Grace Stafford

Grace Stafford born Grace Boyle November 7 1903 March 17 1992 was an American actress and the wife of animation producer Walter Lantz Stafford is best known for providing the voice of Woody Woodpecker a creation of Lantzs for many years starting from 1950 At first Stafford asked not to be credited in the role believing that audiences would be disillusioned if they knew Woody was voiced by a woman But she soon came to enjoy being known as Woodys voice and starting with 1958s Misguided Missile finally allowed her name to be credited on screen biography excerpted from Wikipedia