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 Disneys Cinderella Cindy Lou Who Jokey Smurf Granny from the Warner Bros cartoons directed by Friz Freleng Grammi Gummi from Disneys 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 ASIFAHollywood 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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