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Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday.In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940).
Evelyn Venable as the Blue Fairy, who brings Pinocchio to life and promises to turn him into a real boy if he proves himself brave, truthful, and selfless. Live-action references for the Blue Fairy were provided by Marge Champion, who served as the live-action reference for the titular heroine in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The Fairy with Turquoise Hair (Italian: la Fata dai Capelli Turchini), often simply referred to as the Blue Fairy (La Fata Turchina), is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, [1] repeatedly appearing at critical moments in Pinocchio's wanderings to admonish the little wooden puppet to avoid bad or risky behavior.
Over the next several decades, Columbia introduced variations of the logo — pulling inspiration from actresses Evelyn Venable (who also voiced the Blue Fairy in Disney's Pinocchio) and Jane ...
The illustration was based upon the actress Evelyn Venable, known for providing the voice of the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's Pinocchio. An alternative version of the logo with the slogan "Gems of the Screen", used from 1926 to 1932; itself a takeoff on the song " Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean ", later inspired the renaming of the Charles Mintz ...
October 18: Evelyn Venable, American actress (voice of the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio), (d. 1993). [40] October 20: Barney Phillips, American actor (voice of the title character in Shazzan!, Porthos in The Three Musketeers, King Neptune in The Popeye Valentine's Day Special - Sweethearts at Sea, Pere David in No Man's Valley), (d. 1982). [41]
Born: Evelyn Venable, American actress, model and voice for the Blue Fairy in the Walt Disney animated film Pinocchio; in Cincinnati, United States (d. 1993) [citation needed] Died: Dinuzulu, 45, king of the Zulu nation from 1884 to 1913 (b. 1868) [citation needed]
Title Director Featured Cast Genre Note $10 Raise: George Marshall: Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley, Berton Churchill: Comedy: Fox Film: 1,000 Dollars a Minute: Aubrey Scotto ...