June Foray
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Biography
One of the most accomplished and beloved voice actors of all time, June Foray was perhaps best known as the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel on "The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show" (ABC, 1959-1961). Born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1917, Foray began her career on the radio, appearing regularly on local programs at the young age of 15. By the 1940's, Foray was co-starring on shows like "Lux Radio Theatre," "The Jimmy Durante Show," "The Buster Brown Program," and her own series, "Lady Make Believe." She branched into animation in the Warner Bros. short "The Unbearable Bear" (1943), and soon began voice-acting numerous Looney Tunes roles, including one that she would play for the next several decades, that of Sylvester and Tweety's sweet owner Granny. Foray also began appearing in Disney's productions, playing Lucifer the cat in "Cinderella" (1950) and a number of characters in "Peter Pan" (1953). She also began playing Knothead in the "Woody Woodpecker" cartoons, in addition to providing the voice of Rocky in 1959. As if these accomplishments weren't enough, Foray gave her first of several performance as Tom and/or Jerry in the "Tom & Jerry" short "Duel Personality" (1965). While the coming decades would bring countless opportunities for Foray to reprise her iconic roles for Warner Bros., the voice actor never stopped taking on new projects as well, playing Jokey Smurf and Mrs. Sourberry on the long running series "The Smurfs" (NBC, 1981-89) and Grammi Gummi on "The Adventures of the Gummi Bears" (NBC, 1985-1991). She also sat on the Governor's board for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, where she lobbied for 20 years to establish the award for Best Animated Feature, finally succeeding in 2001 when the award was created thanks to her petitioning. Foray died on July 26, 2017, less than two months shy of her 100th birthday.
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1950
Provided voice of Lucifer the Cat in "Cinderella"
1953
Voiced an Indian in "Peter Pan"
1959
Began providing the vocals for Rocky the Flying Squirrel in the TV series "Rocky and His Friends"
1960
Voiced Granny and Witch Hazel as well as other characters in "The Bugs Bunny Show"
1966
Had rare dramatic role in the TV adaptation of "Death of a Salesman"
1967
Voiced Ursula in "George of the Jungle" (ABC)
1981
Voiced Jokey Smurf and other characters on "The Smurfs"
1990
Voiced characters on many episodes of "Garfield and Friends"
1992
Had a guest role in the live-action "Boris and Natasha"
1993
Voiced Martha Wilson on short-lived animated series "All-New Dennis the Menace"
1995
Voiced Granny on "The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries"
1998
Voiced Grandmother Fa in Disney's "Mulan"
2000
Reprised role of Rocky in live-action comedy "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle"
2002
Reprised Granny role on "Baby Looney Tunes"
2011
Reprised Granny character yet again for "The Looney Tunes Show" revival
2013
Voiced the villainous Magica De Spell in Capcom and WayForward's "DuckTales: Remastered" video game
2014
Had final credited role as Rocky in the 9-minute short cartoon "Rocky and Bullwinkle"
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