Rhoda Elaine Williams (July 19, 1930 – March 8, 2006) was an American actress who voiced Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's Cinderella.
[2] Williams graduated from Hollywood High School when she was 14, following which she earned a degree in theatre arts at the University of California.
[3] In 1949, Williams began a five-year stint as Robert Young's oldest daughter, Betty, on NBC Radio's Father Knows Best.
[citation needed] With the advent of television, Williams moved into the new medium on such early live shows as Lights, Camera, Action!
She returned to Walt Disney Studios as the voice and model for the AudioAnimatronic mother and teen-age daughter at the General Electric '"Carousel of Progress.
She also created a filmstrip on "Medieval Theatre" which was distributed by Oleson Films to high schools and colleges throughout the country.
She began a long association with various civic and professional organizations in 1959, when she served as PTA President for Alexandria Avenue School in Los Angeles.
most of her activities had been linked to her unions, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, since 1938, (AFTRA) and Screen Actors Guild, (SAG), since 1937.
She also served several years as an appointee to the State Wage Board for the Broadcasting Industry and was an AFTRA delegate to the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.