Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley ( born November 19, 1905 in New York City, New York, as Eleanor Zellman, † 25 November 1991 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American actress and voice actress. Worldwide known she is a spokesperson of many female evil characters in Walt Disney films.

Life

First professional experience as an actress in the 1940s and 1950s made ​​Audley on the radio. She was heard in the radio plays Escape, Suspence and My Favorite Husband. In 1953 she played the role of the stepmother in the film The six shotter for the first time on camera.

In 1950, the Walt Disney Studios Audley could win for their films. In the masterpiece Cinderella Cinderella's wicked stepmother she said Lady Tremaine. Through her ​​powerful voice Audley mastered this job brilliantly and so they stayed longer at Disney. In 1959 she spoke her most successful role: In Sleeping Beauty the evil fairy Maleficent she said. This figure is what is also due to last Audley's voice, one of the most popular Disney characters. Parts of the recordings Eleanor Audley exist in each language version.

Both as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine was Audley as the Disney animators model. In addition, she is still in the Phantom Manor attraction as Madame Leota in Disney World to hear.

Your German voices were Friedel Schuster ( Cinderella ) and Gisela Reißmann ( Sleeping Beauty ).

After the work with Disney, they went into the television business. Previously, she played in 1950 in different shipments. In 1970, she retired. Eleanor Audley died on 25 November 1991 at the age of 86 years of respiratory failure. It rests on Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography (selection)

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