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Happy 98th Birthday, June Foray
Happy 98th birthday to the First Lady of Animation, June Foray, born on this day in 1917.
Here’s just a tiny sampling of the characters that’s she brought to life throughout the years.
To learn more about her life and work, in her own words, watch this expansive two-hour interview. June’s prolific career also includes multitudinous jobs on radio and television, like this role on the The Johnny Carson Show sixty years ago:
![June Foray with Mel Blanc (left) and Chuck Jones at Warner Bros., ca. mid-1950s. Click to enlarge.](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/juneforay_e.jpg)
![June Foray with Shel Dorf, founder of the San Diego Comic-Con, 1973.](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/juneforay_b.jpg)
![June Foray with Daws Butler (left) and Stan Freberg.](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/juneforay_c.jpg)
![In addition to her voice acting, Foray was one of the mermaid models in Disney's "Peter Pan." In this photo, Foray is on the right. Photos via Andreas Deja)](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/juneforay_f.jpg)