Portrait of Betty Lou Gerson

Betty Lou Gerson

Acting

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.

Born: April 20, 1914

Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

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
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)

1959
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Irene Goodhue Morrison

1958
The Fly

as Nurse Andersone

1957
The Green-Eyed Blonde

as Mrs. Ferguson

1957
Perry Mason

as Agnes Sims

1957
Perry Mason

as Marjory Davis

1957
Perry Mason

as Trudie Braun

1955
An Annapolis Story

as Mrs. Lord

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Betty Crump

1950
Undercover Girl

as Pat - Nurse (uncredited)

1950
1950
Cinderella

as Narrator (voice)

1949
The Red Menace

as Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus