Lucille La Verne
Actor
Born November 6, 1872 in 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.
Filmography
Disney's Halloween Treat
Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains
Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
The Blow Out
The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
The Vengeance
The Mighty Barnum
Joice Heth
Kentucky Kernels
Aunt Hannah Milford
School for Girls
Miss Keeble
Beloved
Mrs. Briggs
The Last Trail
Mrs. Wilson
Pilgrimage
Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
Father Noah's Ark
Noah's wife (voice)
Wild Horse Mesa
Ma 'The General' Melberne
A Strange Adventure
Miss Sheen
Babes in the Woods
Witch (voice) (uncredited)
Hearts of Humanity
Mrs. Sneider
While Paris Sleeps
Mme. Golden Bonnet
Alias the Doctor
Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)
Union Depot
Lady with Pipe (uncredited)
The Unholy Garden
Lucie Villars
24 Hours
Mrs. Dacklehorst
An American Tragedy
Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Little Caesar
Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
The Great Meadow
Elvira Jarvis
Abraham Lincoln
Mid-Wife
Sinners' Holiday
Mrs. Delano
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit role (voice)
The Last Moment
Innkeeper
Sun-Up
Mother
His Darker Self
Aunt Lucy
Zaza
Aunt Rosa
The White Rose
Auntie Easter
Orphans of the Storm
Mother Frochard
The Praise Agent
Mrs. Eubanks
Tempered Steel
Old Mammy
The Life Mask
Sarah Harden
Polly of the Circus
Mandy