Betty Lou Gerson: From Chattanooga roots to Cruella de Vil fame in 101 Dalmatians
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — From Chattanooga beginnings to One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Betty Lou Gerson turned a Southern start into one of animation’s most wicked legacies.
Betty Lou Gerson was born April 20, 1914, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and moved to Chicago at 16-years-old, where she began her radio career…