Grace Stafford
Actor
Biography
Grace Stafford (born Grace Boyle, November 7, 1903 – March 17, 1992) was an American actress and the wife of animation producer Walter Lantz. Stafford is best known for providing the voice of Woody Woodpecker, a creation of Lantz's, for many years starting from 1950.
At first Stafford asked not to be credited in the role, believing that audiences would be disillusioned if they knew Woody was voiced by a woman. But she soon came to enjoy being known as Woody's voice and, starting with 1958's Misguided Missile, finally allowed her name to be credited on screen.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
Santa Fe Trail
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited) 1940
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
as Little Lady 1975
Anthony Adverse
as Lucia 1936
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Mrs. Schneider 1939
Wild and Woody!
as Angel (voice) 1948
Bedtime Bedlam
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) 1955
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
as Herself / Woody Woodpecker 1982
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
as Margaret / Fifi (voice) (uncredited) 1955
International Woodpecker
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 1957
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited) 1940
Niagara Fools
as Woody Woodpecker / Giggling Woman (voice) 1956
Red Riding Hoodlum
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 1957
The Unbearable Salesman
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 1957
Under the Counter Spy
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) 1954
Termites from Mars
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 1952
Bunco Busters
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 1955