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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…
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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.
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Lucille La Verne's Filmography
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Disney's Halloween Treat
as Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains
as Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
The Blow Out
as The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
as The Vengeance
The Mighty Barnum
as Joice Heth
Kentucky Kernels
as Aunt Hannah Milford
School for Girls
as Miss Keeble
Beloved
as Mrs. Briggs
The Last Trail
as Mrs. Wilson
Pilgrimage
as Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
Father Noah's Ark
as Noah's wife (voice)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Ma 'The General' Melberne
A Strange Adventure
as Miss Sheen
Babes in the Woods
as Witch (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Breach of Promise
as Mrs. Flynn
Hearts of Humanity
as Mrs. Sneider
While Paris Sleeps
as Mme. Golden Bonnet
Alias the Doctor
as Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)
Union Depot
as Lady with Pipe (uncredited)
The Unholy Garden
as Lucie Villars
24 Hours
as Mrs. Dacklehorst
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Little Caesar
as Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
The Great Meadow
as Elvira Jarvis
Abraham Lincoln
as Mid-Wife
Sinners' Holiday
as Mrs. Delano
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Bit role (voice)
The Last Moment
as Innkeeper
Sun-Up
as Mother
His Darker Self
as Aunt Lucy
Zaza
as Aunt Rosa
The White Rose
as Auntie Easter
Orphans of the Storm
as Mother Frochard
The Praise Agent
as Mrs. Eubanks
Tempered Steel
as Old Mammy
The Life Mask
as Sarah Harden
Polly of the Circus
as Mandy
No Poster
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
as Mme. Batavia