor 99's 'real' voice / Bus Station Announcer Voice / Doll	3 episodes
1974 	Little House on the Prairie	Girls Voices in Play 	episode: Ma's Holiday
1984 	The Duck Factory 	Herself 	"The Annies"
2000 	Great Performances 	Herself 	episode: Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1957 	The Woody Woodpecker Show 	Splinter / Knothead 	
1959 	The Huckleberry Hound Show 	Mom 	"Bear on a Picnic" (Yogi Bear segment)
1959–1964 	The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (aggregated title) 	Rocky J. Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Additional Characters 	Original titles: "Rocky and His Friends", "The Bullwinkle Show"
1959–1960; 1971–1972	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 	Radio Voices, Grandma Duck, Queen, Ma Beagle, Daisy Duck, additional voices 	"Duck Flies Coop""This Is Your Life Donald Duck""Disney on Parade""Dad, Can I Borrow the Car"
1959 	The Flintstones 	Betty Rubble 	Flintstones pilot The Flagstones (uncredited)
1960–1961 	Mister Magoo 	Mother Magoo 	
1960–1962 	The Bugs Bunny Show 	Granny / Witch Hazel 	
1961 	The Yogi Bear Show 	 	
1961–1962 	The Alvin Show 	Daisy Bell, Reporter, Additional voices 	
1961–1962 	Calvin and the Colonel 	Woman, Thief, Nancy, Chiquita, Operator 	"The Television Job""Cloakroom""Calvin's Glamour Girl""Nephew Newton's Fortune"
1963 	Fractured Flickers 	Various characters 	
1963 	Beetle Bailey 	Bunny / WAC Soldiers 	
1963 	Krazy Kat 	Krazy Kat / Mrs. Kwak-Kwak 	
1963 	The Twilight Zone 	Talky Tina 	"Living Doll"uncredited
1963–1964 	The Flintstones 	Grandma Dynamite, Peaches, Nurse #1, Nurse #2, Granny Hatrock, Secretary, Dinosaur #2, Monkey	"Foxy Grandma""The Dress Rehearsal""The Bedrock Hillbillies"
1964 	The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 	 	
1965–1970 	DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space 	How, Why 	
1966 	The Road Runner Show 	Various Characters 	
1966 	Dr, Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas 	Cindy Lou Who 	TV special
1966–1969 	The Super 6 	Bubbles 	
1967 	Lost in Space 	Gundermar 	Voice"The Questing Beast" Uncredited
1967 	Birdman and the Galaxy Trio 	Medusa 	"The Empress of Evil"
1967 	George of the Jungle 	Ursula, Marigold 	
1967–1968 	Off to See the Wizard 	Dorothy Gale, Wicked Witch of the West 	
1968 	The Inspector 	Edna, Melody Mercurochrome 	"Le Ball and Chain Gang", "French Freud"
1968 	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour 	various characters 	
1968 	The Little Drummer Boy 	Aaron's Mother 	TV special
1968 	Mouse on the Mayflower 	 	TV special
1969 	The Pink Panther Show 	additional voices 	episode: Pinto Pink/Le Pig-al Patrol/In The Pink
1969 	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 	Gypsy Fortune Teller 	"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts"
1969 	The Pogo Special Birthday Special 	Pogo, Hepzibah 	TV special
1969 	Frosty the Snowman 	Teacher, Karen, Additional voices 	TV short
1969-1970 	The Dudley Do-Right Show 	Nell Fenwick, Additional voices 	TV Series
1970 	Horton Hears a Who! 	Jane Kangaroo, Mother Who, Baby Who, Additional voices 	TV short
1972 	The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't 	 	TV special
1974 	These Are the Days 	 	
1975 	Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 	Nagaina the Cobra, Teddy's Mom, Darzee's Wife 	TV special
1975 	The Hoober-Bloob Highway 	Additional voices 	TV special
1975 	The White Seal 	Mackah 	TV special
1976 	Mowgli's Brothers 	Mother Wolf 	TV special
1976 	The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show	Various Characters 	
1976 	The Sylvester & Tweety Show 	Various Characters 	
1977 	Bugs Bunny's Easter Special 	Granny 	TV special
1978 	Fabulous Funnies 	Broom-Hilda, Oola, Hans, Additional voices 	
1978 	Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special 	Witch Hazel 	TV short
1978 	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show 	Various Characters 	
1978 	Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper 	Raggedy Ann and Comet 	TV special
1979 	Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile	Raggedy Ann, Aunt Agatha, Neighbor 	Credited as Mrs. Hobart Donavan for Aunt Agatha
1979 	Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales 	Mrs. Claus, Clyde Bunny 	TV special
1979 	Bugs Bunny's Valentine Special 	Additional voices 	TV special
1979 	Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet 	Millicent / Attractive Rabbit 	TV special
1979 	The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special 	Granny 	
1980–1982 	Heathcliff 	Grandma, Sonja, Crazy Shirley, Iggy, Marcy, Muggsy, Princess 	
1981 	Faeries 	Hag 	TV special
1981–1983 	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends 	Aunt May Parker, Crime Computer, Judy 	
1981 	A Chipmunk Christmas 	Mrs. Waterford / Mrs. Claus 	TV special
1981–1989 	The Smurfs 	Jokey Smurf, Mother Nature, Additional voices 	
1982 	The Incredible Hulk 	Additional Voices 	
1982 	My Smurfy Valentine 	 	TV special
1982 	The Smurfs Springtime Special 	Jokey Smurf / Mother Nature 	TV special
1982 	The Adventures of Curious George 	Narrator 	
1982 	The Smurfs Christmas Special 	Jokey Smurf 	TV special
1983–1984 	Alvin and the Chipmunks 	Additional Voices 	
1985 	Pound Puppies 	Mother Superior, Old Woman 	TV special
1985 	The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour 	Various characters 	
1985 	A Chipmunk Reunion 	Vinny 	Uncredited
1985 	The Jetsons 	Lady at Gas Station, Telephone Operator 	"Little Bundle of Trouble"
1985–1991 	Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears 	Grammi Gummi, Dragon, Additional voices 	
1986 	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show 	Various characters 	
1986–1987 	Teen Wolf 	Grandma Howard, Mrs. Seslick 	
1986–1988 	Foofur 	Additional voices 	
1987 	Tis The Season to Be Smurfy 	Jokey Smurf 	TV special
1987–1988 	The Flintstone Kids 	Grandma Cavemom 	3 episodes
1987–1990 	DuckTales 	Ma Beagle / Magica De Spell / Mrs. Featherb / additional voices 	
1988 	Denver, the Last Dinosaur 	Bertha 	
1988 	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 	Constance McSnack 	"Wanted Cheddar Alive"
1989 	Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters 	Mrs. Dweeb 	2 episodes
1990 	Tom and Jerry Kids Show 	Witch 	"Doom Manor"
1990 	The Simpsons 	Happy Little Elf, Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper Babysitting Service Receptionist 	"Some Enchanted Evening"
1990–1991 	Tiny Toon Adventures 	Granny 	
1990–1993 	Garfield and Friends 	Various characters 	
1991 	Garfield Gets a Life 	Mona, Librarian 	TV special
1991 	Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes 	Additional voices 	TV special
1991 	Married... with Children 	Voice of Scary Mary 	Episode "God's Shoes"
1992 	The Plucky Duck Show 	Granny 	
1993 	All-New Dennis the Menace 	Martha Wilson 	
1993 	Rugrats 	Blocky, Svetlana the Spy 	"Sour Pickles"
1993 	2 Stupid Dogs 	Red Riding Hood's Grandmother 	2 episodes
1993 	Bonkers 	Ma Barker 	"Calling All Cars"
1995 	Weird Science 	Baby Ruth, Tammy 	Voice roleLive-action television series
1995 	Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery 	Witch Hazel 	TV special
1995–2000 	Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries 	Granny, Witch Hazel 	Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production (1996–1997)
1996 	Cave Kids 	Rat 	"Soap Bubble Dreams"
1996 	The Bugs n' Daffy Show 	Various Characters 	
2001 	Family Guy 	Rocky J. Squirrel 	"The Thin White Line"
2001–2006 	Baby Looney Tunes 	Granny 	
2005 	The Powerpuff Girls 	Madame Argentina 	"I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future"
2005 	Duck Dodgers 	Lezah the Wicked 	"M.M.O.R.P.D."
2009 	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack 	Ruth, Kid, Kelly, Kelly's Mother, K'nuckles' Kindergarten Teacher 	"Bubbie's Tummy Ache""Flapjack Goes to a Party"
2011 	The Garfield Show 	Mrs. Cauldron, Additional voices 	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program (2012)
2011–2014 	The Looney Tunes Show 	Granny 	
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role
1997	Lego Island 	Mama Brickolini, Polly Gone, Parrot
1998	Rocky and Bullwinkle's Know-It-All Quiz Game	Rocky, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick"June Foray at Behind the Voice Actors". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
1998	Mulan Animated Storybook 	Grandmother Fa
1999	Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time 	Granny, Witch Hazel
2000	Donald Duck Going Quackers 	Magica De Spell
2000	Looney Tunes: Space Race 	Granny
2000	Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters 	Granny
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action 	Granny
2008	Disney Think Fast 	Magica De Spell
2013	DuckTales: Remastered 	Magica De Spell
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