Florence Gill

Florence Gill
Born(1877-07-27)27 July 1877
London, England, U.K.
Died19 February 1965(1965-02-19) (aged 87)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1931–1951

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.

  1. ^ Smith, Dave (2012). Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered. Disney Electronic Content. ISBN 978-1-4231-7857-6. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 690. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 10 July 2020.