Ilene Woods

Jacqueline Ruth Ilene Woods was an American voice actress and singer. Woods was the original voice of the title character of the 12th Walt Disney animated classic Cinderella, for which she was named a Disney Legend in 2003.

Ilene Woods was born on Sunday, May 5, 1929 as Jacqueline Ruth Woods. Woods mother worked behind the scenes of films, taking Woods with her. Woods wanted to be a teacher, but her mother planned to make her a star instead. Woods started acting at the age of two. At the age of 15, Woods was engaged, along with Bob Johnstone, by Paul Whiteman to sing on his summer 1944 replacement show, The Philco Hall of Fame on the NBC Blue Network . The network quickly added her own radio program during that same summer, The Ilene Woods Show. The entire show wasminutes of music, broadcast three days per week. Many songwriters came on the show to present their music this is how she became friends with Mack David and Jerry Livingston. She then moved to California.

Source: Wikipedia