Verna Felton
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
The Jungle Book
as Winifred (voice) 1967
Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts (voice) 1951
Lady and the Tramp
as Aunt Sarah (voice) 1955
Sleeping Beauty
as Flora / Queen Leah (voice) 1959
Dumbo
as Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited) 1941
Once Upon a Studio
as Flora (voice) (archive sound) 2023
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. August Pennyfeather 1950
Don't Bother to Knock
as Mrs. Ballew 1952
Picnic
as Helen Potts 1955
Northwest Passage
as Mrs. Towne 1940
Goliath II
as Eloise 1960
Belles on Their Toes
as Cousin Leora 1952
Buccaneer's Girl
as Dowager 1950
Guns of the Timberland
as Aunt Sarah 1960
The Oklahoman
as Mrs. Waynebrook 1957
New Mexico
as Mrs. Fenway 1951