Betty Lou Gerson

Artwork for One Hundred and One DalmatiansImage of 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.

Timeline

1997Aged 83

  • Poster for Cats Don't Dance

    Frances (voice)

1982Aged 68

  • Poster for Disney's Halloween Treat

    Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)

1977Aged 63

  • Poster for Disney's Greatest Villains

    Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)

1961Aged 47

  • Poster for One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)

1959Aged 45

  • Poster for The Miracle of the Hills

    Kate Peacock

1958Aged 44

  • Poster for The Fly

    Nurse Andersone

1957Aged 43

  • Poster for The Green-Eyed Blonde

    Mrs. Ferguson

1956Aged 42

  • Poster for Once to Every Woman

    Marge

1955Aged 41

  • Poster for An Annapolis Story

    Mrs. Lord

1950Aged 36

  • Poster for Cinderella

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Undercover Girl

    Pat - Nurse (uncredited)

1949Aged 35

  • Poster for The Red Menace

    Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus