Woods was an 18-year-old radio singer when Walt Disney asked her to give voice to the sweet stepdaughter who finds her Prince Charming. Woods gave the character warmth and made her likeable.
Ilene Woods, who provided the speaking and singing voice for the title character in Walt Disney’s classic 1950 animated feature ” Cinderella,” has died. She was 81.
Woods, a Calabasas resident, died of causes related to Alzheimer’s disease Thursday at a nursing and rehabilitation center in Canoga Park, said her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, the former longtime drummer on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.”
Woods was a busy 18-year-old singer on radio in 1948 when, as a favor to two songwriter friends, Jerry Livingston and Mack David, she recorded a “demo” of a few songs they had written for Walt Disney’s upcoming animated feature.
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