Cruella de Vil him that the purchaser of a house in Piccadilly, London is "a foreign nobleman, Count De Ville". Count De Ville, however, proves to be an alias for Count Dracula himself. It is also believed that the inspiration for the name began in 1939 when Dodie Smith purchased a new Rolls-Royce 25/30 "Sedanca de Ville" motorcar in which she and her pet Dalmatian "Pongo" frequently travelled, which also formed the basis of the cartoon imagery of Cruella's own motorcar. In the original story, Cruella is depicted as a pampered and glamorous London heiress who knows the owner of the Dalmatian puppies
Cruella de Vil as the main antagonist, where she was now voiced by Susanne Blakeslee. Blakeslee also voiced Cruella in "Disney's House of Mouse", which featured a running gag in which she inspects dogs from other Disney films with a measuring ruler. She also appeared in "Mickey's House of Villains". Cruella appears in animation one more time in "Disney's Christmas Favorites" during the segment "Santa Cruella". Cruella is also one of the Disney Villains Mickey fights in Disney's Hollywood Studios version of "Fantasmic!" Nighttime Show Spectacular in Walt Disney World. In Disney On Ice play "Celebrations," Cruella was one of the Villains who