Gerson, Betty Lou
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| born on | 20 April 1914 at 02:30 (= 02:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Chattanooga, Tennessee, 35n03, 85w19 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
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.
Her few on-camera film roles include appearances in The Fly (1958), The Miracle on the Hills (1959), and Mary Poppins (1964) in a small cameo as an old crone. In television, she made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Marjory Davis in the episode, "The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll" (1959). She also guest starred on The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hazel, and The Rifleman.
Gerson died from a massive stroke in Los Angeles on 12 January 1999, aged 84.
Events
- Work : Prize 1996 (Disney Legend)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes her in "CRUELLA'S STILL IN PUPPY LOVE VOICE WE LOVE TO HATE IN `101 DALMATIANS'," by Yardena Arar, Los Angeles Daily News, 15 July 1991: "Born:April 19 or 20, 1914, in Chattanooga, Tenn. 'My birth certificate says the 19th, but my mother always told me it was the 20th. Maybe they're a little slow in Chattanooga, because I was born at 2:30 in the morning.'"
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids none
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Massive stroke)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Radio, film, TV)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Disney Legend)
- 1914 births
- Birthday 20 April
- Birthplace Chattanooga, TN (US)
- Sun 29 Aries
- Moon 3 Pisces
- Asc 29 Aquarius
- 1999 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids none
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
