Ilene Woods Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jacqueline Ruth "Ilene" Woods (May 5, 1929 – July 1, 2010) was an American singer, actress, and Disney Legend who voiced Cinderella in the 1950 Disney classic film, which is what she is best known for. Woods' mother worked behind the scenes of films, taking Ilene with her. Ilene started acting at the age of two. When she was 15 years old, she was given her own radio show on the new station called The Blue Network on ABC Radio during the summer of 1944, The Ilene Woods Show. The entire show was 15 minutes of music 3 days a week. Many songwriters came on the show to present their music;... MORE

Jacqueline Ruth "Ilene" Woods (May 5, 1929 – July 1, 2010) was an American singer, actress, and Disney Legend who voiced Cinderella in the 1950 Disney classic film, which is what she is best known for. Woods' mother worked behind the scenes of films, taking Ilene with her. Ilene started acting at the age of two. When she was 15 years old, she was given her own radio show on the new station called The Blue Network on ABC Radio during the summer of 1944, The Ilene Woods Show. The entire show was 15 minutes of music 3 days a 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. In 1948, two of her songwriter friends, Mack David and Jerry Livingston, called Woods to record "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", and "So This is Love". Soon, the songs were presented to Walt Disney so that they could be used in the English version of Cinderella. Walt Disney heard the demo recordings, and two days later asked Ilene to voice the star role of Cinderella. She gladly accepted the role, surprised that she had won against more than 300 other auditioners. She said in LESS