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name: "Betty Lou Gerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/betty-lou-gerson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 April 1914"
died: "12 January 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T06:11:08.317109+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Betty Lou Gerson

Actor. Born 20 April 1914 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Died 12 January 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 April 1914, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 12 January 1999
- **Active:** 1950–1961
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 72 (1), 1960s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1998128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314867/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71779

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Hundred and One Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md) (82)

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## Biography

Betty Lou Gerson was an American actress active in radio, film, television and voice work. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she began her professional radio career in Chicago in 1935 and became a mainstay of daytime serials before moving to Los Angeles in the 1940s.

She is best known for voicing Cruella de Vil and Miss Birdwell in the Disney animated film *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1996. Earlier she narrated *Cinderella* (1950). Her other credits include the narrator role in *Cinderella* (1950), a small part in *Mary Poppins* (1964), and voice work in *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), as well as guest appearances on series such as *Perry Mason*, *The Twilight Zone* and *The Rifleman*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, d23.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md)
- *Cinderella* (1950), Fi1m 72, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)

## Also known for

- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Old Crone (Uncredited)
- *The Fly* (1958), Nurse Andersone
- *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), Frances (voice)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Agnes Sims, Marjory Davis, Trudie Braun
- *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), Mrs. Vonitia Fellows
- *The Rifleman* (1958)

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