Verna Felton
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.
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- Born:
- Jul 20, 1890 In Salinas, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 34
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939-12-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Once Upon a Studio 2023-09-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Once Upon a Studio | Flora (voice) (archive footage) | 2023-09-24 |
| Movie | Disney’s Coyote Tales | Eloise (voice) | 1991-11-11 |
| Movie | Disney's Halloween Treat | Aunt Sarah (voice) (archive footage) | 1982-10-30 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Winifred (voice) | 1967-10-18 |
| Movie | The Man from Button Willow | Mrs.Pomeroy / Mother / Lady on Trolley | 1965-04-03 |
| Series | Miami Undercover | Unknown | 1961-01-23 |
| Movie | Guns of the Timberland | Aunt Sarah | 1960-02-01 |
| Movie | Goliath II | Eloise | 1960-01-21 |
| Series | Pete and Gladys | 1960-09-19 | |
| Series | The Flintstones | Unknown | 1960-09-30 |
| Movie | Sleeping Beauty | Flora / Queen Leah (voice) | 1959-02-17 |
| Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
| Movie | The Oklahoman | Mrs. Waynebrook | 1957-05-19 |
| Movie | Picnic | Helen Potts | 1955-11-18 |
| Movie | Lady and the Tramp | Aunt Sarah (voice) | 1955-06-22 |
| Series | December Bride | Hilda Crocker | 1954-10-04 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Unknown | 1954-10-27 |
| Series | Where's Raymond? | 1953-10-08 | |
| Movie | Belles on Their Toes | Cousin Leora | 1952-05-02 |
| Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Mrs. Ballew | 1952-07-18 |
| Movie | New Mexico | Mrs. Fenway | 1951-05-18 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts (voice) | 1951-07-28 |
| Movie | Little Egypt | Mrs. Doanne | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Fairy Godmother (voice) | 1950-02-22 |
| Movie | Buccaneer's Girl | Dowager | 1950-03-01 |
| Movie | The Gunfighter | Mrs. August Pennyfeather | 1950-06-23 |
| Movie | The Fuller Brush Man | Junior's Grandmother (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
| Movie | She Wrote the Book | Mrs. Kilgour | 1946-05-31 |
| Movie | Girls of the Big House | Agnes | 1945-11-02 |
| Movie | Dumbo | Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) | 1941-10-31 |
| Movie | Northwest Passage | Mrs. Towne | 1940-02-23 |
| Movie | If I Had My Way | Mrs. DeLacey | 1940-05-05 |
| Movie | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Neighbor | 1939-12-01 |