11 Actresses Behind Everyone's Favorite Disney Princesses! 👸

#1.1

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out all the way back in 1937. She was the first Disney princess that started the whole trend!

#1.2

Adriana Caselotti was cast as Snow White. Reportedly, she was paid $970 for her work, which is approximately $15,994 today.

Unfortunately, she signed a strict contract that didn't allow her to sing in other movies, TV and radio shows! This was because Disney wanted everyone to believe Snow White was real so they didn't want any other characters to sound like her.

#2.1

Beauty and the Beast was the first movie to feature a brunette princess! And if you notice, she's the only person in her small town who wears blue. It was done on purpose to symbolize how different she is from everyone else around her.

#2.2

While she was auditioning for the part of Belle, Paige O'Hara's hair flew in her face and she quickly tucked it back. The animators ended up loving this and put it in the movie!

#3.1

Cinderella was considered to be one of Walt Disney's favorite movies because he loved the animation of the transformation of her torn dress to the beautiful white ball gown.

#3.2

Ilene Woods beat out 309 girls for the part.

Later in life, Ilene suffered from Alzheimer's disease. During that time, she forgot that she had played Cinderella and the nurses who looked after her claimed that she always felt comforted when she heard "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes."

#4.1

When Sleeping Beauty came out, it was revealed that Princess Aurora's grace and elegance was inspired by Audrey Hepburn.

#4.2

Mary Costa had to audition with Bill Shirley just to make sure that their voices would go well together for the music.

#5.1

The Little Mermaid is a personal favorite of mine. I love Ariel! Did you know that Ariel's personality and looks were based on Alyssa Milano?

##5.2

Alyssa Milano didn't voice Ariel but Jodi Benson did! Jodi was so committed to voicing Ariel that she sang all of "Part of Your World" in the dark so she could really get that "under the sea" feeling.

Ok that's seriously 100% adorable!

#6.1

In Aladdin, Jasmine's appearance was heavily influenced by Jennifer Connelly.

#6.2

When Linda Larkin voiced Jasmine, she was told to lower her voice because Disney said her voice was just too high!

#7.1

Mulan was the first Disney movie to be released on DVD. Crazy, right?

#7.2

Ming-Na Wen voiced Mulan's speaking voice but Lea Salonga's singing voice was used for the songs. Lea also sang for Jasmine in Aladdin!

8.1

The Princess and the Frog had some of the best animation. The style was heavily influenced by Lady and the Tramp for the city scenes and Bambi for the bayou scenes.

According to the directors, they thought that those movies represented "the peak of animation in the classic Disney animation style."

8.2

Tiana was voiced by Anika Noni Rose who specifically requested that the animators drew Tiana as left-handed just because she was in real life!

#9.1

Tangled became so popular that there's going to be a spin-off TV show!

#9.20

Rapunzel was voiced by Mandy Moore. Mandy happens to love performing barefoot and Rapunzel is constantly barefoot in the movie. What a coincidence!

#10.1

Frozen is definitely one of the best Disney movies out there! And it marked the first time a woman directed a full-length Disney animated movie.

#10.2

Idina Menzel originally auditioned to voice Rapunzel in Tangled. Even though she didn't get the part, a casting director recorded her audition and that audition got her the part of Elsa!

#11.1

Brave is so different from all the other Disney movies. Merida was the first Disney princess not to have a love interest!

#11.2

Originally, Reese Witherspoon was supposed to voice Merida. But after some scheduling conflicts, Kelly Macdonald nabbed the role!

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It's a bit weird finding out about the actresses behind some of the most iconic cartoon characters ever, right?