After Caselotti, she has also been voiced by Jane Powell, Ilene Woods, Dorothy Warenskjold, June Foray, Mary Kay Bergman, Carolyn Gardner, Melissa Disney, Katie Von Til, and Pamela Ribon, and portrayed live by Mary Jo Salerno (musical) and Stephanie Bennett (Descendants).
In "another land, far away,"[4] "many, many years ago," about the time of fairy tales of castles, knights, fair maidens, romance, magic and witches,"[5] a mysterious and icily beautiful woman with magical powers (a 1938 promotional brochure suggests that she is able to work her witchcraft having sold "herself body and soul to the bad spirits" of Germany's Harz mountains[6]) has gained her royal position by marrying the widowed King, giving her rule over his kingdom before he died.
Snow White stumbles upon the home of the Seven Dwarfs Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey, who happily aid her.
The Queen discovers that Snow White has survived, so she uses magic to disguise herself as an old hag and creates a poisoned apple that will put anyone who eats it into a “Sleeping Death" from which only the kiss of true love will revive.
Believing Snow White to be dead, too, the dwarfs build a glass and gold casket in the forest glen, where she sleeps for a year.
[13] Killingsworth's Snow White was the only Disney Princess to have own float during Disneyland's first parade down Main Street, U.S.A. on opening day.
[15] She also makes appearances at Cinderella's Royal Table in Magic Kingdom and at the Akershus Restaurant and Germany Pavilion in Epcot.
In California, Snow White can be found at the Princess Royal Hall in Fantasyland at Disneyland Park, on Main Street U.S.A., or by the Wishing Well next to the Sleeping Beauty Castle.
[16] Snow White is an official member of the Disney Princess line, a prominent franchise directed at young girls.
The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including but not limited to magazines, music albums, toys, clothes, and stationery.
A one on one encounter with the Odd Sisters results in the pulling of Grimhilde's spirit from the mirror, where she shatters and dies in front of Snow White.
In this retelling, Snow White becomes a warrior princess determined to overthrow her tyrannical stepmother, who poisons Prince Charming to lure her out of hiding.
[31] Although she is sensitive and soft-spoken, she can be energetic, stern and sarcastic to a degree,[33] such as when she told the Dwarfs to wash their hands or when she scolded the birds for "frightening the poor old lady [the Queen disguised as an old peddler woman]".
[31] Snow White is motherly, compassionate and delights in keeping house for the lovable Seven Dwarfs while she waits to meet her beloved prince again.
Her main costume is a long dress, with a white collar, blue and puffy sleeves with red slashing, a yellow skirt, and a laced petticoat.
[35] Animators' initial sketches for Snow White's character, some of which bore a resemblance to Betty Boop, did not meet Walt Disney's expectations, as they were too cartoonish.
[citation needed] Luske's co-animator Les Clark had previously been asked to explore while developing the character of Persephone for the Silly Symphonies animated short The Goddess of Spring.
Though the Persephone character ended up appearing somewhat lifeless and devoid of personality, that experiment in imitating realistic human movement and anatomy was continued and its lessons were applied in the development of Snow White's animation techniques.
[38] Snow White and the Queen were refined by Grim Natwick and Norm Ferguson, who would often override Walt Disney's instructions, as well as Charlie Thorson.
A young dancer named Marge Champion (nicknamed Margie Bell) served as the live-action model for Snow White.
(Margie Bell, daughter of animator Ernest Belcher, also later modeled for the Blue Fairy character in Disney's 1940 film Pinocchio.)
Around 150 girls auditioned for the role of Snow White,[42] including well-known actresses such as Deanna Durbin,[43] whose voice seemed too old to Disney.
"[51] Variety's John C. Flinn deemed Snow White "the embodiment of girlish sweetness and kindness, exemplified in her love for the birds and the small animals of the woods that are her friends and, as it subsequently develops, her rescuers.
"[52] Contemporary critics felt that Snow White "lack[s] nerve, unlike many later Disney heroines,"[53] while her relationship with the Prince is void of chemistry.
[55] The Washington Post's Desson Howe wrote, "the spirit in the mirror is dead wrong: The Wicked Queen ... is the fairest in the land" while Snow White lacks "real estate.
[3] On June 18, 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted the trademark application of Disney Enterprises, Inc. (filed November 19, 2008), for the name "Snow White" that covers all live and recorded movie, television, radio, stage, computer, Internet, news, and photographic entertainment uses, except literature works of fiction and nonfiction.
[70] A Cartier charm bracelet, originally created in 1937 to commemorate Disney's first animated film, earned more than five times the high-end of its pre-sale estimate.
[70] In 2018, Coach released their third collaboration with Disney called “A Dark Fairytale Collection”, which features iconography from both "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
"[72] Stylist included Snow White's dark bob and pale skin as an “ideal” on their list of Best Beauty Looks in Disney.
[73] Sennet Frères released a bridalwear collection in collaboration with Disney, inspired by Snow White, Cinderella and Belle.