Cruella de Vil
| Cruella de Vil | |
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| First appearance | The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956) |
| Created by | Dodie Smith |
| Portrayed by |
Glenn Close (101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians) Rachel York (Broadway musical) Sara Gettelfinger (Post-Broadway) Victoria Smurfit (Once Upon a Time) Wendy Raquel Robinson (Descendants) |
| Voiced by |
Betty Lou Gerson (original film) April Winchell (TV Series and 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor) Tress MacNeille (TV Series, "Close But No Cigar", "The Fungus Among Us") Susanne Blakeslee (1998–present) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Ella de Vil (briefly in 102 Dalmatians) Cruella Feinberg, Queen of Darkness (in Once Upon a Time only) |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Socialite (in novel and animated film) Fashion magnate / designer (in live-action film and TV series) |
| Family | Three unnamed fathers (deceased; in Once Upon a Time only) Madeline (mother, deceased; in Once Upon a Time only) |
| Spouse(s) | Unnamed husband (in novel only) Mr. Feinberg (in Once Upon a Time only) |
| Children | Carlos de Vil (son; in Descendants only) |
| Nationality | English |
| Cruella De Vil | |
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| Once Upon a Time character | |
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| First appearance | "Heroes and Villains" (4.11) |
| Last appearance | "Last Rites" (5.21) |
| Created by | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz |
| Portrayed by |
Victoria Smurfit Milli Wilkinson (child) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Cruella Feinberg |
| Occupation |
Mayor of Underworld Ruler of Underworld (briefly) |
| Title | Queen of Darkness |
| Family | Madeline (mother) Unnamed father Two unnamed stepfathers |
| Significant other(s) | Isaac Heller (briefly) Mr. Feinberg Prince James (in the Underworld) |
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Cruella de Vil (spelled de Vil in the novel, spelled De Vil by Disney) is a character who appeared in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Disney's animated film adaptations 101 Dalmatians and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, and Disney's live-action film adaptations 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians as the main antagonist.
The character became a pop-culture type epitomizing a person who is very, very mean.
She was originally voiced by Disney Legend, Betty Lou Gerson. Cruella has been voiced by April Winchell (TV series), Tress MacNeille (TV series, two episodes), and Susanne Blakeslee (currently) and was portrayed live by Glenn Close (101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians), Victoria Smurfit (Once Upon a Time) and Wendy Raquel Robinson (Descendants).
Cruella ranked 39th on AFI's list "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains".
Cruella's name is a pun of the words cruel and devil, an allusion which is emphasized by having her country house nicknamed "Hell Hall." However, de Vil also implies "of vile," making her name translate as, Cruel of Vile. In Polish, Cruella De Vil is known as "Cruella De Mon", a play on "demon". In Italian, she is called "Crudelia De Mon" (a pun on "crudele", cruel, and "demone", demon). In the French translation of the Disney's animated movie, she is referred as "Cruella D'Enfer" (Literally, Cruella of Hell or from Hell). In Dutch, the name remains "De Vil", while by coincidence the Dutch verb for skinning is "Villen" and "Vil" is the conjugation of this verb for the first person singular.
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