June Foray

June Lucille Forer (born September 18, 1917), better known as June Foray, is an American voice actress and actress best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Lucifer from Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Tweety Bird cartoons, Grammi Gummi from The Adventures of the Gummi Bears series and Magica De Spell, among many others. Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums (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 has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring her voice work in television.

Early life

June Foray was born as June Lucille Forer on September 18, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts, one of three children of father Maurice and mother Ida. The family resided at 75 Orange Street. Her voice was first broadcast in a local radio drama when she was 12 years old; by age 15, she was doing regular radio voice work. Two years later, after graduating from Classical High School, she moved with her parents and siblings to Los Angeles, California, near Ida's brother, after engineer Maurice fell on hard financial times.