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Betty Lou Gerson is a Actor American born on 20 april 1914 at Chattanooga (USA)

Betty Lou Gerson

Betty Lou Gerson
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 april 1914 at Chattanooga (USA)
Death 12 january 1999 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress.

Biography

Early life
Gerson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where her father was an executive with a steel company. She was educated in private schools in Birmingham and Miami, Florida. At age sixteen, Gerson moved with her family to Chicago, Illinois where she performed in the radio serial The First Nighter Program. She later moved again to New York City, New York.


Radio and Film
She began her acting career in radio drama in 1935, while still in her 20s, and became a mainstay of soap operas during this period, appearing on Arnold Grimm's Daughter (as the titular daughter Constance in 1938), Midstream (in the leading role, Julia), Women in White (as Karen Adams) Road of Life (as Nurse Helen Gowan), Lonely Women (as Marilyn Larimore), and the radio version of The Guiding Light, as Charlotte Wilson in the mid-1940s. She co-starred with Jim Ameche in the 1938 summer drama Win Your Lady and was the resident romantic lead on such romantic anthologies as Curtain Time, and Grand Hotel.

Moving to Los Angeles in the 1940s, she soon established herself on such series as The Whistler, I Love Adventure, the historical drama Mr. President (as the presidential secretary), Crime Classics, Escape, and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. She was heard in several episodes of Lux Radio Theater, notably as Glinda in a 1950 dramatization of The Wizard of Oz. She also played a variety of feminine roles on Johnny Modero, Pier 23.

Around this time, she was cast as the narrator in Walt Disney's version of Cinderella (also 1950). 11 years later, she provided the voice of the villainous, selfish socialite Cruella De Vil in the Walt Disney animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). 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.


Family and Later life
In 1936, Gerson married Joseph T. Ainley at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. At that time, he was radio director of the Leo Burnett Company, Incorporated.

Gerson retired in 1966, though still using her voice, working at the telephone answering service of her second husband, Lou Lauria. She was honored as a Disney Legend in 1996. She returned to films one last time in 1997, providing the voice of Frances the fish in Cats Don't Dance. On January 12, 1999, she died of a massive stroke at the age of 84.

Best films

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Betty Lou Gerson (10 films)

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Actress

Cats Don't Dance, 1h15
Directed by Mark L. Dindal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about cats, Musical films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Ashley Peldon, Jasmine Guy, John Rhys-Davies, Natalie Cole
Roles Frances (voice)
Rating69% 3.4521153.4521153.4521153.4521153.452115
In 1939, Danny, an optimistic cat, dreams of Hollywood stardom, so he travels from Kokomo, Indiana to Hollywood in hopes of starting a career there. He is selected by Farley Wink to feature in a film called Little Ark Angel that is in production alongside a cat named Sawyer. Upon meeting Tillie, Cranston, Frances, and T.W., he is dismayed on learning how minor his role is and tries to weasel his way into more time in the limelight. Danny winds up angering Darla Dimple, a popular, extremely spoiled child actress and star of the film, so she assigns her Valet Max to intimidate Danny into no longer trying to enlarge his part.
Mary Poppins, 2h19
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Films about penguins, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
Roles Old Crone (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8975553.8975553.8975553.8975553.897555
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks'. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his wife Winifred that their hired nanny, Katie Nanna, has left their service after his children, Jane and Michael, ran away again. They are returned shortly after by the local constable, who reveals that the children were dragged away by their kite. The children ask their father to help build a better kite, but he dismisses them. Taking it upon himself to hire a nanny, George advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny. Jane and Michael present their own advertisement for a kinder, sweeter nanny, but George rips up the letter and throws the scraps in the fireplace, which magically float up and out into the air.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1h19
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Ben Wright, Martha Wentworth
Roles Cruella De Vil / Miss Birdwell (voice)
Rating72% 3.648033.648033.648033.648033.64803
Songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a bachelor flat in London, along with his dalmatian, Pongo. Bored with bachelor life, Pongo decides to find a wife for Roger and a mate for himself. While watching various female dog-human pairs out the window, he spots the perfect one, a woman named Anita and her female dalmatian, Perdita. He quickly gets Roger out of the house and drags him through the park to arrange a meeting. He and Anita fall in love and get married.
The Fly
The Fly (1958)
, 1h34
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson
Roles Nurse Andersone
Rating70% 3.548793.548793.548793.548793.54879
In Montreal, Quebec, scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) is found dead with his head and arm crushed in a hydraulic press. Although his wife Helene (Patricia Owens) confesses to the crime, she refuses to provide a motive and exhibits a number of strange behaviors. In particular, she is obsessed with flies, including a supposedly white-headed fly. Andre's brother, Francois (Vincent Price), lies and says he caught the white-headed fly; and, thinking he knows the truth, Helene explains the circumstances surrounding Andre's death.
An Annapolis Story
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy, Alvy Moore, Barbara Brown, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway
Roles Mrs. Lord
Rating52% 2.629122.629122.629122.629122.62912
Two brothers at the Annapolis United States Naval Academy fall in love with the same girl, with the Korean War looming on the horizon.
Cinderella
Cinderella (1950)
, 1h14
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about the labor movement, Les fées, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about marriage, Films about royalty
Actors Ilene Megan Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, Jimmy MacDonald, Luis van Rooten
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating72% 3.645353.645353.645353.645353.64535
Cinderella is the beloved child of a widowed aristocrat. Anxious for his daughter to have a mother's love, he remarries to Lady Tremaine, with two daughters: Drizella and Anastasia. After her father dies unexpectedly, Lady Tremaine is revealed to be a cruel and selfish woman, and Cinderella is abused and mistreated by her stepfamily, who take over the estate and ultimately reduce her to being a scullery maid in her own home. Despite this, Cinderella grows into a kind and gentle young woman, befriending the animals in the barn and the mice and birds who live around the chateau.
Undercover Girl, 1h23
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Alexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan, Gladys George, Edmon Ryan, Gerald Mohr
Roles Pat - Nurse (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.140943.140943.140943.140943.14094
The Red Menace, 1h21
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Rockwell, Betty Lou Gerson, Barbra Fuller, Shepard Menken, Norman Budd, Jimmy Hawkins
Roles Greta Bloch, alias Yvonne Kraus
Rating49% 2.472862.472862.472862.472862.47286