Verna Felton (July 20, 1890, Salinas, California – December 14, 1966, Hollywood, California) was an Emmy-nominated American 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 mu...
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Verna Felton (July 20, 1890, Salinas, California – December 14, 1966, Hollywood, California) was an Emmy-nominated American 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 Belles on Their Toes (1952) and Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and her memorable supporting role of Mrs. Potts in the film of William Inge's Picnic (1956).
She also worked extensively in radio, notably playing Junior the Mean Widdle Kid's grandmother on Red Skelton's radio series and Dennis Day's mother on The Jack Benny Program. She also performed on radio as a regular on The Abbott and Costello Show. Felton was married to radio actor Lee Millar (1888-1941), who also...
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