Acting · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA · Born April 20, 1914
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.
MovieCats Don't Dance
1997
as Frances (voice)
MovieDisney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
MovieDisney's Greatest Villains
1977
as Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)
Morning Star
1965
MovieMary Poppins
1964
as Old Crone (Uncredited)
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVHazel
1961
MovieOne Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
TVCheckmate
1960
as French Antiques Dealer
TVCoronado 9
1960
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Cici
MovieThe Miracle of the Hills
1959
as Kate Peacock
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Irene Goodhue Morrison
MovieThe Fly
1958
as Nurse Andersone
MovieThe Green-Eyed Blonde
1957
as Mrs. Ferguson
TVThe Walter Winchell File
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Agnes Sims
State Trooper
1956
as Bundy Lane
MovieOnce to Every Woman
1956
as Marge
TVNavy Log
1955
MovieAn Annapolis Story
1955
as Mrs. Lord
TVStudio 57
1954
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Neighbor
TVYou Are There
1953
as Woman from Texas
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Marge
Gang Busters
1952
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieUndercover Girl
1950
as Pat - Nurse (uncredited)
TVTreasury Men in Action
1950
as Mona Barrow
MovieCinderella
1950
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Red Menace
1949
as Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus
