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June Foray

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

2004
Mulan II

as Grandmother Fa (voice)

Movie
1998
Mulan

as Grandmother Fa (voice)

Movie
1970
The Aristocats

as Cat Screeches (uncredited)

Movie
1969
Frosty the Snowman

as Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)

Movie
1968
The Little Drummer Boy

as Aaron's Mother (voice)

Movie
1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

as Cindy Lou Who (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1953
Peter Pan

as Mermaid / Squaw (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Cinderella

as Lucifer (voice)

Movie
1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Animals (voice) (uncredited)

Movie