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 Rifleman

The Twilight Zone

Hazel

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Wanted: Dead or Alive

All Movies (13)

Cats Don't Dance1997 · as Frances (voice)
Disney's Halloween Treat1982 · as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains1977 · as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
Mary Poppins1964 · as Old Crone (Uncredited)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961 · as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
The Miracle of the Hills1959 · as Kate Peacock
The Fly1958 · as Nurse Andersone
The Green-Eyed Blonde1957 · as Mrs. Ferguson
Once to Every Woman1956 · as Marge
An Annapolis Story1955 · as Mrs. Lord
Undercover Girl1950 · as Pat - Nurse (uncredited)
Cinderella1950 · as Narrator (voice)
The Red Menace1949 · as Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus

All TV Shows (24)

Morning Star1965
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961
Target: The Corruptors!1961
Hazel1961
Checkmate1960 · as French Antiques Dealer
Coronado 91960
The Twilight Zone1959 · as Cici
77 Sunset Strip1958
The Rifleman1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Irene Goodhue Morrison
The Walter Winchell File1957
Perry Mason1957 · as Agnes Sims
Perry Mason1957 · as Marjory Davis
Perry Mason1957 · as Trudie Braun
State Trooper1956 · as Bundy Lane
Navy Log1955
Studio 571954
Letter to Loretta1953 · as Neighbor
Letter to Loretta1953 · as Betty Crump
Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Marge
Gang Busters1952
Dangerous Assignment1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
Treasury Men in Action1950 · as Mona Barrow