Betty Lou Gerson

Personal Info

Birthday

April 20, 1914

Day of Death

1999-01-12

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Betty Lou Gerson

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

The Twilight Zone

Four Star Playhouse

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Cinderella

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Treasury Men in Action

Letter to Loretta

Filmography

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