Nanny (Disney)

Nanny is a supporting character in the 101 Dalmatians franchise. She is the nanny to the Dalmatian puppies (and Roger and Anita's daughter in the live-action remake) and housekeeper of the Radcliffes (or Dearlys).
It is shown in the live-action remake that Nanny was once Anita's nanny in childhood.
In the first film, Nanny was voiced by the late Martha Wentworth (who also voiced Lucy and Queenie in the same film and later voiced Madam Mim in The Sword in the Stone)the late Russi Taylor in the animated storybook game (in which she also voiced Lucky), and Mary McLeod in the second film, and portrayed by Joan Plowright in the live-action remake (who also played Martha Wilson in the 1993 live-action Dennis the Menace movie).
==Biography==
===One Hundred and One Dalmatians===
Nanny is hired by Roger and Anita Radcliffe as a cook and housekeeper, wonderful by Pongo's standards, although the Radcliffes seem to see her more as a member of the family than a servant. 
Within only a few months, she becomes very close to the family and is especially joyful when the puppies finally arrive. When Cruella De Vil visits to offer a buying price for the newborn puppies, she joins Roger and Anita in standing up to her, subsequently refusing her offer. She even called Roger a blooming hero for his courage. 
Nanny's primarily responsible for watching the puppies when the Radcliffes are not around, such as while they're on walks with Pongo and Perdita. During this time, she grows quite attached to the puppies. 
One night, while Roger and Anita are out, Jasper and Horace show up to kidnap the puppies for Cruella, posing as electricians to gain entry. Nanny is not fooled by their ruse and declines to let them in with the masters of the house gone. She tries to keep the two crooks out of the house, but they're too quick for her and ram their way in. She puts up a tough fight, but Jasper holds her in the attic (while Nanny throws a teapot at Jasper) while Horace abducts the puppies. After the two thieves depart, she runs downstairs expecting to see the family valuables gone, but discovers the puppies have been stolen instead, to her horror. She runs out into the street, hysterically calling for help.
Apart from being seen in a newspaper photo, sitting solemnly by the vacant puppy basket, Nanny is not seen again until the end of the movie, just before the puppies return home at Christmas. She serves tea to Roger and Anita as she weeps over her remembrance of the puppies, but hurries at once to open the door when she hears the familiar sound of barking. Even though the Dalmatians scatter ashes and soot all over the apartment and its inhabitants from their disguise to hide from Cruella and the Baduns, Nanny's never happier to be reunited with them, and dusts them off so they can be recognized.
===101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure===
In Patch's London Adventure, she has been seen calling the puppies for dinner in the first place. During this scene, she tells Rolly he might be allowed to eat one bowl at a time.
When Roger and Anita Radcliffe move to the farm, she continues her duties as their maid, she picks up the newspaper and puts it on the laundry basket, but she puts it down near the hole into the music room when she hears the kettle boiling. Whenever Jasper and Horace come to steal the puppies, Nanny hears the Kanine Krunchies theme, playing from the van. She encounters the Badduns by hitting them with a frying pan; however, they chase her through a pig sty. The Badduns tie Nanny up and lower her down a well.
Later, she’s rescued by the police, and she arrives with them to identify the Baduns as the ones who kidnapped the puppies. The Baduns point out it was Cruella who made them do it and is behind of the dognapping.
==Other Media==
===House of Mouse===
Nanny makes a small cameo in the House of Mouse series.
==Gallery==
===Images===
101dalmatians_235.jpg|Nanny in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Nanny.png|Nanny
Cruella De Vil 1.jpg|Nanny with Cruella De Vil
101dalmatians_273.jpg|Nanny with Pongo, Roger Radcliffe and Anita Radcliffe
1000px-Image102_4.jpg|Nanny in the 1996 live-action remake
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