Lucille La Verne
Born: 1872-11-06 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Died: 1945-03-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1982
- Disney's Halloween Treat as Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
1977
- Disney's Greatest Villains as Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
1938
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
1936
- The Blow Out as The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)
1935
- A Tale of Two Cities as The Vengeance
1934
- Kentucky Kernels as Aunt Hannah Milford
- School for Girls as Miss Keeble
- Beloved as Mrs. Briggs
- The Mighty Barnum as Joice Heth
1933
- Pilgrimage as Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
- Father Noah's Ark as Noah's wife (voice)
- The Last Trail as Mrs. Wilson
1932
- Union Depot as Lady with Pipe (uncredited)
- Babes in the Woods as Witch (voice) (uncredited)
- Alias the Doctor as Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)
- Wild Horse Mesa as Ma 'The General' Melberne
- While Paris Sleeps as Mme. Golden Bonnet
- A Strange Adventure as Miss Sheen
- Hearts of Humanity as Mrs. Sneider
- Breach of Promise as Mrs. Flynn
1931
- Little Caesar as Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
- An American Tragedy as Mrs. Asa Griffiths
- The Unholy Garden as Lucie Villars
- 24 Hours as Mrs. Dacklehorst
- The Great Meadow as Elvira Jarvis
1930
- Abraham Lincoln as Mid-Wife
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Bit role (voice)
- Sinners' Holiday as Mrs. Delano
1928
- The Last Moment as Innkeeper
1925
- Sun-Up as Mother
1924
- His Darker Self as Aunt Lucy
1923
- Zaza as Aunt Rosa
- The White Rose as Auntie Easter
1921
- Orphans of the Storm as Mother Frochard
1919
- The Praise Agent as Mrs. Eubanks
1918
- Tempered Steel as Old Mammy
- The Life Mask as Sarah Harden
1917
- Polly of the Circus as Mandy
1916
- The Thousand-Dollar Husband as Mme. Batavia