Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil (spelled de Vil in the novel, spelled De Vil by Disney) is a character created by Dodie Smith as the main antagonist of her 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" and in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" (1961), "" (2003), and Disney's live-action film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and "102 Dalmatians" (2000). She was originally voiced by Betty Lou Gerson, after that, she has been voiced by April Winchell (), Tress MacNeille (TV series, two episodes), and Susanne Blakeslee (currently) and was portrayed live by Glenn Close ("101 Dalmatians" and
Cruella de Vil about her, the vial of magic ink spills on her causing her blonde hair to turn into the iconic black and white. However, the pen had a remnant of ink in it, which the Author used to write down a note that would, from there on, prevent Cruella from taking another life. "Cruella De Vil can no longer take away the life of another." Cruella kept this secret, as intimidation would still work for her needs. She later ended up in the Enchanted Forest, where she became infamous for turning animals into outerwear. Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) recruited her, Ursula (Merrin