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Betty Lou Gerson 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 voice of the villainous, selfish socialite Cruella de Vil from Walt Disney's animated film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
Born
Monday, 20 April 1914
Died
Tuesday, 12 January 1999
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cats Don't Dance | Frances (voice) / Frances | 1997 |
| Disney's Halloween Treat | Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage) / Cruella De Vil | 1982 |
| Once Upon a Mouse | 1981 | |
| Morning Star | Joan Mitchell | 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | Old Crone | 1964 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Agnes | 1963 |
| Fair Exchange | Harriet Dale | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mrs. Vonitia Fellows / Party Hostess | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Shelley | 1961 |
| Hazel | Elaine Willoughby / Lois Brown | 1961 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cats Don't Dance | Frances (voice) / Frances | 1997 |
| Disney's Halloween Treat | Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage) / Cruella De Vil | 1982 |
| Once Upon a Mouse | 1981 | |
| Morning Star | Joan Mitchell | 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | Old Crone | 1964 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Agnes | 1963 |
| Fair Exchange | Harriet Dale | 1962 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mrs. Vonitia Fellows / Party Hostess | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Shelley | 1961 |
| Hazel | Elaine Willoughby / Lois Brown | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Emily Burton | 1961 |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Miss Birdwell / Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice) | 1961 |
| Checkmate | French Antiques Dealer / Bess Cadwallader | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Carole Preston | 1960 |
| This Man Dawson | Ella Simpson | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Cici | 1959 |
| The Miracle of the Hills | Kate Peacock | 1959 |
| Border Patrol | Ruby | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Alma Pollock | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Nelly Folsom | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Ellie Aikens | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Irene Goodhue Morrison | 1958 |
| The Fly | Nurse Andersone | 1958 |
| The Green-Eyed Blonde | Mrs. Ferguson | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Minna | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Trudie Braun / Marjory Davis / Agnes Sims | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Eve Tatum | 1957 |
| Crossroads | Mrs. Whaley | 1955 |
| Crusader | Wanda | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Mrs. Sanford | 1955 |
| An Annapolis Story | Mrs. Lord | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Herself (as Betty Lou Murray) | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Cruella De Vil | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Julie Pruett | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Lena Minsky | 1954 |
| The Mickey Rooney Show | Madame Toledo | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Concierge / Cecelia Phelps / Anne Marshal | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Betty Crump / Neighbor | 1953 |
| You Are There | Woman from Texas | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Betty | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Marge | 1952 |
| Gang Busters | Helen | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Ellen Forbes | 1952 |
| Undercover Girl | Pat - Nurse | 1950 |
| Treasury Men in Action | Mona Barrow | 1950 |
| Cinderella | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1950 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Zoe | 1950 |
| The Red Menace | Yvonne Kraus / Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus | 1949 |
