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Betty Lou Gerson

Acting

Born April 20, 1914 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Died January 12, 1999

IMDb

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Disney Legends · 1996

Filmography13 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Cici

Perry Mason

1957as Trudie Braun

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961

Mary Poppins

1964as Old Crone (Uncredited)

Cats Don't Dance

1997as Frances (voice)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)

The Rifleman

1958

The Fly

1958as Nurse Andersone

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Irene Goodhue Morrison

Cinderella

1950as Narrator (voice)

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Marge

Letter to Loretta

as Neighbor

Treasury Men in Action

as Mona Barrow