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Thursday, July 27, 2017
June Foray
Legendary voice actress; best known as the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel -- via Variety. AKA June Forer. She did everything and worked with everyone. She started out local radio drama at age 12, in 1929. She did tons of radio, including "The Stan Freberg Show," "Lux Radio Theatre," "Our Miss Brooks," and on and on. In film, she voiced Tweety's Granny, Witch Hazel in "Broom-Stick Bunny," Lucifer the cat in "Cinderella," and on and on. On TV: Rocky in "Bullwinkle and Rocky," ad infinitum. More than 300 imDb credits. She voiced video, talking dolls, records, etc. A hardworking, extremely professional, greatly talented artist. Despite her chameleon voice, you can usually tell it's her -- a snappy, chipper kind of expression that cheers you up just hearing it.
