query: who does the voice of maleficent in sleeping beauty

pos: Eleanor Audley Eleanor Audley Eleanor Audley (born Eleanor Zellman; November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991) was an American actress who had a distinctive voice in radio and animation, in addition to her TV and film roles. She is best remembered on television as Oliver Douglas's mother, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom, "Green Acres" (1965–69); and for providing Disney animated features with the villainess voices of Lady Tremaine in "Cinderella" (1950); and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). She was known in her career for mostly playing characters with snobbish and mean attitudes. Audley provided the voice of Madame Leota, the spirit

pos: Maleficent was also released. The original version of Maleficent has been called as "one of the most sinister Disney Villains". Guillermo del Toro has stated that along with Vermithrax in "Dragonslayer", Maleficent is his favorite cinematic, Disney dragon. Voice actress Eleanor Audley and supervising animator Marc Davis were also praised for their work on the character. Maleficent Maleficent ( or ) is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 16th animated feature film, "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). She is an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant

pos: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) provided live-action references for "Cinderella" and later for Anita from "101 Dalmatians", and portrayed Polly Crockett for the TV series "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier". The role of Prince Phillip was modeled by Ed Kemmer, who had played Commander Buzz Corry on television's "Space Patrol" five years before "Sleeping Beauty" was released. For the final battle sequence, Kemmer was photographed on a wooden buck. The live-action model for Maleficent was Eleanor Audley, who also voiced the villain. Dancer Jane Fowler also was a live-action reference for Maleficent. Among the actresses who performed in reference footage for this film

pos: Maleficent Disney Channel movie "Descendants", portrayed by Kristin Chenoweth. The character was animated by Marc Davis. The wicked sorceress or horned witch was aptly named "Maleficent" (an adjective which means "doing evil or harm"). In determining Maleficent's design, standard depictions of witches and hags were dismissed as Mattinson's opted for an elegant, sinister, green-skinned beauty centered around the appearance of flames, ultimately crowning the villain with a black two-pointed headdress, often called an "atora". According to Mattinson, Maleficent "was designed like a giant vampire bat to create a feeling of menace." She was voiced by Eleanor Audley, who had previously performed

pos: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) English accent. The next day, she was informed by Walt Disney that she landed the role. Eleanor Audley initially turned down the choice role of Maleficent as she was battling tuberculosis at the time, but reconsidered. In April 1952, "Billboard" reported that Jack Lawrence and Sammy Fain had signed to compose the score. Walter Schumann was originally slated to be the film composer, but left the project because of creative differences with Walt Disney. George Bruns was recommended to replace Schumannn by animator Ward Kimball. Because of a musicians' strike in 1957, the musical score was recorded in Berlin, Germany.

pos: Susanne Blakeslee known by Disney fans for her imitation of the late Eleanor Audley's portrayal as Lady Tremaine, Maleficent, and Madame Leota. She is the current voice of Maleficent since the video game series, "Kingdom Hearts" (2002–present); and Cruella de Vil since the direct-to-video sequel, "" (2002); and the TV series, "Disney's House of Mouse" (2001–2003). Blakeslee also voices Maleficent, Queen Grimhilde, and Cruella in Disney theme park attractions, shows and other video games. Susanne Blakeslee is the current voice of Lady Tremaine since the direct-to-video sequels, "" (2002); and "" (2007); she also voiced Lady Tremaine and Queen Grimhilde in the

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Sleeping Beauty" is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. "Maleficent" is a live-action remake based in 1959's animated film, focused on the eponymous antagonist. "Maleficent" is the sequel of the 2014's film "Maleficent", continuing the story of the first film. As a segment of "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams", "Keys to the Kingdom" focuses on Princess Aurora, who reigns the kingdom in the absence

neg: Maleficent Maleficent Maleficent ( or ) is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 16th animated feature film, "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). She is an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, "Little

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) the movie, Enchanted Dominion, and characters who appear are Princess Aurora/Briar Rose, Maleficent, Maleficent's goons, the three faires and Prince Phillip, the latter serving as temporary party member for Aqua during her battle against Maleficent and her henchmen. Maleficent will return in "Kingdom Hearts III". Aurora is also a playable character in the game "Disney Princess". "Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Game" (1958) is a Parker Brothers children's board game for two to four players based upon "Sleeping Beauty". The object of the game is to be the first player holding three different picture cards to reach the castle and the

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) live action adaption "Maleficent", released in May 2014, Angelina Jolie plays the role of Maleficent and Elle Fanning plays Princess Aurora. The movie was directed by Robert Stromberg in his directorial debut, produced by Don Hahn and Joe Roth, and written by Linda Woolverton. A sequel to this film began production in May 2018. Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. The 16th Disney animated feature film, it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution. This

neg: Eleanor Audley Time Around" (1961); and "Hook, Line and Sinker" (1969). In the animation film industry, Audley was best known for providing her distinctive voice to Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in the 1950 Disney film "Cinderella"; and Princess Aurora's evil fairy nemesis, Maleficent, in Disney's 1959 version of "Sleeping Beauty". For those films, animators Frank Thomas and Marc Davis designed the characters' facial features and expressions to be closely similar to Audley. She was the live-action model for both characters. Audley had initially turned down the role of Maleficent because she was battling tuberculosis at the time. In 1969, Audley's voice

neg: Tim Burton Shadows", Burton's next project would be "Maleficent", a ""-like film that showed the origin and the past of "Sleeping Beauty"s antagonist Maleficent. In an interview with Fandango published February 23, 2010, however, he denied he was directing any upcoming "Sleeping Beauty" film. However, on November 23, 2010, in an interview with MTV, Burton confirmed that he was indeed putting together a script for "Maleficent". It was announced by "The Hollywood Reporter" on May 16, 2011, that Burton was no longer attached to "Maleficent". It was reported that Burton would direct a 3D stop motion animation adaptation of "The Addams Family",

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) instructions. A player must hold three different picture cards before entering the Path of Happiness. If he does not hold three picture cards, he continues around the Deep Sleep circle until he acquires the required three picture cards. Should a player land on a purple Maleficent space, that player returns one of his picture cards to the deck. "Sleeping Beauty" was made while Walt Disney was building Disneyland (hence the six-year production time). To help promote the film, Imagineers named the park's icon "Sleeping Beauty Castle" (it was originally to be Snow White's). An indoor walk-through exhibit was added to

neg: Wicked fairy godmother Wicked fairy godmother The Wicked fairy godmother or the Wicked fairy, a rare figure in fairy tales, is nevertheless among the best-known figures from such tales because of her appearance in one of the most widely known tales, "Sleeping Beauty", and in the ballet derived from it. Anonymous in her first appearance, she was later named in some variants Carabosse, and is called Maleficent in Walt Disney media. The oldest version of "Sleeping Beauty" that has been preserved is "Sun, Moon, and Talia" from Giambattista Basile's "Pentamerone". This version does not feature any fairy godmothers; Talia's fate is prophesied, but

neg: Evil Queen (Disney) to "The Daily Telegraph", La Verne's role as the Queen "was credited as the model for such future villains as Ursula in "The Little Mermaid" (1989) and Scar in "The Lion King" (1994)." Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" inherited a number of characteristics from the Evil Queen, including the cowl, high collar, billowing cloak, arched eyebrows, cruel lips, and raven familiar. An abandoned concept from "Snow White" was that the Queen kidnap the Prince and lock him in her dungeon; similarly, in "Sleeping Beauty", Maleficent kidnaps Prince Philip. Lady Bane, a vain evil sorceress from "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears",

neg: Maleficent (film) on "real sets with real lights". James Newton Howard was hired to score the film in October 2012. On January 23, 2014, it was announced that recording artist Lana Del Rey would be covering the song "Once Upon a Dream", from the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty" as the title song for "Maleficent". The song "Once Upon a Dream" is based on the Grand Waltz from ballet "Sleeping Beauty" written by Russian composer Tchaikovsky. Del Rey was handpicked by Angelina Jolie to perform the song. The single was released on January 26 and was made available for free for a limited

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) glass windows and figures. Princess Aurora (and, to a lesser extent, Prince Phillip, Fauna, Flora and Merryweather, Maleficent and her goons) makes regular appearances in the parks and parades. Maleficent is featured as one of the villains in the nighttime show "Fantasmic!" at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. A scaled-down one act stage musical version of the film with the title "Disney's Sleeping Beauty KIDS" is often performed by schools and children's theaters. With book and additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler and Bryan Louiselle, the show is composed of twelve musical numbers, including the movie songs. In Walt Disney Pictures'

neg: Maleficent Maleficent's wings to her when Stefan attempts to kill Maleficent, allowing her to defeat Stefan. Soon after Stefan's death and Aurora's ascension, Maleficent crowns Aurora as the ruler of the Moors to unite their kingdoms forever under one throne. Jolie is set to reprise the role in "Maleficent II". Maleficent is the protagonist in Serena Valentino's Disney Villains book franchise. Maleficent was featured in the book sequel to "Sleeping Beauty" called "Maleficent's Revenge". Two years following the events of the film, a specific solar eclipse has an effect on fairy magic that causes Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather to feel weak.

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Dream" was covered by Toshiyuki Morikawa. In anticipation of the 2014 film "Maleficent", a cover version sung by Lana Del Rey was released by Disney on January 26. The song is considerably darker and more dramatic than the 1959 version, given the new film's focus on the villain Maleficent. The song was debuted in a trailer for the film shown as a commercial break during the 2014 Grammy Awards, and was released for free on Google Play for a limited time. Disney's distribution arm, Buena Vista Distribution, originally released "Sleeping Beauty" to theaters in both standard 35mm prints and large-format

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Disney Princess franchise. Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and formerly at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (English: The Castle of the Sleeping Beauty) is the fairy tale castle at the centre of Disneyland Paris and is a continuation of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Maleficent is one of the main antagonists in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series, appearing in most videogames. Aurora appears for first time in "Kingdom Hearts" as one of the Seven Princesses

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) such as the "Sleeping Beauty" characters. Characters from "Sleeping Beauty" also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". Fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" regularly include live-action interpretations of characters including Maleficent, Aurora, Phillip, King Stefan, and Aurora's mother is mentioned as Briar Rose, the "original" Sleeping Beauty. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appears as recurring character in the American animated television series "Sofia the First", as the headmistresses of Royal Prep. Aurora appeared in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia". The series features characters from the

neg: Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and prominent voice artist, dubbing movie stars. A native of Alatri, Lattanzi died in Rome less than two months before her 100th birthday. Lattanzi dubbed the Italian versions of the Evil Queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Lady Tremaine in "Cinderella", the Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland" and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty". However "Snow White" and "Cinderella" were re-dubbed in 1972 and 1967 respectively and therefore Lattanzi's voice can no longer be heard in these two films. Many of the Greta

neg: Tina Lattanzi Garbo's and Marlene Dietrich's films were also re-dubbed from the 1970s onward. Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and prominent voice artist, dubbing movie stars. A native of Alatri, Lattanzi died in Rome less than two months before her 100th birthday. Lattanzi dubbed the Italian versions of the Evil Queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Lady Tremaine in "Cinderella", the Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland" and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty". However "Snow White" and "Cinderella" were re-dubbed in 1972 and 1967 respectively and therefore Lattanzi's voice can

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) their subjects to pay homage to the princess and at the gathering for her christening she is betrothed to Prince Phillip, the young son of King Stefan's best friend King Hubert, so that their kingdoms will be forever united. Among the guests are the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, who have come to bless the child with gifts. Flora and Fauna give their gifts of beauty and song, respectively. But before Merryweather is able to give her blessing, the evil witch Maleficent appears, only to be told that she was not invited. Maleficent turns to leave, but when

neg: Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist) who gets the best of Donald Duck in his 1950s short films. He also made the sound effects of Tick Tock the crocodile from "Peter Pan" (1953) and Dragon Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) by using castanets. MacDonald also added voice effects, like on-screen humming for Kirk Douglas in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954). Almost all of his effects were available on "Cartoon Trax: The Hollywood Edge Volume 1", which was released in 1992. By the time of his death, he was preparing to work on the sounds for the Splash Mountain attraction in Tokyo and Walt Disney World.

neg: Maleficent Vil, The Queen of Hearts, Jafar, and the Evil Queen. Maleficent appears in the new version of the show "Disneyland Adventure" (replacing "The Incredibles" villain Syndrome). When she terrorizes the resort, she puts the entire kingdom to sleep and puts Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck into Sleeping Beauty Syndrome. She later took over It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean, but The Incredible Family managed to defeat her, though she vowed for revenge. Maleficent is part of the "Diva Villains" line-up, a sub-franchise of the main "Disney Villains" franchise. Maleficent is the last "diva" to appear in the

neg: Aurora (Disney) Aurora (Disney) Princess Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Originally voiced by singer Mary Costa, Aurora is the only daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. Seeking revenge for not being invited to Aurora's christening, an evil fairy named Maleficent curses the newborn princess, foretelling that she will die on her 16th birthday by pricking her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle. Determined to prevent this, three good fairies raise Aurora as a peasant in order to protect her, patiently awaiting

neg: Disney's Fantillusion the three fairies from Disney's Sleeping Beauty "wishing upon a star to bring the gift of Disney light" before being disrupted by Disney villains who "take the light and make it night", then ending with the Disney Heroes and Heroines who "turn the dark back into light". "Fantasmic!" features Mickey Mouse in combat with Disney villains. The three main villains of the show; Maleficent, Ursula and Jafar - Maleficent is the lead villain in both shows, whereas Ursula is the supporting villain at Disneyland as is Jafar at Disney's Hollywood Studios, are the three villains featured in "Disney's Fantillusion!". Chernabog

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) of Heart. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, as well as Maleficent's raven, appear for the first time in "Kingdom Hearts II". "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" include a world based on the animation film, Enchanted Dominion, which includes for the first time in the games to Prince Phillip and Maleficent's goons. Aurora appears in "" as a playable character. Maleficent's live-action version of the 2014 remake is a playable character in the "Disney Infinity" video games series. As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released. Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a

neg: Enter the Dragon (Once Upon a Time) the ropes binding her hands; she throws a fireball at a guard before her magic begins to fail her, which prompts Maleficent to realize that she does not want to go down without a fight, thus rekindling her fire and allowing her to transform into her dragon form. As they reach the castle, Maleficent and Regina are able to find Aurora, whom Maleficent puts under her legendary sleeping curse. Afterwards, Regina returns to see Rumplestiltskin, who is very impressed that she helped Maleficent regain her fire. Regina reveals that she has realized that she already had the perfect teacher all

neg: Maleficent (film) be an inspired choice for Aurora/Sleeping Beauty. Jolie manages to steal her own show in most every scene. Jolie is excellent as the hopeful fairy, enjoying the world she flies through. She is also brilliant as the Dark Lady, who could be a perfect counterpart to any Darth Vader, as she malevolently takes her revenge on those who have wronged her." Ann Hornaday of "The Washington Post" awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, commenting that "Still, for all its limitations, "Maleficent" manages to be improbably entertaining to watch, due solely to its title character." Writing for Roger Ebert's

neg: Linda Woolverton Wonderland", released in 2010, was a huge box office success, earning more than $1 billion, and making Woolverton the first and only female screenwriter with a sole writing credit on a billion-dollar film. After "Alice in Wonderland", she was invited to write the screenplay of "Maleficent", a retelling of the animated film "Sleeping Beauty" from the point of view of the villain Maleficent. Similar to "Beauty and the Beast", the film was in development hell until she was attached to write it. According to her, her version of the story was a "reinvention, not just the retelling of the same

neg: Maleficent (film) acting, Rick Baker's makeup (for Jolie's "angular, serrated look"), but criticized James Newton Howard's "sloshy, pushy" musical score. Robbie Collin of "The Daily Telegraph" wrote, "This Disney reimagining of "Sleeping Beauty" lacks true enchantment, but Angelina Jolie saves the day." Betsy Sharkey of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the film a positive review, writing "This is Jolie's film because of the Maleficent she makes. Everyone else, even Aurora, fades in her presence." J.C. Maçek III of PopMatters wrote, "Even at its silliest, Maleficent is a well-acted film, with Sharlto Copley turning in a memorable performance and Elle Fanning proving to

neg: Maleficent (film) Maleficent (film) Maleficent is a 2014 American dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, and starring Angelina Jolie as the title character with Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville in supporting roles. Loosely inspired by Charles Perrault's original fairy tale and Walt Disney's 1959 animated film "Sleeping Beauty", the film portrays the story from the perspective of the eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the princess and king of a corrupt kingdom. Walt Disney Pictures announced the film's development in 2010, with Joe Roth as producer

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) in love with is the now-sleeping princess. She tells him she plans to keep him locked away for a century until he's an old man on the verge of death, then release him to meet his love, who will not have even aged a single day. The fairies find and release Phillip, arming him with the magical Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue. An enraged Maleficent tries to stop Phillip by surrounding Stefan's castle with thorns, but fails. She then teleports herself in front of him and transforms into a gigantic dragon. Eventually, Phillip throws the sword, blessed

neg: Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) Walt Disney Records' album, Dconstructed. "Once Upon a Dream" was covered by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey for the dark fantasy film "Maleficent" (2014), which serves as a prequel to and re-imagining of the original "Sleeping Beauty". The song was released on January 26, 2014; it was made available as a free digital download during its first week of availability by the Google Play Store. On February 4, the digital download was made available for purchase. The cover received generally positive reception. "Forbes" called the cover "moody and low-key" while Stereogum described it as "swoony" and "spaced-out". Hypable

neg: Isobelle Molloy over the title role, starting from 15 April 2012 at the Cambridge Theatre. "I only had to do two auditions before they offered me the role and to be honest I was shocked," said Molloy, expressing her feelings when getting the role. "But I am not nervous about taking over as Matilda, I know the show, the stage and all the adults in the cast so it will be a lot easier for me." Molloy made her film debut playing the role of Young Maleficent in Disney's 2014 fantasy film "Maleficent", a live-action reimagining of the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty".

neg: Enter the Dragon (Once Upon a Time) along in Rumplestiltskin, and feels that there are fates worse than death, one of them being the sleeping curse. An undercover Regina meets with Maleficent, Ursula, and Cruella to convince them that she is still a villain, and the Queens start testing Regina's loyalty to them in a night of debauchery. Mary Margaret and David worry that something has happened to Regina when she does not return as planned. After the couple finds her, Regina explains that she needs time to learn about their "very powerful" secret plan. Later on, Maleficent, Cruella, and Ursula meet with Gold, who is convinced

neg: Elle Fanning anything she could not do." Ty Burr, film critic for "The Boston Globe", praised her "luminous naturalism that seems the opposite of performance" and felt that "Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger's emotional reality." Fanning starred alongside Angelina Jolie in the 2014 Walt Disney film, "Maleficent", directed by Robert Stromberg. Jolie played Maleficent, while Fanning played Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty. The same year, she appeared in the independent science-fiction western "Young Ones" and starred in the biographical "Low Down", about the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany, in which she plays the role of Albany's daughter, Amy-Jo, from whose

neg: Aurora (Disney) should she need help. At first reluctant to use it because she is determined to accomplish everything on her own, Aurora eventually succumbs when her duties prove overwhelming. However, her inexperience with magic leads to several consequences, which she is then forced to solve without magic. In "Maleficent" (2014), a live-action re-imagining of the animated film in which "Sleeping Beauty" is retold from the perspective of the villain, Aurora is portrayed by actress Elle Fanning, while actress Janet McTeer voices an elderly version of the character in the role of film's narrator. The princess is raised by Maleficent after first

neg: The Thing You Love Most her son." In September 2011, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that Kristin Bauer van Straten would be guest starring as Maleficent, a character from Disney's 1959 animated film "Sleeping Beauty". She was cast at the last minute, which she felt made her performance more instinctual because of the lack of prep time. The actress described Maleficent as being the Evil Queen's "frenemy," as each has been "kind of helping [the] other and playing this chess game for years." Bauer van Straten noted the similarities between "Once Upon a Time" and her HBO series "True Blood" character Pam, and said that she

neg: Fantasmic! as the old hag, calls all the villains to partake in Mickey's nightmare which invokes a riled Ursula, (from "The Little Mermaid") who ecstatically joins the Queen's plot to destroy Mickey. Ursula calls upon Chernabog (from "Fantasia") who summons deceased spirits. He summons Maleficent (from "Sleeping Beauty") who threatens Sorcerer Mickey, as she transforms herself into an enormous dragon. On stage, the 45-foot dragon sets the waters ablaze breathing fire onto the river. Mickey faces the dragon, claiming that he is in control of his imagination, and defeats the dragon, destroying the villains in the process. Tinker Bell then appears.

neg: Maleficent (film) to take the title role: "She seemed like the only person who could play the part. There was no point in making the movie if it wasn't her." In March 2012, Elle Fanning was reported to be in talks for the role of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty. Her casting was officially announced in May 2012, along with Sharlto Copley as the male lead, King Stefan, Princess Aurora's father, then described as the half-human, half-fairy son of a human king, along with Imelda Staunton; Miranda Richardson as Queen Ulla, then described as a fairy queen who is Maleficent's aunt with

neg: The Kingdom Keepers tour provided for school groups through Disney's Youth Education Series. Five young teens, Finn, Willa, Charlene, Maybeck, and Philby, have been selected to serve as holographic theme park guides, Disney Hosts Interactives (DHI), in Walt Disney World. Thanks to a glitch in the DHI technology they find a man transported into Magic Kingdom each night which is called the crossover and pitted in a war against various Disney villains called the Overtakers, led by Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, to save both Walt Disney World and the world at large. They are helped by an original Disney Imagineer Wayne, who tells

neg: Maleficent of a fire-breathing dragon. Maleficent is first introduced as the "only friend" of the Evil Queen from "Snow White". She is also somewhat responsible in her use of magic: she kept Rumpelstiltskin's Dark Curse hidden to ensure it would never be used, and, upon learning she had been robbed by Robin Hood, allowed him to keep the gold on the condition that Will Scarlet return a dangerous mirror (actually a portal to Wonderland) he had stolen. She does have a bit of a temper, having gone after two generations of Sleeping Beauties: Queen Briar Rose and Princess Aurora, her daughter.

neg: Ursula (The Little Mermaid) The Most Horrific Disney Villain Deaths". In the wake of the release of "Maleficent" (2014), a live-action remake of Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) told from the perspective of the film's villain, several publications voted for Ursula among Disney villains who deserve to star in their own films, including Yahoo! Movies, MTV, "Bustle" and the "New York Post." David Crow of Den of Geek selected actor John Travolta as his first choice for the role of Ursula because of his drag performance as Edna Turnblad in the film "Hairspray" (2007), a role actually originated by Divine, the actor upon whose appearance

neg: Kingdom Hearts (video game) royal guard, are sent from Disney Castle to find the Keyblade. The three join forces to search for King Mickey Mouse, Kairi, and Riku. The primary antagonist is Ansem, who seeks power and knowledge by using dark beings called the Heartless. The Heartless, hearts corrupted by darkness, serve as most of the enemies encountered in the game and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Maleficent, from the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty", leads a group of Disney villains that seeks to use the Heartless for their own gain. As a game meant to explore the fictional universes of various

neg: Evil Queen (Disney) Disney's "Snow White" (with a working title of ""Snow White 2"") in which Narissa (back then often misspelled as "Noriss") was the evil Queen's sister who would kidnap six of the dwarfs to lure Snow White, the Prince, and their 13-year-old daughter Rose aided by Dopey, into a trap. In the ultimately unrelated story of the released film, Susan Sarandon's character of Queen Narissa still had her characteristics, powers, and physical features were inspired by the Queen from "Snow White" as well as by Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty". Hank Tucker's storyboard shows how Narissa would appear as just the Evil

neg: Stars on Parade (Disneyland Paris Parade) Stars on Parade (Disneyland Paris Parade) Stars on Parade is the parade for Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris for their 25th Anniversary celebrations. It debuted on March 25, 2017 along with other entertainment. Stars on Parade replaces Disney Magic On Parade! (previously Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade) which ran in Disneyland Park from 2007 until March 2017. It is being worked on by Jody Daily who previously worked on Disney's Happiness is Here in Tokyo Disneyland and Soundsational Parade in Disneyland. The main piece of Stars on Parade is a big steampunk dragon based on Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty,

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) of her parents, and Merryweather gives Aurora her wand in case she needs any assistance and warns her to be very careful with it. "Descendants" is a live-action Disney Channel Original Movie based on the lives of the children of various Disney heroes and villains when they attend the same prep school. The film focused mainly on Mal, daughter of Maleficent, who is the main antagonist of the movie. The film also includes Audrey, Aurora and Phillips daughter, and Queen Leah also makes a minor appearance. Disney's animated television series "Disney's House of Mouse" included many Disney animated character cameos

neg: Characters of Kingdom Hearts the same name, Aurora from "Sleeping Beauty", Belle from "Beauty and the Beast", and Jasmine from "Aladdin"—with the other two being Alice from "Alice in Wonderland", and the original character Kairi. Throughout the original game, Maleficent kidnaps the princesses for their ability to summon the Keyhole to Kingdom Hearts when brought together. Xehanort's Heartless "Ansem" later uses six of the princesses' hearts to forge a Keyblade with the power to unlock people's hearts, intending to free Kairi's heart from Sora's. Sora restores their hearts after using Ansem's Keyblade on himself to revive Kairi, destroying it. The other princesses remain at

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) three fairies place Aurora on a bed in the highest tower and place a powerful spell on all the people in the kingdom, causing them to fall asleep until the spell on their princess is broken. While doing so, they overhear a sleepy conversation between the two kings. From King Hubert's conversation with King Stefan, the fairies realize that Phillip is the man with whom Aurora has fallen in love. They rush to find him, but he is abducted by Maleficent who is waiting for him at the cottage in the forest. She shows Phillip the peasant girl he fell

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) noted that "some of the best parts of the picture are those dealing with the three good fairies, spoken and sung by Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen and Barbara Luddy." "The New York Daily News" described the film as "enchanting". Nevertheless, the film has sustained a strong following and is today hailed as one of the best animated films ever made, thanks to its stylized designs by painter Eyvind Earle who also was the art director for the film, its lush music score, the character of Maleficent (whose popularity led her to be the flagship villain for the Disney Villains

neg: Maleficent Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in "Cinderella". Audley also provided some live-action recording for both of these characters, to inspire the animators. In addition, dancer Jane Fowler performed some live-action reference for Maleficent. Animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, in their book "The Disney Villain", describe animating Audley's voice as "a difficult assignment but a thrilling one, working to that voice track with so much innuendo mixed in with the fierce power." Maleficent transforms into a dragon in the original film, which was animated by Eric Cleworth, who said that the dragon was modeled on a rattlesnake, with "powerful muscles

neg: Maleficent is offended, causing Maleficent to deny her rage, and subsequently offers to bestow a "gift" on Aurora to show that she "bears no ill will". Maleficent confirms that Aurora will grow in grace and beauty, "beloved by all who know her", but as revenge for not being invited, she places a curse on Aurora so that before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. Laughing, her presence leaves, with the Royal Guards unable to seize her. Merryweather, who still has a gift to bestow, is unable

neg: Maila Nurmi unknown 16mm kinescopes of Nurmi as Vampira on national TV shows, including her starring guest spot on the April 2, 1955 episode of "The George Gobel Show," a top 10 hit. The "Vampira and Me" restoration of the Gobel kinescope was documented in a 2013 short film entitled "Restoring Vampira." Examination of Nurmi's diaries in 2014 by filmmaker and journalist R. H. Greene verify longtime rumors that in 1956 she was the model for Maleficent, the evil witch in the Disney conception of the classic fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty." The Disney archivist subsequently confirmed these findings. In 2007, the kinescope

neg: Hilary Farr the cities of Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. She also made guest appearances on "The Marilyn Denis Show" and is a regular contributor to the "Huffington Post". In June 2014, Farr was a guest and design expert along with CNN and "USA Today" pundit and journalist Amy Tara Koch at the Art Van Furniture convention in Orland Park and Chicago, Illinois. In 2016, Farr appeared in Ross Petty's stage version of "Sleeping Beauty" at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, in the role of Malignicent. (Although the character is more commonly known as Maleficent, she was renamed "Malignicent" for this production.) Farr

neg: HalloWishes of Disney's most infamous villains join in, starting with Ursula from "The Little Mermaid" "plopping in" on the party and adding her own musical mix to the festivities. Jafar from "Aladdin" and Oogie Boogie from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soon follow, and (until 2008) arriving last but far from the least is Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty", showing us how Halloween should really be celebrated. The party ends with the "scream-along" grand finale. The musical soundtrack of the show is Halloween-themed, and is in many cases the music of villains from various Disney films. Parts of the soundtrack, which are available

neg: Dragonslayer (1981 film) medieval time, place and society...". Guillermo del Toro has stated that along with Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty", Vermithrax is his favourite cinematic dragon. He further stated that Author George R. R. Martin once ranked the film the fifth best fantasy movie of all time, and called Vermithrax "the best dragon ever put on film", and the one with "the coolest dragon name as well". Vermithrax is mentioned in a list of dragons' names in the fourth episode of the television adaptation to Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series. Fantasy author Alex Bledsoe stated that During the filming

neg: Wolfgang Reitherman he animated the scene in which the White Rabbit's home is destroyed by an enlarged Alice. On "Peter Pan" (1953), he animated the scene of Captain Hook attempting to escape the crocodile. For "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), Reitherman animated the alley dog fight sequence and Tramp's fight with the rat in the nursery room. Reitherman served as the sequence director of Prince Phillip's climatic fight against Maleficent as a dragon in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959), and directed the "Twilight Bark" sequence for "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961). Beginning with "The Sword in the Stone" (1963), he became the first

neg: Halloween Screams with a montage of Disney's most spookiest music. Later, Oogie Boogie (from "The Nightmare Before Christmas") soon follows, and arriving last is Maleficent (from "Sleeping Beauty)", showing guests how Halloween should really be celebrated. The party ends with Jack and Zero initiating the "scream-along" grand finale. — Instrumental version is played. The projections used on the sphere to the upper left of the castle were later used as projections on the "Fantasmic!" mist screens at the Rivers of America during the show. The decision to have video playback during the fireworks was made in October 2009. In 2015, the projectors

neg: Princess and dragon kingdom. An unusual variant occurs in Child ballad 34, "Kemp Owyne", where the dragon "is" the maiden; the hero, based on Ywain from Arthurian legend, rescues her from the transformation with three kisses. In "Sleeping Beauty", Walt Disney concluded the tale by having the wicked fairy godmother Maleficent transform herself into a dragon to withstand the prince, converting the fairy tale to one with the princess and dragon theme. In Ian Fleming's "Dr. No", both the book and film versions feature a tank in the shape of a dragon that protects Dr. No's island from superstitious intruders. James Bond and

neg: Aurora (Disney) would be infuriating if she were the only female character in it, but the presence of the Fairies and Maleficent allow her to be what she is without it being a subconscious statement on what "all" women are." Similarly, Refinery29 ranked Aurora the fourth most feminist Disney Princess because "Her aunts have essentially raised her in a place where women run the game." Aurora was Disney's last princess created before Walt Disney's death in 1966. When "Sleeping Beauty" was first released in 1959, the film performed poorly at the box office while failing to impress critics. According to TheRichest, Aurora

neg: Serena Valentino A Tale of the Sea Witch", based on Ursula the Sea Witch, the villainess from "The Little Mermaid" and was released on July 26, 2016. "Mistress of All Evil" from the point of view of Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" was released on October 4th, 2017. The fifth novel for Disney Press, titled "Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch," was released in August 2018 and is based on Mother Gothel the villainess from "Tangled". She is currently at work on the sixth novel which will be titled "The Odd Sister", based on the characters of the same name

neg: Sleeping Beauty Castle another window looks out on the castle's great hall, where everyone in the kingdom is asleep, including servants and the cat and dog. The second half of the walkthrough becomes darker, featuring appearances by Maleficent, her crow, and several gargoyles which fly out of her nearby castle. At the end, the prince fights against Maleficent's incarnation as a dragon, amid a forest of thorny brambles, and then a field of roses appears with doves flying above, as he kisses Aurora and breaks the spell. As guests exit the walkthrough at the bottom of the stairs on the east side of

neg: Lana Del Rey also titled "Tropico", was made available for purchase via iTunes; it includes the film itself along with the three aforementioned songs. On January 23, 2014, it was announced that Del Rey would be covering the song "Once Upon a Dream" (from the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty") for the 2014 dark fantasy film "Maleficent". The single was released on January 26. On February 20, Del Rey posted a picture of herself and Dan Auerbach on Twitter with the caption "Me and Dan Auerbach are excited to present you Ultraviolence". The first single off "Ultraviolence", "West Coast", was released on April 14.

neg: Kirsten Rolffes "The Little Mermaid", Maleficent in the Danish dub of "Sleeping Beauty", and the Evil Queen in the Danish dub of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". She also acted on stage at the National Theater (Det kongelige teater) from 1950-63 and 1988-94. She was knighted in 1990 by Queen Margrethe II for her services to the theatrical arts. After fighting breast cancer and having multiple surgical operations, she conceded to the disease and halted treatment in 1995. She died in 2000 in Copenhagen, survived by her three children, and is interred in Garnisons Cemetery. Kirsten Rolffes Kirsten Rolffes (20 September

neg: The Thing You Love Most co-creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, while Greg Beeman directed. Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten was cast at the last minute and guest starred as the sorceress Maleficent, a character from Disney's 1959 animated film "Sleeping Beauty". Mary Margaret's (Ginnifer Goodwin) loft as well as most of the interior shots of the episode were filmed in Vancouver, while many exterior shots were shot in nearby Steveston, British Columbia. Series regular Josh Dallas appears only in archive footage. "The Thing You Love Most" first aired in the United States on ABC on October 30, 2011. It was watched by an estimated

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a Diamond Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on October 7, 2014, after six years since its first time on Blu-ray. Aurora is one of the seven Princesses of Heart in the popular Square Enix game "Kingdom Hearts" (although her appearances are brief), and Maleficent is a villain in all three "Kingdom Hearts" games, and as a brief ally at the third game's climax. The good fairies appear in "Kingdom Hearts II", giving Sora new clothes. Diablo appears in "Kingdom Hearts II" to resurrect his defeated mistress. The PSP game "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" features a world based on

neg: Evil Queen (Disney) in them alongside Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty". The film's version of the Queen has also become a popular archetype that influenced a number of artists and non-Disney works. In "another land, far away," "many, many years ago," about the time of fairy tales of castles, knights, fair maidens, romance, magic and witches," a mysterious and icily beautiful woman with magical powers (a 1938 promotional brochure suggests she is able to work her witchcraft having sold "herself body and soul to the bad spirits" of Germany's Harz mountains) has gained her royal position by marrying the widowed King, giving her rule

neg: Characters of Kingdom Hearts Keyblade wielder. They accompany Sora for this reason, initially viewing him as little more than a means to track down the king, and abandoning him upon the discovery that Riku is the rightful owner of Sora's Keyblade. However, both eventually grow to care for Sora as a friend and remain with him. The two are also unlockable characters for play in "358/2 Days"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Mission Mode". Maleficent, an evil fairy and the antagonist of the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty", appears as a secondary antagonist in the "Kingdom Hearts" series. During the first game, she leads a group of other Disney villains—Hades

neg: Angelina Jolie even if it is these very strengths that will make people not want to watch what's onscreen." The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Jolie was named an honorary citizen of Sarajevo for raising awareness of the war. After a three-and-a-half-year absence from the screen, Jolie starred in "Maleficent" (2014), a live-action re-imagining of Disney's 1959 animation "Sleeping Beauty". Critical reception was mixed, but Jolie's performance in the titular role was singled out for praise; "The Hollywood Reporter" critic Sherri Linden found her to be the "heart and soul" of the film,

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a peasant girl he met and wishes to marry in spite of his prearranged marriage to Aurora. King Hubert fails to convince his son otherwise, leaving him in equal disappointment. Later that night, the fairies take Aurora back to the castle and leave her alone in a room to wait for her birthday celebrations where she will finally get to see her parents. Maleficent then appears and magically lures Aurora into a dark tower room away from the fairies and tricks the princess into touching the spindle of a cursed spinning wheel. Aurora pricks her finger, fulfilling the curse. The

neg: Aurora (Disney) from adapting fairy tales into animated films for several decades. Aurora herself received negative reviews from both film and feminist critics for her passivity and similarities to Snow White, and would remain Disney's last princess until "The Little Mermaid"'s Ariel debuted 30 years later in 1989. However, Costa's vocal performance was praised, which inspired her to pursue a full-time career as an opera singer to great success. Chronologically, Aurora is the third Disney Princess. Actress Elle Fanning portrays a live-action version of Aurora in the film "Maleficent" (2014), a retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of its villain. Filmmaker

neg: The Black Cauldron (film) Crunchies". Eventually, in 1993 they closed the place down then later remodeled it into "Lumiere's Kitchen", "The Village Fry Shoppe" and "The Friar's Nook" (its current name). On July 11, 1986, Tokyo Disneyland opened "Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour", a walk-through attraction in which the Horned King makes an appearance. The attraction was in operation until 2006. To tie-in with the attraction's opening, a 14-day special event and castle show "The Mystery of Cinderella Castle" was featured on the Cinderella Castle Forecourt Stage, featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, with Princess Aurora, Prince Phillip and Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty". During

neg: Maleficent (film) logo of the film's title and one-minute clip from the film. Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the expo and talked with the attendees about her fascination with Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" as a child, her working experience with the filmmakers on the film, and her love of Disney. She also remarked on how she scared little girls when she was in costume, makeup, and acting during shooting; this led to the decision of hiring her own daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, for the role of the young Princess Aurora, since she would not be scared of her own mother during principal

neg: HalloWishes kicked off their yearly 'Haunted Halloween' promotion. The park introduced a new nighttime fireworks show called "Disney's Nightmare in the Sky". It is very similar to "HalloWishes" and "Halloween Screams" in that they use the same soundtrack. However, there are noticeable differences, the most notable being Maleficent from Walt Disney’s "Sleeping Beauty" replacing the Ghost Host and Jack Skellington as the 'master of scare-monies'. HalloWishes HalloWishes (also known by its full title, "Happy HalloWishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky") is a fireworks show that takes place during "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

neg: Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media from the 1942 film "Bambi" and its 2006 followup "Bambi II". Selected as DCP's third franchise to be launched, Disney Bunnies was launched on January 15, 2007 with three books. Disney Dragonkind is a Disney Consumer Products spin-off franchise based on dragons appearing in Disney animated movies. It was launched in January 2007 with a statue of Maleficent (from "Sleeping Beauty") in dragon form. Gentle Giant Studios sculpted the three first statues with the last two being: Mushu from "Mulan" and Elliot from "Pete's Dragon". Disney Shopping, Inc., formerly Disney Direct Marketing (Disney Direct Marketing Services Inc.; DDM), is the

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) drawings that the clean-up animators produced one drawing a day, which translated into one second of screen time per month. Meanwhile, Tom Oreb was tasked as character stylist that would not only inhabit the style of the backgrounds, but also fit with the contemporary UPA style. Likewise with Earle's background styling, the animators complained that the character designs were too rigid to animate. For Maleficent, Marc Davis drew from Czechoslovakian religious paintings and used "the red and black drapery in the back that looked like flames that I thought would be great to use. I took the idea of the

neg: Evil Queen (Disney) a precipice that overlooks a seemingly bottomless canyon. She tries to push down a large boulder to crush the approaching Dwarfs. Before she can do so, a lightning bolt strikes between her and the boulder, destroying the precipice and sending the Queen (along with the boulder) down the cliff to her death, screaming while she falls to the jagged rocks below (this scream was later reused in "Sleeping Beauty" when Maleficent is stabbed in the heart by the Sword of Truth). As the Dwarfs look wide-eyed over the cliff's edge, they cannot see her, but the vultures descend into the

neg: Mother Gothel dismissing her as a weaker, less intimidating Disney villainess than Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and Cruella de Vil from "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961). Walt Disney himself first attempted to adapt the fairy tale "Rapunzel" into a feature-length animated film during the 1940s. However, the filmmaker's efforts were never fully realized because the fairy tale was considered too "small". In 2008, co-directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard decided to enlarge the film's scale in order to transform it into a "big event" in order for it to be successful. Meanwhile, the character Mother Gothel was developed into a

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) organized a treasure hunt. The idea was eventually dropped when it became too drawn out and drifted from the central storyline. Instead, it was written that Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora would meet in the forest by random chance while Princess Aurora renamed Briar Rose was conversing with the forest animals. Additionally, because the original Perrault tale had the curse last one hundred years, the writers decided to shorten it a few hours with the time spent for Prince Phillip to battle the goons, overcome several obstacles, and fight off against Maleficent transformed into a dragon. The name given to

neg: Maleficent Where Nightmares Come True". But Mickey leads the crowd in a chant of "Dreams Come True!" and scares away Maleficent's minions, Captain Hook and Smee, as well as defeating Maleficent herself. Maleficent also makes appearances during "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" at the Walt Disney World Resort. She makes an appearance through her voice in "HalloWishes", a Halloween-themed fireworks show along with Ursula, Jafar, and Oogie Boogie. Susan Blakeslee provides Maleficent's voice in those cases. Maleficent also appears during the Disney Villains Mix and Mingle stage show at that same event, appearing alongside fellow Disney Villains, including Captain Hook, Cruella de

neg: Belle (Beauty and the Beast) which her voice has changed over the course of 20 years. O'Hara would eventually return as the voice of Belle in the 2018 film "Ralph Breaks the Internet". According to producer Don Hahn, Beaumont's Belle is an "incredibly passive" character, the personality of whom he likened to those of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, as well as American actress and animal rights activist Doris Day, describing them as women who are "capable, but filling a role that women might fill in the 1950s and 1960s.” The filmmakers painstakingly reworked Belle into a more three-dimensional character by providing her with goals and

neg: Susanne Blakeslee video game prequel, "" (2010). Since 2001, Blakeslee's voice has been used as the voice of Madame Leota during the Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction overlay in Disneyland. Ovation Awards Susanne Blakeslee Susanne Ann Blakeslee (also known as Susan Blakeslee, Suzanne Blakeslee, and Suzanne Blakesley; born January 27, 1956) is an American voice actress and musical theatre actress. Among her notable roles are the voices of Timmy Turner's fairy godmother Wanda and his mother Mrs. Turner on Nickelodeon's "The Fairly OddParents"; and as the voice of Maleficent in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series and "Disney media". She also does voices

neg: Best Laid Plans (Once Upon a Time) sake of their daughter. August is in a deep sleep at the Fairies' nunnery, having been changed by magic too many times, and Regina is left with no choice but to take a photo of the illustration of the door that was torn from the book. She shows it to Gold, Maleficent, and Cruella, who notice a glare on the image, leading Gold to conclude the page is protected by magic and that the Author is actually hidden inside the page. Maleficent then casts a sleeping spell all over Storybrooke so Gold and the Queens can steal the page; in

neg: Sound and Beauty Sound and Beauty Sound and Beauty is the omnibus title of two plays by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fourth play, "The House of Sleeping Beauties", was adapted from Yasunari Kawabata's novella "House of the Sleeping Beauties" (1961). It tells the story of the narrator of that novella investigating the brothel that inspired the work. His fifth play, "The Sound of a Voice", is a ghost story inspired by Japanese films and folk tales. The one-act plays were produced together and premiered on November 6, 1983 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by John Lone,

neg: Best Laid Plans (Once Upon a Time) him and punish him for what he has done (as he talks to her, he is seen rubbing his chest where his heart is). He vows to come back to her, then steps outside to meet up with Regina, Cruella and Maleficent. He has noticed the forgery and is onto Regina's deception, so Maleficent places her under the sleeping curse. Since their deal has fallen through, Gold decides not tell Maleficent about what happened to her child, saying that the pain would become worse if she knew the truth, but she begs him to tell her and he complies, as

neg: Sleeping Beauty problem is P(Heads) = 1/2, she ought to continue to have a credence of P(Heads) = 1/2 since she gains no new relevant evidence when she wakes up during the experiment. This directly contradicts one of the thirder's premises, since it means P(Tails | Monday) = 1/3 and P(Heads | Monday) = 2/3. Nick Bostrom argues that Sleeping Beauty does have new evidence about her future from Sunday: "that she "is" now in it," but does not know whether it is Monday or Tuesday, so the halfer argument fails. In particular, she gains the information that it is not both Tuesday

neg: Taylor Holmes for your money!"), and the voice of King Stefan in Disney's animated feature "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) - Holmes' last credited screen role. He also played Ebenezer Scrooge in what is largely considered a notoriously bad (and cheaply made) half-hour television version of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", first telecast in 1949. Only months after the release of his final film, "Sleeping Beauty" (1959), as King Stefan, Taylor Holmes died on September 30, 1959, at the age of 81. He was married to actress Edna Phillips and was the father of actors Phillips Holmes, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, and Ralph Holmes. Holmes

neg: Mary Costa Award as the outstanding voice among Southern California high school seniors. Following high school, she entered the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to study with famed maestro Gaston Usigli. Between 1948 and 1951, she appeared with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on the Bergen radio show. She also sang with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in concerts at UCLA, and made numerous commercials for Lux Radio Theatre. In 1952, after meeting people at a party with her future husband, director Frank Tashlin, she auditioned for the part of Disney's Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty, in Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Walt

neg: Dumbo other known animation voice credit. The semi-antagonistic circus director was voiced by Herman Bing, a German-American character actor remembered for his wild-eyed facial expressions and thick German accent in several comedy works. The pompous matriarch of the elephants was voiced by Verna Felton, who also voiced the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella", the Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland", and Flora of the Three Good Fairies in "Sleeping Beauty". Other voice actors include the perennial Sterling Holloway in appearing as Mr. Stork, Cliff Edwards, better known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket, as Jim Crow, the leader of the crows,

neg: Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations are played. Eden then sings "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from the film "Mary Poppins" and the voice of Mary Poppins says, "See, children? Everything is practically perfect in every way, or my name isn't Mary Poppins!". "Jolly Holiday" plays, followed by "Step in Time", "Let's Go Fly a Kite", and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Eden Espinosa sings "Baby Mine" from "Dumbo". Timothy Mouse is heard saying, "You can do it, Dumbo! You can fly! You don't need a magic feather!" An airborne puppet of Dumbo appears above Sleeping Beauty Castle, flapping his big ears and moving his legs. (Note: Dumbo does not fly every

neg: Sleeping Beauty Castle , it was designed by Roland E. Hill to appear taller through a process known as forced perspective; design elements are larger at the foundation and smaller at the turrets. The castle initially featured an empty upper level that was never intended to house an attraction, but Walt Disney was not satisfied with what he viewed as wasted space, and challenged his Imagineers to find some use for the space. Beginning April 29, 1957, visitors were able to walk through the castle and view several dioramas depicting the story of Sleeping Beauty. The voice of Jiminy Cricket from Walt Disney's

neg: Descendants (2015 film) beauty, only for her to accidentally destroy the Isle's barrier. Mal takes the wand from Jane, but torn over what to do, is encouraged by Ben to make her own choice rather than follow Maleficent's path. Mal recognizes that she and her friends found happiness in Auradon, and they choose to be good. Maleficent crashes the ceremony, freezing everyone except herself and the four children. When they defy her, Maleficent transforms into a dragon. Mal and her friends use a counterspell, turning Maleficent into a lizard based on the amount of love in her heart. Mal returns the Fairy Godmother

neg: Descendants (franchise) wanting to improve her beauty, only for her to accidentally destroy the Isle's barrier. Mal takes the wand from Jane, but torn over what to do, is encouraged by Ben to make her own choice rather than follow Maleficent's path. Mal recognizes that she and her friends found happiness in Auradon, and they choose to be good. Maleficent crashes the ceremony, freezing everyone except herself and the four children. When they defy her, Maleficent transforms into a dragon. Mal and her friends use a counterspell, turning Maleficent into a lizard based on the amount of love in her heart. Mal

neg: Robin McKinley McKinley has written a variety of novels, mostly in the fantasy genre. Several of her novels are her own personal renditions of classic fairy tales with a "feminist twist". These retellings usually feature a strong female protagonist who does not wait to be rescued but instead takes an active role in determining the course of her own life. "Beauty" and "Rose Daughter" are both versions of Beauty and the Beast, "Spindle's End" is the story of Sleeping Beauty, and "Deerskin" and two of the stories in "The Door in the Hedge" are based on other folk-tales. Besides adapting classic fairy

neg: Sleeping Beauty (song) Sleeping Beauty (song) "Sleeping Beauty" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in December 1985 from their second studio album "What a Life!". The song proved to be a minor success in Australia when it peaked at number fifty. "Sleeping Beauty" was written by Mark McEntee and lead singer Christina Amphlett. The song was produced by Mike Chapman, who also went on to produce the final recording stages of "What a Life!" and Divinyls next album "Temperamental". Earlier in 1985, Divinyls had garnered great success with the single "Pleasure and Pain", which went to the top

neg: Sleeping Beauty Wakes inherent charm of the piece captivates our imagination even as the flaws peek through", but finally wrote that "the show's ambition [to be the next "Wicked"] seems to be pulling the work away from its strength as a musical comedy chamber piece. The enchantment is visible, but too much of it remains trapped in a glass case, like a waxwork Sleeping Beauty at a theme park." Sleeping Beauty Wakes Sleeping Beauty Wakes is a musical with book by Rachel Sheinkin, who won a Tony Award for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and a pop score by composer Brendan

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) his work from the themes and melodies in Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty". Yma Sumac covered "I Wonder" for Stay Awake in 1988. No Secrets performed a cover version of "Once Upon a Dream" on the album "Disneymania 2", which appears as a music video on the 2003 DVD. More recently, Emily Osment sang a remake of "Once Upon a Dream", released on the Disney Channel on September 12, 2008, and included on the Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc. In the 2012 album "Disney – Koe no Oujisama", which features various Japanese voice actors covering Disney songs, "Once Upon a