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Lucille La Verne

Lucille La Verne

Born: 1872-11-06 • Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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.

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Filmography
Disney's Halloween Treat poster
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982 • Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains poster
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977 • Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs poster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 • Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
The Blow Out poster
The Blow Out
1936 • The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities poster
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 • The Vengeance
The Mighty Barnum poster
The Mighty Barnum
1934 • Joice Heth
Kentucky Kernels poster
Kentucky Kernels
1934 • Aunt Hannah Milford
School for Girls poster
School for Girls
1934 • Miss Keeble
Beloved poster
Beloved
1934 • Mrs. Briggs
The Last Trail poster
The Last Trail
1933 • Mrs. Wilson
Pilgrimage poster
Pilgrimage
1933 • Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
Father Noah's Ark poster
Father Noah's Ark
1933 • Noah's wife (voice)
Wild Horse Mesa poster
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 • Ma 'The General' Melberne
A Strange Adventure poster
A Strange Adventure
1932 • Miss Sheen
Babes in the Woods poster
Babes in the Woods
1932 • Witch (voice) (uncredited)
No Image
Breach of Promise
1932 • Mrs. Flynn
Hearts of Humanity poster
Hearts of Humanity
1932 • Mrs. Sneider
While Paris Sleeps poster
While Paris Sleeps
1932 • Mme. Golden Bonnet
Alias the Doctor poster
Alias the Doctor
1932 • Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)
Union Depot poster
Union Depot
1932 • Lady with Pipe (uncredited)
The Unholy Garden poster
The Unholy Garden
1931 • Lucie Villars
24 Hours poster
24 Hours
1931 • Mrs. Dacklehorst
An American Tragedy poster
An American Tragedy
1931 • Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Little Caesar poster
Little Caesar
1931 • Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
The Great Meadow poster
The Great Meadow
1931 • Elvira Jarvis
Abraham Lincoln poster
Abraham Lincoln
1930 • Mid-Wife
Sinners' Holiday poster
Sinners' Holiday
1930 • Mrs. Delano
Du Barry, Woman of Passion poster
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 • Bit role (voice)
The Last Moment poster
The Last Moment
1928 • Innkeeper
Sun-Up poster
Sun-Up
1925 • Mother
His Darker Self poster
His Darker Self
1924 • Aunt Lucy
Zaza poster
Zaza
1923 • Aunt Rosa
The White Rose poster
The White Rose
1923 • Auntie Easter
Orphans of the Storm poster
Orphans of the Storm
1921 • Mother Frochard
The Praise Agent poster
The Praise Agent
1919 • Mrs. Eubanks
Tempered Steel poster
Tempered Steel
1918 • Old Mammy
The Life Mask poster
The Life Mask
1918 • Sarah Harden
Polly of the Circus poster
Polly of the Circus
1917 • Mandy
No Image
The Thousand-Dollar Husband
1916 • Mme. Batavia