Person
Betty Lou Gerson
Acting · 1914–1999 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly active in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress. She is best known as the original voice of Cruella de Vil from the Disney animated film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
Known for
Perry Mason
Agnes Sims
The Rifleman
1958
The Twilight Zone
Cici
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Irene Goodhue Morrison
Four Star Playhouse
Marge
Hazel
1961
Cinderella
Narrator (voice)
Studio 57
1954
Mary Poppins
Old Crone (Uncredited)
Filmography
- 1997Cats Don't DanceFrances (voice)
- 1982Disney's Halloween TreatCruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
- 1977Disney's Greatest VillainsCruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
- 1965Morning Star
- 1964Mary PoppinsOld Crone (Uncredited)
- 1961The Dick Van Dyke Show
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!
- 1961Hazel
- 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansCruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
- 1960CheckmateFrench Antiques Dealer
- 1960Coronado 9
- 1959The Twilight ZoneCici
- 1959The Miracle of the HillsKate Peacock
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958The Rifleman
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveIrene Goodhue Morrison
- 1958The FlyNurse Andersone
- 1957The Green-Eyed BlondeMrs. Ferguson
- 1957The Walter Winchell File
- 1957Perry MasonAgnes Sims
- 1956State TrooperBundy Lane
- 1956Once to Every WomanMarge
- 1955Navy Log
- 1955An Annapolis StoryMrs. Lord
- 1954Studio 57
- 1953Letter to LorettaNeighbor
- 1953You Are ThereWoman from Texas
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseMarge
- 1952Gang Busters
- 1952Dangerous Assignment
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- 1950Undercover GirlPat - Nurse (uncredited)
- 1950Treasury Men in ActionMona Barrow
- 1950CinderellaNarrator (voice)
- 1949The Red MenaceGreta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus
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