
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.
Movie Appearances

The Fly
as Nurse Andersone
1958

One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
1961

The Red Menace
as Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus
1949

The Green-Eyed Blonde
as Mrs. Ferguson
1957

An Annapolis Story
as Mrs. Lord
1955

Undercover Girl
as Pat - Nurse (uncredited)
1950

The Miracle of the Hills
as Kate Peacock
1959

Cats Don't Dance
as Frances (voice)
1997

Once to Every Woman
as Marge
1956

Cinderella
as Narrator (voice)
1950

Disney's Halloween Treat
as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
1982

Disney's Greatest Villains
as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
1977









