Eleanor Audley

 Eleanor Audley, born Eleanor Zellman (November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991)

Audley was an 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 sitcom Green Acres (1965–69); and for providing Disney animated features with the villainess voices of Lady Tremaine in Cinderella (1950); and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty (1959). Audley provided the voice of Madame Leota, the spirit medium, from Disney's Haunted Mansion attractions. From 1954 to 1970, Audley appeared regularly on television, including: I Love Lucy; Crossroads; The People's Choice; Richard Diamond, Private Detective; Perry Mason; Dennis the Menace; Hazel; Pete and Gladys; The Real McCoys; The Twilight Zone; Mr. Lucky; The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Beverly Hillbillies, among others. When the cast of Green Acres were reunited for a 1990 TV movie, Return to Green Acres, Audley, who suffered from failing health, could not appear. She was cast as Oliver's disapproving mother, despite only being five months older than Eddie Albert, who played her son. Audley died from respiratory failure on November 25, 1991 at age 86. She is buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles.