“Who provided the voice of Talky Tina in ‘Living Doll’? June Foray provided the voice.”
June Foray supplied Talky Tina’s voice in “Living Doll,” the fifth-season episode about a seemingly ordinary toy that turns against an abusive stepfather. Her performance made the doll’s cheerful introduction and increasingly threatening remarks especially unsettling. Foray’s credit was uncredited on the original episode listing, but the voice identification is well established.
The episode aired on November 1, 1963, and starred Telly Savalas as Erich Streator, Mary La Roche as his wife Annabelle, and Tracy Stratford as Christie. The doll ultimately causes Erich’s fatal fall, then warns Annabelle to treat her nicely.
Foray was one of the era’s leading voice actresses. She also provided the voice of Chatty Cathy, the talking doll that helped inspire the episode’s sound-world. A related production detail often causes confusion: the physical doll used on screen was a Vogue Brikette, modeled to resemble Mattel’s Chatty Cathy, rather than an actual talking Talky Tina product.