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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Verna Felton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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She was an American character actress and voice artist known for her prolific work in classic Disney animated features and Hollywood films.
She is best known for voicing memorable animated characters like the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and Flora in Sleeping Beauty, as well as acting in live-action dramas like Picnic.
She specialized in voicing authoritative, matronly characters in animation and playing sharp-witted character parts in Golden Age Hollywood live-action cinema.
