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Foray was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where her voice was first broadcast in a local radio drama when she was 12 years of age; by age of 15 she was doing regular radio voice work. Two years later she moved to Los Angeles, California, and soon became a popular voice actress on radio there, including on the national programs of Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas. In the 1940s she began film work as well, including a few appearances acting in live action movies, but mostly doing voice overs for animated cartoons.
For Walt Disney, she played "Lucifer the Cat" in the feature film Cinderella; she did a variety of voices in Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker cartoons; for Warner Brothers she was GrannyJust one of the zany characters inhabiting the Looney Tunes world, Granny (created by Friz Freleng and voiced by June Foray) was a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and 60s. She made her debut in the 19, owner of TweetyTweety aka Tweety Pie or Tweety Bird is a fictional character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes series of animated cartoons. Bob Clampett created in 1940's "A Tale of Two Kitties", pitting him against two hungry cats named Babbott and Catstello (based o and SylvesterSylvester is a fictional cat who appears in several Looney Tunes cartoons, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzalez, or Hippety Hopper. The name Sylvester is a play on silvestris, the scientific name for the cat species. The character was originally nam, and, memorably, a series of witches including Witch HazelWitch Hazel is a animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel for Chuck JonesCharles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 February 22, 2002) was an American artist and director of animated films, most memorably for the Warner Brothers movie studio. He directed many of the classic short cartoons starring Bugs Bunny and the oth. She appeared on the Smurfs, George of the JungleGeorge of the Jungle was a prime time animated television program that was originally broadcast on ABC between 1967 and 1970 and is a parody of Tarzan. The series was produced by Jay Ward. The title character was a dim-witted but big-hearted "ape man", wh, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas; she was the voice of the original " Chatty Cathy " doll, and is a voice on the Disney attraction " Pirates of the Caribbean" as the wife of the man getting dunked ("Don't tell him, Carlos!").
Most recognizable, though, is her work for Jay Ward: she played nearly every female on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, including Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick , and (against sex) Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky).
Chuck Jones said of her: "June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray."