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Betty Lou Gerson

Betty Lou Gerson

Born: 1914-04-20 • Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

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.

Filmography
Cats Don't Dance poster
Cats Don't Dance
1997 • Frances (voice)
Disney's Halloween Treat poster
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982 • Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains poster
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977 • Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 • Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
The Miracle of the Hills poster
The Miracle of the Hills
1959 • Kate Peacock
The Fly poster
The Fly
1958 • Nurse Andersone
The Green-Eyed Blonde poster
The Green-Eyed Blonde
1957 • Mrs. Ferguson
Once to Every Woman poster
Once to Every Woman
1956 • Marge
An Annapolis Story poster
An Annapolis Story
1955 • Mrs. Lord
Undercover Girl poster
Undercover Girl
1950 • Pat - Nurse (uncredited)
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
1950 • Narrator (voice)
The Red Menace poster
The Red Menace
1949 • Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus