Maleficent
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Maleficent (/məˈlɛfɪsənt/ or /məˈlɪfɪsənt/) is a fictional character who first appears in Walt Disney Productions' animated film, Sleeping Beauty (1959). Maleficent is a malevolent fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil", she is an incarnation of pure evil and is responsible for all the misfortune in King Stefan's kingdom. Taking offense at not being invited to the christening of Princess Aurora by Stefan and his wife, Queen Leah, Maleficent curses the princess to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday.[3] Maleficent is based on the Wicked fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.[4]
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Sleeping Beauty character | |
First appearance | Sleeping Beauty (1959) |
Created by | Marc Davis |
Based on | The Wicked fairy godmother from Charles Perrault's fairy tale |
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Alias | The Mistress of All Evil Mistress of Evil |
Species | Fairy[2] |
Gender | Female |
Title | Mistress of All Evil Queen of the Moors (in Maleficent) |
Affiliation | Disney Villains |
Significant others | Hades (in House of Mouse and Descendants) King Stefan (in Maleficent) |
Children | Mal (daughter; in Descendants) Aurora (surrogate daughter; in Maleficent) |
Home | The Forbidden Mountain The Moors (in Maleficent) |
Maleficent was originally animated by Marc Davis. In the 1959 film, Maleficent was originally voiced by Eleanor Audley, who earlier voiced Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in Cinderella (1950).[5]
A revision of the character appeared as the protagonist in the 2014 live-action film Maleficent, portrayed by Angelina Jolie, who reprised the role in the 2019 sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.[6] This version of Maleficent is portrayed as a sympathetic character, who is misunderstood in trying to protect herself and her domain from humans.