Eleanor Audley
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Audley in costume concept for the role of Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty (1959)
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| Born |
Eleanor Zellman November 19, 1905 New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 1991 (aged 86) North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Respiratory failure |
| Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Elinor Audley |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress, radio actress, stage actress |
| Years active | 1926–1970 |
| Known for | Original voice of Lady Tremaine in Disney's Cinderella (1950) Original voice of Maleficent in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959) Original voice of Madame Leota in Disney's Haunted Mansion (1969) |
| Television | Green Acres (1965 - 1969) |
Eleanor Audley (born Eleanor Zellman; November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991) was an American actress who had a distinctive voice in radio and animation, in addition to her TV and film roles. She is best remembered on television as Oliver Douglas's mother, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom, Green Acres (1965–69); and for providing Disney animated features with the villainess voices of Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, from Cinderella (1950); and the evil fairy, Maleficent, from Sleeping Beauty (1959). She was known in her career for mostly playing characters with snobbish mean attitudes.
Audley also provided the voice of Madame Leota, the spirit medium, from Disney's Haunted Mansion attractions.
Audley was born Eleanor Zellman in New York on November 19, 1905 and raised in the United States.
Audley made her Broadway debut in the 1926 production of Howdy, King. Other stage appearances include: On Call (1928); Pigeons and People (1933); Thunder on the Left (1933); Kill That Story (1934); Ladies' Money (1934); Susan and God (1937); and In Bed We Cry (1943).
Audley worked extensively in the 1940s and '50s in Hollywood radio on such programs as Escape; Suspense; My Favorite Husband (as mother-in-law, Mrs. Cooper); The Story of Dr. Kildare (as receptionist Molly Byrd); and Father Knows Best (as a neighbor of the Anderson family). In 1954, she played the stepmother in an episode which included a re-imagining of the Cinderella story for the weekly western series, The Six Shooter, which starred James Stewart.
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