
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 |
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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 |
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1943 | The Egg Cracker Suite | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Voice role Universal Short |
The Unbearable Bear | Sleepwalking Wife Bear | Voice role Merrie Melodies Short | |
1946 | The Lonesome Stranger | Little Orphan Fanny | Voice role Live action short |
Bacall to Arms | Laurie Be-Cool, Mother in Law | Voice role Merrie Melodies Short | |
1950 | Cinderella | Lucifer the Cat | |
1951 | Get Rich Quick | Mrs. Geef, Additional voices | Goofy short |
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 short uncredited |
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 short uncredited |
1957 | Mucho Mouse | Joan | Tom and Jerry short |
1957 | Greedy for Tweety | Granny | Sylvester and Tweety short |
1957 | Rabbit Romeo | Millicent | Bugs Bunny short uncredited |
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 short uncredited |
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 short uncredited |
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 |
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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 |
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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 role Live-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 |
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1997 | Lego Island | Mama Brickolini, Polly Gone, Parrot |
1998 | Rocky and Bullwinkle's Know-It-All Quiz Game | Rocky, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick[1] |
1998 | Mulan Animated Storybook | Grandmother Fa[1] |
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 |
References and external links[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "June Foray at Behind the Voice Actors". Retrieved 2018-05-13.