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Betty Lou Gerson Biography (1914-1999)

Born April 20, 1914, in Chattanooga, TN; died after a stroke, January 12, 1999, in Los Angeles, CA; married Joe Ainley (a radio producer; deceased); married Lew Lauria (an owner of a telephone answering service), 1966; stepchildren: (second marriage) Lynne, Don, Lou. Career: Actress.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

April 20, 1914

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Death Details

January 12, 1999

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Greta Bloch/Yvonne Kraus, The Red Menace, Republic, 1949
• Pat the nurse, Undercover Girl, Universal, 1950
• Narrator, Cinderella (animated), RKO, 1950
• Mrs. Lord, The Annapolis Story (also known as The Blue and theGold), Allied Artists, 1955
• Mrs. Ferguson, The Green-Eyed Blonde, Warner Bros., 1957
• Nurse Andersone, The Fly, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Kate Peacock, The Miracle of the Hills, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Voice of Cruella De Vil/Miss Birdwell, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (animated), Buena Vista, 1961
• Mary Poppins, Buena Vista, 1964
• Voice of Francis the fish, Cats Don't Dance (animated), WarnerBros., 1997
• Television Appearances
• Episodic
• Agnes Sims, "The Case of the Lonely Heiress," Perry Mason, CBS, 1958
• Marjory Davis, "The Case of the Footloose Doll," Perry Mason, CBS,1959
• "One Mother Too Many," Wanted: Dead or Alive, CBS, 1960
• Trudie Braun, "The Case of the Cowardly Lion," Perry Mason, CBS, 1961
• Mrs. Fellows, "I'm No Henry Walden," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1963
• Hostess, "Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1963
• Cici, "Ring-a-Ding Girl," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
• Appeared in episodes of 77 Sunset Strip and The Untouchables, both ABC.
• Radio Appearances
• Series
• First Nighter, NBC, 1935-36
• Grand Hotel, NBC Blue, 1937-40
• Mary Marlin, The Story of Mary Marlin, NBC, 1938-41
• Box 13, Mutual, 1948-49
• Appeared as Constance, Arnold Grimm's Daughter, CBS; in Aunt Mary; as Mercedes Colby, Don Winslow of the Navy, NBC Blue; as Sue, Flying Time; as Helen Adams, Girl Alone, NBC; as CharlotteBrandon, The Guiding Light, NBC; as Marilyn Larimore, Lonely Women, NBC; as Laura, Ma Perkins, NBC; in One Man's Family, NBC; as Helen Gowan Stephenson, The Road of Life, CBS; as Marilyn, Today's Children, NBC; as the title role (Karen Adams Harding), Woman in White, NBC; and in The Chicago Theatre of the Air, Mutual.
• Episodic
• Appeared in Cavalcade of America, CBS; Knickerbocker Playhouse, NBC; Lux Radio Theatre, NBC Blue and CBS; and The Railroad Hour, ABC and NBC.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Buxton, Frank, and Bill Owen, The Big Broadcast, introduction by Henry Morgan, Viking (New York City), 1972.

Periodicals:

• Business Wire, January 14, 1999, p. 203.
• Variety, January 18, 1999, p. 147.

Electronic:

• Excite.com, January 15, 1999, http://www.nt.excite.com/news/r/990115/00/entertainment-gerson*