Grace Stafford

Grace "Gracie" Lantz (November 7, 1903 – March 17, 1992) was an American actress, the wife of animation producer Walter Lantz. She was usually professionally billed under her professional name of Grace Stafford.

Career

Born as Grace Boyle, Stafford is best-known for providing the voice of Woody Woodpecker, from 1950 until 1990. It was not until 1958, with the cartoon Misguided Missile, that she received credit, as she had always thought that children would be disillusioned if they knew Woody was voiced by a woman.^{[citation needed]} Walter Lantz always insisted that his wife had submitted her audition tape for the role anonymously, and was cast before her he knew that it was she.^{[citation needed]}

As Grace Stafford, she appeared in small roles in feature films (Anthony Adverse, Blossoms In the Dust).

Stafford was replaced by Cherry Davis in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as role of Woody.

Death

Gracie Lantz died in 1992 from spinal cancer, aged 88.

Live-action filmography

• Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
• You're Telling Me (1942)
• Larceny, Inc. (1942)
• Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
• Unfinished Business (1941)
• Blossoms In the Dust (1941)
• Affectionately Yours (1941)
• Model Wife (1941)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940)
• Margie (1940)
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
• La Conga Nights (1940)
• Flight Angels (1940)
• Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
• Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
• The Greener Hills (1939)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• The Man Who Dared (1939)
• Anthony Adverse (1936)
• I Married a Doctor (1936)
• Dr. Socrates (1935)

External links

• Grace Stafford at the Internet Movie Database
• Grace Stafford at Find a Grave

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