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

Cinderella

Narrator (voice)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)

The Red Menace

Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus

Disney's Halloween Treat

Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)

Once to Every Woman

Marge

The Fly

Nurse Andersone

The Miracle of the Hills

Kate Peacock

Disney's Greatest Villains

Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)