Cruella de Vil worthless, including dozens of her own cat's kittens. Upon a second visit to the house she picks up the mature puppies and treats them like clothing to be worn. Cruella also makes a brief appearance, albeit asleep, in Dodie Smith's sequel "The Starlight Barking". Disney's animated version of Cruella first appeared in 1961's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", in which she was voiced by Betty Lou Gerson and animated by Marc Davis who together crafted her into an iconic and memorable character. Disney based its version of Cruella on the personality and mannerisms of Tallulah Bankhead. The cool detachment of
Mary Poppins (character) the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, a group of over thirty Mary Poppins with umbrellas descended en masse to fight and defeat the nightmares (which consisted of the villains Queen of Hearts, Captain Hook, Cruella de Vil, and Lord Voldemort) that were haunting children's dreams. The sequence is called "." Terry Pratchett's Susan Sto Helit character satirizes Mary Poppins in various ways, most explicitly in the novel "Hogfather". In "The Simpsons" season 8 episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", Marge hires a new housekeeper for the family, named Shary Bobbins (voiced by Maggie Roswell), who attempts to help them become