[patched]: Cruella

The answer was surprisingly elegant. In Cruella , Estella (her birth name) is a talented grifter with a natural gift for fashion. She isn't born evil; she is betrayed by the haute couture world. The Baroness von Hellman (played with steel-eyed brilliance by Emma Thompson) is the real villain—a cold, aristocratic designer who kills for art and power. (Estella’s alter ego) is merely avenging her mother’s death.

Before she was a Disney queen, was a literary creation. English author Dodie Smith introduced the world to Cruella de Vil in her 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians . The name itself is a masterstroke of onomatopoeia—a fusion of "cruel" and "devil," finished with a French flair (de Vil). Cruella