Betty Lou Gerson

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Betty Lou Gerson

Acting April 20, 1914

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

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 k…

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Cinderella

Cinderella

7.1 1950 Movie
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

7.2 1961 Movie
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

7.6 1964 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

7.1 1958 TV Show
The Fly

The Fly

7.0 1958 Movie
The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

7.6 1961 TV Show
Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

6.8 1952 TV Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.1 1958 TV Show
Cats Don't Dance

Cats Don't Dance

7.2 1997 Movie
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

7.2 1958 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1997
    Cats Don't Dance

    Movie Frances (voice)

  2. 1982
    Disney's Halloween Treat

    Movie Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)

  3. 1977
    Disney's Greatest Villains

    Movie Cruella De Vil (voice) (archive footage)

  4. 1965
    Morning Star

    TV show

  5. 1964
    Mary Poppins

    Movie Old Crone (Uncredited)

  6. 1961
    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    TV show

  7. 1961
    Target: The Corruptors!

    TV show

  8. 1961
    Hazel

    TV show

  9. 1961
    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Movie Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)

  10. 1960
    Checkmate

    TV show French Antiques Dealer

  11. 1960
    Coronado 9

    TV show

  12. 1959
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show Cici

  13. 1959
    The Miracle of the Hills

    Movie Kate Peacock

  14. 1958
    77 Sunset Strip

    TV show

  15. 1958
    The Rifleman

    TV show

  16. 1958
    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    TV show Irene Goodhue Morrison

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  1. 1958
    The Fly

    Movie Nurse Andersone

  2. 1957
    The Green-Eyed Blonde

    Movie Mrs. Ferguson

  3. 1957
    The Walter Winchell File

    TV show

  4. 1957
    Perry Mason

    TV show Agnes Sims

  5. 1956
    State Trooper

    TV show Bundy Lane

  6. 1956
    Once to Every Woman

    Movie Marge

  7. 1955
    Crossroads

    TV show Mrs. Whaley

  8. 1955
    Navy Log

    TV show

  9. 1955
    An Annapolis Story

    Movie Mrs. Lord

  10. 1954
    Studio 57

    TV show

  11. 1953
    Letter to Loretta

    TV show Neighbor

  12. 1953
    You Are There

    TV show Woman from Texas

  13. 1952
    Four Star Playhouse

    TV show Marge

  14. 1952
    Gang Busters

    TV show

  15. 1952
    Dangerous Assignment

    TV show

  16. 1951
    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    TV show

  17. 1950
    Undercover Girl

    Movie Pat - Nurse (uncredited)

  18. 1950
    Treasury Men in Action

    TV show Mona Barrow

  19. 1950
    Cinderella

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  20. 1949
    The Red Menace

    Movie Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus