<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Original voice of Lady Tremaine in Disney's Cinderella (1950) Original voice of Maleficent in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959) Original voice of Madame Leota in Disney's Haunted Mansion (1969) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Television </Th> <Td> Green Acres (1965--1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> Eleanor Audley (born Eleanor Zellman; November 19, 1905--November 25, 1991) was an American actress who had a distinctive voice in radio and animation, in addition to her TV and film roles . She is best remembered on television as Oliver Douglas's mother, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom, Green Acres (1965--69); and for providing Disney animated features with the villainess voices of Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, from Cinderella (1950); and the evil fairy, Maleficent, from Sleeping Beauty (1959). She was known in her career for mostly playing characters with snobbish and mean attitudes . Audley provided the voice of Madame Leota, the spirit medium, from Disney's Haunted Mansion attractions . </P> <P> Audley was born Eleanor Zellman in New York on November 19, 1905 . She made her acting debut in the 1926 broadway production of Howdy, King . Other stage appearances include: On Call (1928); Pigeons and People (1933); Thunder on the Left (1933); Kill That Story (1934); Ladies' Money (1934); Susan and God (1937); and In Bed We Cry (1943). </P>

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