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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Female

Birthday

1890-07-20

Day of Death

1966-12-14 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Salinas, California, USA

Also Known As

Verna Arline Felton

Verna Felton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Verna Felton (July 20, 1890 – December 14, 1966) was an American character actress who was best-known for providing many female voices in numerous Disney animated films, as well as voicing Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople for Hanna-Barbera. Her film appearances during the 1940s included If I Had My Way (1940), Girls of the Big House (1945) and The Fuller Brush Man (1948). She was much in demand as a movie character actress during the early 1950s, including Buccaneer's Girl (1950) Belles on Their Toes (1952) Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and her memorable supporting role of Mrs. Potts in the film of William Inge's Picnic (1956). She was also known for her distinctive husky voice and no-nonsense attitude. Description above from the Wikipedia article Verna Felton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Lady and the Tramp

1955

Lady and the Tramp

as

Aunt Sarah (voice)

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Sleeping Beauty

as

Flora / Queen Leah (voice)

Cinderella

1950

Cinderella

as

Fairy Godmother (voice)

Dumbo

1941

Dumbo

as

Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited)

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

as

Mrs. Ballew

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Alice in Wonderland

as

Queen of Hearts (voice)

Taming Sutton’s Gal

1957

Taming Sutton’s Gal

as

Aunty Sutton

The Jungle Book

1967

The Jungle Book

as

Winifred (voice)

Buccaneer's Girl

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as

Dowager

The Gunfighter

1950

The Gunfighter

as

Mrs. August Pennyfeather

Picnic

1955

Picnic

as

Helen Potts

Belles on Their Toes

1952

Belles on Their Toes

as

Cousin Leora

Goliath II

1960

Goliath II

as

Eloise

The Oklahoman

1957

The Oklahoman

as

Mrs. Waynebrook

The Man from Button Willow

1965

The Man from Button Willow

as

Mrs.Pomeroy / Mother / Lady on Trolley (voice)

Once Upon a Studio

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as

Flora (voice) (archive sound)

New Mexico

1951

New Mexico

as

Mrs. Fenway

Little Egypt

1951

Little Egypt

as

Mrs. Doanne

Guns of the Timberland

1960

Guns of the Timberland

as

Aunt Sarah

The Fuller Brush Man

1948

The Fuller Brush Man

as

Junior's Grandmother (uncredited)

Northwest Passage

1940

Northwest Passage

as

Mrs. Towne

She Wrote the Book

1946

She Wrote the Book

as

Mrs. Kilgour

If I Had My Way

1940

If I Had My Way

as

Mrs. DeLacey

Disney's Halloween Treat

1982

Disney's Halloween Treat

as

Aunt Sarah (voice) (archive footage)

Disney’s Coyote Tales

1991

Disney’s Coyote Tales

as

Eloise (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

December Bride

December Bride

as

Hilda Crocker

The Flintstones

The Flintstones

as

Pearl Slaghoople (voice)

Climax!

Climax!

as

Nurse

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

as

Self - Sketch Performer (uncredited)

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

as

Gran Jennings

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

as

The Queen of Hearts (voice) (archive footage)

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

as

Mrs. Porter

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

as

Mrs. Simpsons (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing