A Tribute to June Foray

I can’t hold a candle to the stories and reporting that will follow the passing of this legend. But I feel compelled to join the chorus of people who were profoundly impacted by her. She was an amazing actor and pioneer. The opportunity to work with her allowed me to sit at the feet of a master.
Rest in peace.
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It was her good friend, director Chuck Jones who said, “June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc is the male June Foray.”
http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/07/26/june-foray-r-p/
Behind the Voice Actors
http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/June-Foray/
“When I was fortunate enough to attend the Oscar nominees’ luncheon in 2007, I asked director Martin Scorsese who he was excited to have met that day, among the hundred-or-so contenders and Academy guests. He smiled and said, ‘June Foray.’”
June Foray, Voice of ‘Bullwinkle Show’s’ Natasha and Rocky, Dies at 99
“a very scrappy, ballsy lady. Somebody who could definitely walk into a room full of wisecrackin’, three-martini-lunch, dudes in 1950-whatever or 1960-whatever, and hold her own.”
http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-legendary-voice-actress-june-foray-258658
June Foray, the famed “first lady of voice actors”
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/june-foray-dead-rocky-flying-792600
thanks for this.
Ty
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Among the many eager to pay personal and professional tribute were Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Bill Mumy (who spoke of June s guest appearance on an episode of