Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil is a fictional character in British author Dodie Smith's 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians". A pampered and glamorous London heiress, she appears in Walt Disney Productions' 17th animated feature film, "101 Dalmatians" (1961), voiced by Betty Lou Gerson; in Disney's "101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure" (2002), voiced by Susanne Blakeslee; in Disney's live-action "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and "102 Dalmatians" (2000), portrayed by Glenn Close; in the spin-off prequel movie "Cruella" (2021), portrayed by Emma Stone; and in many other Disney-produced sequels and spin-offs.

In all her incarnations, Cruella kidnaps 97 or 99 Dalmatian puppies for their fur. In the live-action Disney film, it is revealed that the reason Cruella chooses to skin puppies is that when short-haired dogs grow older, their fur becomes very coarse, which does not sell as well in the fur fashion industry as the fine, soft fur of puppies.

The character became a pop-culture icon and a famous symbol of greed, vanity and evil. From the unsubtle symbolic name to her sinister physical appearance, Cruella's evil is overt. Disney's Cruella ranked 39th on AFI's list "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains".
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