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The Wicked fairy is the antagonist of Sleeping Beauty. In some adaptations, she is known as Carabosse . The most notable adaptation of the character is Maleficent , a Disney villain who appeared in various Disney media, beginning with the 1959 Walt Disney film Sleeping Beauty .
A promotional image of the characters from Sleeping Beauty. From left to right: the forest animals, the Goons, Maleficent, Diablo, Prince Phillip, Princess Aurora, Flora, Queen Leah, Fauna, Merryweather, King Stefan, King Hubert, Samson, and the lackey. The following are fictional characters in Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty and related media.
The character was animated by Marc Davis, who also animated Aurora in the film. She was aptly named "Maleficent" (an adjective derived from the Latin maleficentia, which means "doing evil or harm"), [7] and may have been based on earlier French and European myths and legends about the fairy Mélusine, especially in the 2014 live-action film of the same name. [8]
Dorothy runs from the Wicked Witch of the West using the help of the good witch Glinda. ... in "Sleeping Beauty." Maleficent was often deemed a witch in Disney mythology — but as this prequel to ...
The Wicked Witch of the West was originally a minor 'Oz' character. ... erupting into the Munchkin celebrations like the evil fairy in "Sleeping Beauty," and bedeviling Dorothy and her friends all ...
Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as the title character in a live-action retelling of her villainous role in Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, itself an adaptation of Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale. The film is directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton.
Originally adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the Broadway show is an Oz prequel that details how Elphaba (originally played by ...
Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the three good fairies in Walt Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. They are characterized as Princess Aurora's fairy godmothers and guardians, who appear at baby Aurora's christening to present their gifts to her. The three were voiced by Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, and Barbara Luddy, respectively.