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American actress (1905–1991)
Eleanor Audley (née Zellman ; November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991) was an American actress with a distinctive voice and a diverse body of work. She played Oliver Douglas's mom, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom Green Acres Disney animated classics with the voices of the two iconic villains: Lady Tremaine , Cinderella's evil stepmother in Cinderella Maleficent , the wicked fairy in Sleeping Beauty My Favorite Husband Father Knows Best I Love Lucy The Dick Van Dyke Show Mister Ed Hazel The Beverly Hillbillies Pistols 'n' Petticoats My Three Sons
Early and personal life [ edit ]
Eleanor Zellman was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 19, 1905. Her family had moved to West 86th Street in Manhattan , New York City, by 1917.[1]
Zellman began using the stage-name "Eleanor Audley" sometime before 1940.[2]
A Democrat , she supported Adlai Stevenson 's campaign during the 1952 presidential election .[3] [better source needed
Stage and radio [ edit ]
Audley made her Broadway debut at age 21 in the 1926 production of Howdy, King .[4] On Call (1928–1929);[5] Pigeons and People ;[5] Thunder on the Left (both 1933); Kill That Story ; Ladies' Money (both 1934); Susan and God (1937–1938; 1943); and In Bed We Cry (1944).[citation needed
Audley worked extensively in the 1940s and 1950s in radio, notably playing Liz Cooper's aristocratic mother-in-law, Mrs. Cooper, who typically looks down on her, on My Favorite Husband Bea Benaderet ), and the Anderson family's neighbor, Mrs. Smith, on Father Knows Best [6] Romance , Escape Suspense Lux Radio Theatre The Story of Dr. Kildare The Railroad Hour Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar Hallmark Playhouse western series The Six Shooter James Stewart .[citation needed
Film and animation [ edit ]
Audley's onscreen appearance was an uncredited role as a parole board member in the 1949 noir film The Story of Molly X June Havoc .[citation needed Other film appearances followed, including: Pretty Baby Gambling House Cell 2455, Death Row The Unguarded Moment Full of Life Spoilers of the Forest Home Before Dark Jack Graham in The FBI Story The Second Time Around Hook, Line and Sinker [citation needed Audley was also uncredited dubbing actors playing small parts in films such as I Was a Male War Bride Broken Arrow [citation needed
In the animated film industry, Audley provided her distinctive voice to Lady Tremaine , Cinderella's cruel stepmother, in the 1950 Disney film Cinderella Princess Aurora's wicked fairy nemesis, Maleficent , in Disney's 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty [7] Frank Thomas and Marc Davis designed the characters' facial features and expressions to be closely similar to Audley's.[8] tuberculosis at the time.[9]
Audley provided the voice for Madame Leota—the spirit of a psychic medium—in the Haunted Mansion attractions in Disneyland and Walt Disney World .[8]
Television [ edit ]
Audley in the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies Jethro Goes To School , 1962
Audley's first television appearance was in the pilot episode of The Mickey Rooney Show Hey Mulligan ) as Bessie Frost, a terrible actress who stars in a series called The Trials and Tribulations of Auntie Julia on the fictional IBC network where Mickey Mulligan works as their page.[citation needed From 1954 to 1970, she appeared regularly on television, including episodes of: The People's Choice I Love Lucy Crossroads Perry Mason The Real McCoys Richard Diamond, Private Detective The Twilight Zone Dennis the Menace Mr. Lucky The Tab Hunter Show Pete and Gladys Hazel The Dick Van Dyke Show The Beverly Hillbillies Mister Ed Pistols 'n' Petticoats [10] on My Three Sons Green Acres as Oliver Douglas 's disapproving mother, Eunice Douglas, despite being only five months older than actor Eddie Albert who played the role of her son.[11]
Audley died from respiratory failure in 1991, six days after her 86th birthday.[5] Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles , California .[12]
Filmography [ edit ]
Television [ edit ]
The Loretta Young Show
General Electric Theatre
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Front Row Center
Damon Runyon Theater
Celebrity Playhouse
The Ford Television Theatre
The Millionaire
Our Miss Brooks
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
Climax! (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse
The People's Choice
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Father Knows Best
Crusader (1956) as Mrs. Erika Watson
Lux Video Theatre
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Gale Storm Show : Oh! Susanna
The Bob Hope Specials
Cavalcade of America
I Love Lucy
Crossroads
The Lineup
The Gray Ghost
How to Marry a Millionaire
Frontier Doctor
The Old Testament Scriptures (1958) as Naomi
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
The Real McCoys
The Ann Sothern Show
Mike Hammer
Hennesey
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Twilight Zone
Walt Disney Presents
Johnny Midnight
The Untouchables
The Man From Blackhawk
Dennis the Menace
Peter Gunn
Mr. Lucky
Make Room for Daddy
Shirley Temple's Storybook
New Comedy Showcase
Have Gun - Will Travel
The Tab Hunter Show
The Tom Ewell Show
The Joey Bishop Show
Pete and Gladys
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mister Ed
Hazel
The Best of the Post
Ichabod and Me
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Detectives
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Dick Powell Theatre (1963) as Lady
The New Phil Silvers Show
McHale's Navy
Many Happy Returns
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Farmer's Daughter
The Cara Williams Show
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Jack Benny Program
Kentucky Jones
Peyton Place
O.K. Crackerby! (1965) as Mrs. Ameila Willoughby
The Lucy Show
The Big Valley
My Brother the Angel (1965) as Mrs. Evelyne Ettinger
Green Acres
Honey West
Summer Fun
The Phyllis Diller Show
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
My Three Sons
The Wonderful World of Disney
Disney's Wonderful World
Walt Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Bishop and the Gargoyle (NBC special, July 14, 1940)
Adventure Ahead (NBC Red, 1944)
Romance (CBS series, 1944–1954, not often credited), episodes include "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Long Way Home"
Words at War (NBC Red, 1945)
The Eternal Light
Encore Theatre (CBS, 1946)
The Big Story (NBC, 1947)
Escape
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
Suspense
The Whistler
Lux Radio Theatre
Sealtest Variety Theatre (NBC, 1949)
My Home Town (NBC, 1949)
This Is Your FBI
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
NBC University Theatre (NBC, 1949)
Pursuit (CBS, 1949)
The Hotpoint Holiday Hour (CBS, 1949), "The Man Who Came to Dinner"
The Story of Dr. Kildare
My Favorite Husband
The Railroad Hour
Father Knows Best
The Life of Riley
The Halls of Ivy
The Adventures of Christopher London (NBC, 1950)
The Saint
Screen Directors Playhouse
Family Theatre (Mutual, 1950–1951)
Night Beat
Hollywood Star Playhouse (CBS, 1951)
Hallmark Playhouse
The Six Shooter
Fibber McGee and Molly
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
The CBS Radio Workshop
Theme parks [ edit ]
Discography [ edit ]
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1949, RCA/Camden) as Evil Queen
Walt Disney's Cinderella: Little Nipper Series (1949, RCA/Camden) as Lady Tremaine
Walt Disney's Cinderella (1954, RCA/Camden) as Lady Tremaine
The Story and Song from The Haunted Mansion (1969, Disneyland Records) as Madame Leota
Disney Songs and Story: Sleeping Beauty (2012, Walt Disney Records) as Maleficent
Howdy, King as guest in hotel, December 1926 to January 1927
On Call as Mary Randall, November 1928 to January 1929
Pigeons and People as Elinore Payne, January 1933 to November 1933
Thunder on the Left as Ruth Brook, October 1933 to November 1933
Kill That Story as Millicent, August 1934 to December 1934
Ladies' Money as Claire Touhey, November 1934 to December 1934
Susan and God as Charlotte Marley, October 1937 to June 1938, December 1943
In Bed We Cry as Claire Dangerfield, November 1944 to December 23, 1944
References [ edit ]
^ Motion Picture and Television Magazine , November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers
^ "Eleanor Audley" . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021 .
^ a b c "Eleanor Audley; Actress, Voice of Disney Characters" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows . McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary . McFarland. ISBN 978-0786462711
^ a b Zuckerman, Esther (May 30, 2014). "Meet Eleanor Audley, the Original 'Maleficent' . The Atlantic . Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
^ Audio-Commentary . Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition : Walt Disney Home Entertainment . 2008.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 837. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7
^ Lang, Nico (August 15, 2013). "29 Little-Known Facts About Disney Movies That Will Blow Your Mind" . Thought Catalog . Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed ISBN 9781476625997 . Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
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