Granny, a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety
animated shorts throughout the 1950s and 1960s, is a Looney Tunes character
that was created by Tex Avery. She is the owner of Tweety. Granny's voice was
first provided by Bea Benaderet from 1937 through 1953. June Foray later took
the role and is still providing Granny's voice as of 2013.
The character of Granny is that of a generally good natured,
widowed woman who is extremely protective of her beloved canary, Tweety.
Granny's overprotectiveness becomes apparent whenever Tweety is threatened.
Although having the appearance as a kindly old woman, Granny has demonstrated
her cleverness in many cartoons..
At least until the mid-1950s, Granny is depicted as an
elderly, old-fashioned spinster who wears spectacles, a gray bun and a late
19th-century like schoolmarm dress; other old-fashioned characteristics include
her mode of transportation and her inability to relate to present fads. After
1955 in particular, the years after Foray began voicing the character the
character's wardrobe was updated and her old-fashioned tastes and ways of life
were de emphasized, and was sometimes given modern careers, such as a nurse or
a bus driver.
