Birth Date: | 27 July 1877 |
Birth Place: | London, England, U.K. |
Death Place: | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 1931–1951 |
Florence Gill (27 July 1877 – 19 February 1965) was a British actress.
In Walt Disney's animated films, Gill made a specialty for 20 years of playing hens, including Clara Cluck,[1] The Wise Little Hen and other assorted fowl.
Gill was a member of the cast of Uncle Walter's Doghouse on NBC radio.[2] She also played Clara Cluck on the 1938 radio show The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air.
In addition to her animation work, Gill also appeared in live-action films. She performed her musical hen impersonation in front of a radio microphone in two 1935 musical comedies: Every Night at Eight and Here Comes the Band.
Her interment was located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1935 | Every Night at Eight | Henrietta (Chicken Lady Singer) | Uncredited | |
1935 | Welcome Home | Singer | Uncredited | |
1935 | Here Comes the Band | Mrs. Ella Sacks | Uncredited | |
1935 | Way Down East | Quilting Party Woman | ||
1937 | Larceny on the Air | Spinster | ||
1937 | Mountain Music | Girl | Uncredited | |
1937 | Ever Since Eve | Annie - the Cleaning Lady | Uncredited | |
1937 | She Had to Eat | Singer | Uncredited | |
1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Miss Carrie Bowers | Uncredited | |
1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Herself / Clara Cluck | ||
1942 | Call Out the Marines | Elderly Lady Who Wants to See Horses | Uncredited | |
1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Miss Hollyrod | ||
1942 | Eagle Squadron | Cockney | Uncredited | |
1942 | I Married a Witch | Woman Playing Chess | Uncredited |
Year | Title | Role | |
---|---|---|---|
1931 | Birds of a Feather | Hen | |
1934 | Funny Little Bunnies | Hens | |
1934 | Orphan's Benefit | Clara Cluck | |
1934 | The Wise Little Hen | Hen | |
1935 | Cock o' the Walk | Hen | |
1936 | Mickey's Grand Opera | Clara Cluck | |
1936 | Mother Pluto | Hen | |
1937 | Mickey's Amateurs | Clara Cluck | |
1938 | Farmyard Symphony | Hens & Rooster | |
1938 | The Fox Hunt | Clara Cluck | |
1938 | Self Control | Chicken | |
1941 | Golden Eggs | Hens & Rooster | |
1941 | The Nifty Nineties | Chickens | |
1942 | Mickey's Birthday Party | Clara Cluck | |
1942 | Symphony Hour | Clara Cluck | |
1943 | Chicken Little | Hen | |
1944 | Contrary Condor | Condors | |
1945 | The Eyes Have It | Hens | |
1949 | The Greener Yard | Hen | |
1951 | Chicken in the Rough | Hen & Rooster |