Cruella de Vil (Glenn Close)

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Glenn Close portrayed Cruella de Vil as the main antagonist in the 1996 film 101 Dalmatians and its 2000 sequel 102 Dalmatians. The film reinvented Cruella yet again, this time as the spoiled and very glamorous magnate of a haute couture fashion house, "House of DeVil", which specialised in fur couture. The character of Anita (played by Joely Richardson) was a couturière and employee of De Vil. Unlike the animated film, the live-action version gives the reason why Cruella wanted to make the puppies into coats at a young age, is that their fur wouldn't be as soft when they're full grown adult dogs. This film increased the physical comedy of the animated film, even veering into more juvenille humor, such as Cruella falling into a vat of old molasses. She ends the film covered in a mixture of molasses and mud. Close's performance was universally well-received, and her sex appeal as the character was also credited.