Burbank Studio
Eddie Friedman
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We interviewed Eddie Friedman in his home in Tarzana in 2006
Camera: Patrick Dunavan / Audio: Ken Gale
Eddie Friedman was one of the first animators to animate the new styles that UPA created. During the early years in the Otto K. Oelsen building he began by taking scenes home to do, but soon became a cherished staff animator, working on nearly all the classic UPA masterpieces. Eddie was also an Olympic athlete who taught fencing, and was the champion ping pong player in the Toluca Lake patio area of the UPA studio, during lunch and break times.
Eddie Friedman is part of a presently unreleased scene.
June Foray
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We interviewed June Foray in her Woodland Hills, California, home.
Camera: Patrick Dunavan
June Foray, often called the First Lady of Animation, has recorded the voices of some of our favorite cartoon characters. She did voices for many UPA films, and worked with the UPA artists who immigrated to Jay Ward Studios for the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. June, of course, was the voice of Rocky and Natasha. Foray has also been on several of our tribute panels and has done much to help support our documentary, narrating presentation videos.
June Foray is part of the Magoo Ad-libs scene
