14 Facts About Verna Felton

Verna Arline Felton was an American actress known for voicing many Disney animated films, such as the Fairy Godmother, the Queen of Hearts, and Flora.

Verna Arline Felton was born in Salinas, California, on July 20,1890.

Shortly before her father's death, Verna Felton had performed in a local benefit for victims of the Galveston Flood.

Verna Felton's singing and dancing attracted the attention of a manager of a road show company that was playing in San Jose at the time.

The manager spoke to Verna Felton's mother, offering to give Verna Felton a job with his company.

Verna Felton quickly joined the cast of the show, growing up in the theater.

Verna Felton acted in stage plays at the Empress Theatre in Vancouver in the late 1920s, playing the lead role in Goldfish, Stella Dallas, and The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

Verna Felton worked in the 1930s and 1950s in radio, including playing the children's mother on the serial The Cinnamon Bear, Junior the Mean Widdle Kid's grandmother on Red Skelton's radio series, Hattie Hirsch on Point Sublime, and Dennis Day's mother, Mrs Day, who was always looking out for him while trying to boss around Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Program.

Verna Felton recurred on The Great Gildersleeve and was heard on The Abbott and Costello Show and other comedy shows, as well as dramatic roles on The Lux Radio Theatre.

Verna Felton played the fairy godmother in one-shot adaptations of the Cinderella story on the anthology series Screen Directors Playhouse and Hallmark Playhouse.

In 1963, in the series finale of CBS's Dennis the Menace sitcom, Verna Felton played John Wilson's aunt in the episode entitled "Aunt Emma Visits the Wilsons".

Verna Felton was a popular actress at the Walt Disney Studios, lending her voice to the animated features:.

Verna Felton died at her home of a stroke at the age of 76 on the evening of December 14,1966, one day before Walt Disney's passing.

Verna Felton is interred at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.