Betty Lou Gerson

Betty Lou Gerson was an American actress predominantly active in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress. For Disney, she voiced Cruella De Vil, Miss Birdwell, and Uncredited role as the Female Artist in the original One Hundred and One Dalmatians and was the narrator in the original Cinderella. She also had a cameo as the Old Crone in Mary Poppins.
Gerson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on April 20, 1914 and was educated in private schools in Birmingham and Miami. At age 16, she moved with her family to Chicago, where she performed in the radio serial The First Nighter Program. Professionally beginning her radio career in 1935, Gerson became a staple in dramas, such as Arnold Grimm's Daughter, Midstream, Women in White, Road of Life, Lonely Women, Curtain Time, Grand Hotel, and a radio version of the soap opera Guiding Light as Charlotte Wilson.
Moving to Los Angeles in the 1940s, she continued to perform in radio but soon branched out in on-screen appearances in films, such as The Fly (1958), The Miracle on the Hills, An Annapolis Story, The Green-Eyed Blonde, and The Trip to Bountiful. She also appeared on television shows, such as Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hazel, and The Rifleman.
Gerson retired in 1966, though still using her voice, working at the telephone answering service of her second husband, Louis R. "Lou" Lauria. She was honored as a Disney Legend in 1996 and returned to voice acting in the 1997 animated feature Cats Don't Dance. Gerson died from a stroke in Los Angeles on January 12, 1999.
==Roles==
Profile - Cruella.png|Cruella De Vil(101 Dalmatians)
Miss birdwell.jpg|Mrs. Birdwell(101 Dalmatians)
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-220.jpg|Artist(101 Dalmatians, Uncredited)
MaryPoppinsOldCrone.jpg|Old Crone(Mary Poppins)
==Gallery==
Betty Lou Gerson and Cruella.jpg|Betty Lou Gerson and Cruella
Betty_lou_garson.jpg|Betty Lou Gerson
Betty Lou Gerson 1991 ET interview.JPG|Gerson's Entertainment Tonight interview during the 30th anniversary of One Hundred and One Dalmatians in 1991.
Category:Females
Category:1910s births
Category:1990s deaths
Category:Deceased
Category:People from Tennessee
Category:American people
Category:Actresses
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Radio actors
Category:Cinderella
Category:101 Dalmatians
Category:Mary Poppins
Category:Disney Legends
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