Mrises Nanny Cook

“*A wonderful cook and housekeeper. She’s such a kind, understanding soul. You know, at times she seems almost canine.*”―Pongo describing Nanny

**Nanny** is a supporting character in Disney's 1961 animated feature film, *One Hundred and One Dalmatians*. She is the housekeeper of the Radcliffe household.

## 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*

Nanny returns for the sequel still as the Radcliffe's housekeeper and cook. She is first heard calling the puppies to dinner. At dinner, she catches Rolly eating a bowl, yet hiding another bowl. She is then seen with Pongo and Patch, giving Patch his collar, having their new address (as they are moving the next day). **Later on, Nanny along with the others arrive at the Cherry Tree Farm and begin to get used to it (though they don't know that Patch is missing). One day, as Nanny is doing the laundry, Roger finds out that Patch isn't with them, and they leave, leaving Nanny behind to take care of the puppies.** One night, she heard the song of the Kanine Krunchies startled, then finding out that Jasper and Horace once again have tried to steal the puppies, chasing the Badduns with her frying pan, though eventuality they but her in the well, terrified. **At the end of the film, after the police help her escape from the well, she tells the police that Jasper and Horace had put her in the well, though they then state that it was all Cruella.**

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## Trivia

* Nanny almost resembles Merryweather, one of the three fairies from Sleeping Beauty, due to them having the same similar faces. However, she actually resembles all 3 of the fairies.