Lucille La Verne

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Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an American actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, obnoxious, vituperative, sarcastic, cunning, and vengeful roles in early sound films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered as the voices of the Old Witch in the 1932 Silly Symphony short, Babes in the Woods, and the first Disney villain, the Evil Queen, Snow White's wicked stepmother from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film as well as her final film role. Lucille La Verne died at the age of 72 in Culver City, California on March 4, 1945, after suffering from cancer. She was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery. La Verne's grave was unmarked for nearly 75 years before fans took up a collection to ensure that she had a stone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucille La Verne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
Movie Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
1977
Disney's Greatest Villains
Movie Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
1936
The Blow Out
Movie The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie The Vengeance
1934
The Mighty Barnum
Movie Joice Heth
1934
Kentucky Kernels
Movie Aunt Hannah Milford
1934
School for Girls
Movie Miss Keeble
1934
Beloved
Movie Mrs. Briggs
1933
The Last Trail
Movie Mrs. Wilson
1933
Pilgrimage
Movie Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
1933
Father Noah's Ark
Movie Noah's wife (voice)
1932
Wild Horse Mesa
Movie Ma 'The General' Melberne
1932
A Strange Adventure
Movie Miss Sheen
1932
Babes in the Woods
Movie Witch (voice) (uncredited)
1932
Breach of Promise
Movie Mrs. Flynn

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1932
Hearts of Humanity
Movie Mrs. Sneider
1932
While Paris Sleeps
Movie Mme. Golden Bonnet
1932
Alias the Doctor
Movie Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)
1932
Union Depot
Movie Lady with Pipe (uncredited)
1931
The Unholy Garden
Movie Lucie Villars
1931
24 Hours
Movie Mrs. Dacklehorst
1931
An American Tragedy
Movie Mrs. Asa Griffiths
1931
Little Caesar
Movie Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
1931
The Great Meadow
Movie Elvira Jarvis
1930
Abraham Lincoln
Movie Mid-Wife
1930
Sinners' Holiday
Movie Mrs. Delano
1930
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie Bit role (voice)
1928
The Last Moment
Movie Innkeeper
1925
Sun-Up
Movie Mother
1924
His Darker Self
Movie Aunt Lucy
1923
Zaza
Movie Aunt Rosa
1923
The White Rose
Movie Auntie Easter
1921
Orphans of the Storm
Movie Mother Frochard
1919
The Praise Agent
Movie Mrs. Eubanks
1918
Tempered Steel
Movie Old Mammy
1918
The Life Mask
Movie Sarah Harden
1917
Polly of the Circus
Movie Mandy
1916
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
Movie Mme. Batavia