Cruella de Vil

Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil as she appears in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
First appearance	The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
Created by	Dodie Smith
Voiced by	Betty Lou Gerson (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) Susanne Blakeslee (1998–present) April Winchell (TV series) Tress MacNeille (TV series, two episodes, Welcome to the Club) Barbara Goodson (Disney on Ice) Michelle Gomez (101 Dalmatian Street) Patricia Hodge (BBC Audio Production)
Portrayed by	Glenn Close (1996 and 2000 films) Rachel York (Musical adaptation) Victoria Smurfit (Once Upon a Time) Wendy Raquel Robinson (Descendants) Emma Stone (Cruella) Other: Sara Gettelfinger (Musical replacement) Milli Wilkinson (young; Once Upon a Time) Billie Gadsdon (5-year-old; Cruella) Tipper Seifert-Cleveland (12-year-old; Cruella) Kate Fleetwood (2022 musical)
In-universe information
Full name	Cruella de Vil Cruella Feinberg (Once Upon a Time) Estella von Hellman (birth name, Cruella) Estella Miller (adoptive name, Cruella)
Nickname	Devil woman
Title	Evil woman
Occupation	Socialite, fashion magnate, Designer
Affiliation	Disney villains
Family	Unnamed father (deceased) Malevola De Vil (mother; 101 Dalmatians: The Series) Diego De Vil (nephew; Descendants) Hunter de Vil (great-nephew; 101 Dalmatian Street) Baron and Baroness von Hellman (parents; Cruella) Catherine Miller (adoptive mother; Cruella)
Spouse	Unnamed husband (in novel and in 1996 BBC Audio production) Mr. Feinberg (husband; Once Upon a Time) Lord Jack Shortbottom (husband; Evil Thing)
Children	Carlos de Vil (son; Descendants)
Nationality	British

Cruella de Vil^[a] is a fictional character in British author Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. A pampered and glamorous London heiress and fashion designer,^[b] she appears in Walt Disney Productions' animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), voiced by Betty Lou Gerson; in Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003), voiced by Susanne Blakeslee; in Disney's live-action 101 Dalmatians (1996) and 102 Dalmatians (2000), portrayed by Glenn Close; as well as Cruella (2021), portrayed by Emma Stone; and in many other Disney sequels and spin-offs.

In most of her incarnations, Cruella kidnaps the 15 puppies of the main Dalmatian characters, Pongo and Perdita, intending to turn them into fur coats along with 84 other Dalmatian puppies she legally bought before. The live-action Disney film reveals that Cruella chooses to skin puppies because when short-haired dogs grow older, their fur becomes very coarse and does not sell as well in the fur fashion industry as the fine, soft fur of puppies.

The character became a pop cultural icon and a famous symbol of greed, vanity, evil and cruelty to animals.^[1] Disney's Cruella ranked 39th on AFI's list "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains".^[2]

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