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{{Infobox character
| colour      = #F3E0AE
| name        = Cruella de Vil
| series      = 
| image       = 
| caption     = Cruella de Vil as she appears in Disney's ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]''.
| first       = ''[[The Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' (1956)
| last        = 
| creator     = [[Dodie Smith]]
| lbl1        = Based on
| data1       = Cruella de Vil from [[Dodie Smith]]'s [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians|1956 novel]]
| portrayer   = {{plainlist|
*[[Glenn Close]]<br />(''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|1996]]'' and ''[[102 Dalmatians|2000]] films'')
*[[Rachel York]]<br />([[101 Dalmatians Musical|Broadway musical]])
*[[Sara Gettelfinger]]<br />(Post-Broadway)
*[[Victoria Smurfit]]<br />(''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series) |Once Upon a Time]]'')
*[[Wendy Raquel Robinson]]<br />(''[[Descendants (2015 film)|Descendants]]'')}}
| voice       = {{plainlist|
*[[Susanne Blakeslee]] {{small|(1998–present)}}
*[[Betty Lou Gerson]]<br />(''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'')
*[[April Winchell]]<br />(''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series|TV series]]'', ''[[101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor]]'')
*[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />(''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series|TV series]]''; {{small|two episodes}})
*[[Barbara Goodson]]<br />(''[[Disney on Ice]]'')}}
| nickname    = Ella de Vil
| species     = <!-- for non-humans only -->
| gender      = <!-- if not obvious -->
| occupation  = [[Socialite]], [[fashion]] [[magnate]]
| affiliation = [[List of Disney villains|Disney villains]]
| title       = Devil woman
| spouse      = Unnamed husband {{small|(in novel only)}}
| children    = Carlos de Vil (Descendants)
| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
[[File:Cruella de Vil.jpg|thumb|367x367px|A cosplayer dressed up as Cruella De Vil]]
'''Cruella De Vil''' (obviously a play on ''cruel'' and ''[[devil]]'') is the villain in the Dodie Smith book [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians]] who kidnaps (dognaps) the puppies for their fur.  She is described as having one half of her hair white and the other half black, an extreme fondness for pepper and a preference for elevated temperatures.

In the [[1961]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] animated movie her voice was played by [[Betty Lou Gerson]]. The movie featured a song about her sung by Roger whose lyrics begin:

:''Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will.''

Later, in the [[1996]] live-action remake, and its [[2000]] sequel, ''[[102 Dalmatians]]'', she was played by [[Glenn Close]]. In the [[2021]] Disney movie [[Cruella (movie)|''Cruella'']], the character is played by American actress [[Emma Stone]]. Shortly afterward, Cruella was a regular villain in ''[[Disney's 101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'', where she was voiced by [[April Winchell]]. This time, though, she wanted to steal the Dearly Farm, seeing how killing animals for fashion was deemed politically incorrect. However, she returned to hunting dogs in ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (which features an ongoing joke in which she inspects dogs from other Disney movies with a measuring ruler) and ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'', both of which had [[Susanne Blakeslee]] as her voice.

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