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'''Lena Hyena''' is a hag-like toon woman who appears in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. She was voiced by the late [[June Foray]]. | '''Lena Hyena''' is a hag-like toon woman who appears in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. She was voiced by the late [[June Foray]], who also voiced [[Wheezy]]. | ||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
Lena Hyena or originally Lena the Hyena, was a character originally created in 1946 by [[Wikipedia:Al Capp|Al Capp]] in his comic strip [[Wikipedia:Li'l Abner|Li'l Abner]]. She was said to be the "Ugliest Woman in the World", so much so that anyone who saw her went mad, and no sane person could describe her appearance. The only problem was Capp never really was able to draw her. He started a national contest to find the artist who could draw the best interpretation of her (one of the contestants was [[Wikipedia:Carl Barks|Carl Banks]], the creator of [[ | Lena Hyena or originally Lena the Hyena, was a character originally created in 1946 by [[Wikipedia:Al Capp|Al Capp]] in his comic strip [[Wikipedia:Li'l Abner|Li'l Abner]]. She was said to be the "Ugliest Woman in the World", so much so that anyone who saw her went mad, and no sane person could describe her appearance. The only problem was Capp never really was able to draw her. He started a national contest to find the artist who could draw the best interpretation of her (one of the contestants was [[Wikipedia:Carl Barks|Carl Banks]], the creator of [[w:c:disney:Scrooge McDuck|Scrooge McDuck]]). The winner of the contest was [[Wikipedia:Basil Wolverton|Basil Wolverton]], a comic book artist who would later go on to do artwork for [[Wikipedia:Mad (magazine)|Mad Magazine]]. | ||
== Role in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' == | == Role in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' == |