June Foray

June Foray

ASIFA-Hollywood (the USA chapter of Le Association Internationale du Film D'Animation) has named an award in her honor. "The June Foray Award" is given each year to "an individual who has made a significant and benevolent impact on the art and industry of animation".

Co-starred on CBS Radio's "The Stan Freberg Show" (1957).

Her appearance on "Green Acres" (1965) (as a Hispanic telephone operator) is her last on-screen role to date. (Not including where she appeared as herself, like documentaries, talk shows & award shows.) *She has an on-screen cameo in (movie credit number 25) Boris and Natasha.

Her most famous voice characterization is Bullwinkle's Rocky the Squirrel.

June was the voice for both the "Talky Tina" doll and Mattel's "Chatty Cathy" doll.



Only one person has ever voiced a character in a remake of a cartoon series where Foray had provided the voice in the original. Brittney Irvin, (billed as Britt Irvin in the series), voices the character Ursula in the 2007 George of the Jungle cartoon series, which Foray had voiced in the 1960s series.

The last living member of "The Great Ones", the voice actors of animation's Golden Era.

Though rarely credited, June Foray was the voice of several female characters in many Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

Was a former faculty member at University of Southern California.

Was courted by Paul Winchell.


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