June Foray
Born September 18, 1917 (Age: 108)
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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]
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]
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Filmography
Tom & Jerry
2021
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as Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)
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Age: 103
HandyCat: Bees-ness As Usual
2009
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as Lady (voice)
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Age: 92
Ratzafratz
2009
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as Mall Walker / Old Man (voice)
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Age: 91
No Image
The Pumpkin of Nyefar
2004
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as Narrator
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Age: 87
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 86
No Image
Boobie Girl
2001
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as Narrator
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Age: 83
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
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as Self
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Age: 83
Tweety's High Flying Adventure
2000
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 82
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
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as Rocky / Cartoon Natasha / Narrator's Mother (voice)
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Age: 82
Mulan
1998
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as Grandmother Fa (voice)
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Age: 80
Redux Riding Hood
1997
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as Grandma (voice)
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Age: 79
Father Of The Bird
1997
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as Cornbread
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Age: 79
Space Jam
1996
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 79
Thumbelina
1994
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as Queen Tabitha (voice)
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Age: 76
Smart Talk with Raisin
1994
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as Mom, Miss Malade (voice, uncredited)
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Age: 76
I Yabba-Dabba Do!
1993
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as Various voices (voice)
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Age: 75
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
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as Self
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Age: 75
Boris and Natasha
1992
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as Autograph Woman
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Age: 74
No Image
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
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as Mrs. Sheep (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Age: 74
Garfield Gets a Life
1991
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as Mona, Librarian (voice)
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Age: 73
Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster
1991
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as Voice
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Age: 73
Ralph S. Mouse
1991
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as Mouse (voice)
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Age: 73
The Danger Team
1991
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as Nit (voice)
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Age: 73
Runaway Ralph
1991
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as Sister Mouse (Voice)
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Age: 73
Uncle Elephant
1991
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as Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 73
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
1991
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as Additional Voices (archive footage)
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Age: 73
A Very Retail Christmas
1990
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as (voice)
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Age: 73
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
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as Mrs. Featherby (voice)
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Age: 72
Tummy Trouble
1989
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as Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 71
Two Daddies?
1989
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as Ms. McCullough (voice)
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Age: 71
Super Ducktales
1989
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as Ma Beagle (voice)
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Age: 71
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
1988
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as Herself
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Age: 70
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
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as Wheezy / Lena Hyena (voice)
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Age: 70
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987
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as Jokey Smurf (voice)
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Age: 70
DTV: Monster Hits
1987
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as Hazel the Witch / Colleen (voice)
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Age: 70
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
1987
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as Witch (uncredited) (voice)
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Age: 70
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986
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as Grammi Gummi (voice)
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Age: 68
The Pound Puppies
1985
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as Mother Superior (voice)
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Age: 68
Happily Ever After
1985
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as Ms. McCullough (voice)
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Age: 68
Sweet Sea
1985
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as (voice)
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Age: 67
A Chipmunk Reunion
1985
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as Vinny (voice)
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Age: 67
No Image
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
1984
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
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as Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice)
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Age: 65
The Adventures of Curious George
1982
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
A Chipmunk Christmas
1981
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as Mrs. Waterford / Mrs. Claus
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Age: 64
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 64
Romeo and Smurfette
1981
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as Jokey Smurf (Voice)
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Age: 64
Sunshine Porcupine
1981
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as (voice)
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Age: 63
No Image
Beauty and the Beast
1981
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as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Faeries
1981
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as Hag (voice)
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Age: 63
Scruffy
1980
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as Duchess (voice)
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Age: 63
No Image
The Furious Flycycle
1980
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as Mrs. Spitznagle
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Age: 62
The Incredible Book Escape
1980
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as Mrs. Spitznagle (voice)
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Age: 62
The Fantastic Funnies
1980
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as Broom Hilda (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 62
The Trouble with Miss Switch
1980
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as Bathsheba / Saturna (voice)
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Age: 62
No Image
Opens Wednesday
1980
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as
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Age: 62
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
1978
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as Raggedy Ann / Comet (voice)
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Age: 61
The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver
1978
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as Jack
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Age: 60
McQ
1974
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as Disk Jockey (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 56
A Cricket in Times Square
1973
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as Mother (voice)
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Age: 55
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
1972
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as Mom Squirrel / Son Squirrel (voice)
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Age: 55
Hiss and Hers
1972
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as Wife / Kids (voice)
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Age: 54
Christmas Is
1970
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as Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 53
The Aristocats
1970
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as Cat Screeches (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Frosty the Snowman
1969
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as Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 52
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
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as Pogo Possum / Mam'selle Hepzibah / Miz Weevil
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Age: 51
No Image
Flying Feet
1969
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as Roland's Mom (voice)
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Age: 51
French Freud
1969
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as Melody Mercurochrome / Psychiatrist as Maid (voice)
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Age: 51
Birthday
1969
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as Pogo Possum / Mam'selle Hepzibah / Miz Weevil
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Age: 51
Of Feline Bondage
1965
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as Jerry / Fairy Godmouse (voice)
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Age: 47
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
1965
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as Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 47
E Flat Elephants
1965
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as Jane, Rosie
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Age: 47
Rendezvous in Space
1964
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as Flowers (voice)
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Age: 46
Hawaiian Aye Aye
1964
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 46
The Great Rights
1963
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as
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Age: 45
Martian Through Georgia
1962
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as Scared Citizens (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Jet Cage
1962
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as Granny
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Age: 45
Honey's Money
1962
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as The Wealthy Widow (voice)
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Age: 44
Quackodile Tears
1962
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as Honeybunch (voice)
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Age: 44
No Image
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
1962
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as Various
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Age: 44
The Last Hungry Cat
1961
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as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 44
Trip for Tat
1960
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as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 43
The Do-Good Wolf
1960
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as Snow White (voice)
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Age: 42
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
1960
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as Ma Cat / Goldimouse / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
1960
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as Grandma Duck - Daisy Duck (voice)
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Age: 42
Tweet Dreams
1959
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as Various (voice)
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Age: 42
Unnatural History
1959
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as Various (voice)
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Age: 42
Wolf Hounded
1959
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as Red Riding Hood / Pig #2 / Grandma (voice)
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Age: 42
A Witch's Tangled Hare
1959
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as Witch Hazel (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
A Broken Leghorn
1959
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as Miss Prissy / Hens (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Apes of Wrath
1959
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as Mama Ape (voice)
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Age: 41
Duck Flies Coop
1959
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as Katharine Hepburn / Gossip journalist (voice)
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Age: 41
Mouse-Placed Kitten
1959
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as Matilda, Junior's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 41
A Bird in a Bonnet
1958
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 41
Dog Tales
1958
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as Basset Hound (voice)
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Age: 40
The Explosive Mr. Magoo
1958
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as Receptionist (voice)
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Age: 40
The Vanishing Duck
1958
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as Joan (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
A Waggily Tale
1958
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as Screaming women (voice)
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Age: 40
A Pizza Tweety-Pie
1958
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 40
Hare-Less Wolf
1958
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as Mrs. Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Honey-Mousers
1956
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as Alice Crumden
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Age: 39
90 Day Wondering
1956
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as Ralph's Mother / Ralph's Sister / Little Girl / Girls on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Deduce, You Say
1956
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as Shropshire Slasher's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 39
A Star Is Bored
1956
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as Lolly
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Age: 38
Rocket-bye Baby
1956
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as Hospital P.A. / Martha Wilbur / Old Lady (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Unexpected Pest
1956
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as Marsha
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Age: 38
Mixed Master
1956
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as Alice (voice)
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Age: 38
Tweet and Sour
1956
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 38
Broom-Stick Bunny
1956
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as Witch Hazel
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Age: 38
The Flying Sorceress
1956
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as Tom's Mistress / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Goofy Success Story
1955
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as Mother Nature (voice)
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Age: 38
The First Bad Man
1955
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as Nagging Cave-wife (uncredited)
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Age: 38
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
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as Little Miss Mop-Up (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
This Is a Life?
1955
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as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Bedtime Bedlam
1955
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as Mrs. Moneybelt (voice)
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Age: 37
Mouse for Sale
1955
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as Lady of the House (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Sabaka
1955
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as Marku Ponjoy - High Priestess of Sabaka
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Age: 37
Pet Peeve
1954
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as Joan (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954
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as Female Chicken (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Susan Slept Here
1954
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as Actress on TV (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Puppy Tale
1954
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as Puppies (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Punch Trunk
1953
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as Jennene
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Age: 36
Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities
1953
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as Witch Hazel (voice)
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Age: 36
How to Dance
1953
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as Mrs.Geef (Voice)
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Age: 35
Father's Week-End
1953
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as Mrs. Geef / Goofy Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Little Johnny Jet
1953
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as Mary (voice)
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Age: 35
Peter Pan
1953
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as Mermaid / Squaw (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 35
No Image
St. George and the Dragonet
1953
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as
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Age: 35
Cinderella
1950
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as Lucifer (voice)
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Age: 32
Duck Pimples
1945
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as Colleen (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 27
Bring on the Girls
1945
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as Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 27