Rhoda Elaine Williams (July 19, 1930 â€" March 8, 2006) was an
American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's
Cinderella.Rhoda Elaine Williams was born in Denver, Colorado. She
began her acting career at age five, when she and her family moved to
Hollywood from Galveston, Texas. She was the daughter of Edgar P.
Williams, Superintendent of the Grain Elevators from 1900â€"1929 and
Mrs. Jessie Williams, who was active in the First Methodist Church in
Galveston.[citation needed] She had learned to read at age three, and
performing on radio came naturally to her. She soon had her own local
weekly show on KMPC's, "We Who Are Young."Williams graduated from
Hollywood High School when she was 14, following which she earned a
degree in theatre arts at the University of California.Her move to
national radio came when she was nine years old and was cast as a
small boy on NBC's "I Want a Divorce!" During the next several years
she appeared in almost every major show emanating from Hollywood,
including "Dr. Christian", "One Man's Family", "Arch Oboler Presents"
and "Life of Riley". During her teen years, she was also featured or
co-starred on many productions of "Lux Radio Theatre" with such stars
as Bette Davis, Olivia DeHavilland, Van Johnson, Deborah Kerr, Walter
Pidgeon, Rosalind Russell, Clifton Webb, Loretta Young and many
others. In 1949, she began a five-year stint as Robert Young's oldest
daughter, Betty, on NBC Radio's "Father Knows Best."
American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's
Cinderella.Rhoda Elaine Williams was born in Denver, Colorado. She
began her acting career at age five, when she and her family moved to
Hollywood from Galveston, Texas. She was the daughter of Edgar P.
Williams, Superintendent of the Grain Elevators from 1900â€"1929 and
Mrs. Jessie Williams, who was active in the First Methodist Church in
Galveston.[citation needed] She had learned to read at age three, and
performing on radio came naturally to her. She soon had her own local
weekly show on KMPC's, "We Who Are Young."Williams graduated from
Hollywood High School when she was 14, following which she earned a
degree in theatre arts at the University of California.Her move to
national radio came when she was nine years old and was cast as a
small boy on NBC's "I Want a Divorce!" During the next several years
she appeared in almost every major show emanating from Hollywood,
including "Dr. Christian", "One Man's Family", "Arch Oboler Presents"
and "Life of Riley". During her teen years, she was also featured or
co-starred on many productions of "Lux Radio Theatre" with such stars
as Bette Davis, Olivia DeHavilland, Van Johnson, Deborah Kerr, Walter
Pidgeon, Rosalind Russell, Clifton Webb, Loretta Young and many
others. In 1949, she began a five-year stint as Robert Young's oldest
daughter, Betty, on NBC Radio's "Father Knows Best."
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