Lucille La Verne

from Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Artwork for Snow White and the Seven DwarfsImage of Lucille La Verne

Biography

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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Timeline

1982Aged 110

  • Poster for Disney's Halloween Treat

    Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)

1977Aged 105

  • Poster for Disney's Greatest Villains

    Queen / Witch (voice) (archive footage)

1938Aged 66

  • Poster for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)

1936Aged 64

  • Poster for The Blow Out

    The Bomber (voice) (uncredited)

1935Aged 63

  • Poster for A Tale of Two Cities

    The Vengeance

1934Aged 62

  • Poster for Beloved

    Mrs. Briggs

  • Poster for School for Girls

    Miss Keeble

  • Poster for Kentucky Kernels

    Aunt Hannah Milford

  • Poster for The Mighty Barnum

    Joice Heth

1933Aged 61

  • Poster for Father Noah's Ark

    Noah's wife (voice)

  • Poster for Pilgrimage

    Mrs. Kelly Hatfield

  • Poster for The Last Trail

    Mrs. Wilson

1932Aged 60

  • Poster for Union Depot

    Lady with Pipe (uncredited)

  • Poster for Alias the Doctor

    Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother (as Lucille LaVerne)

  • Poster for While Paris Sleeps

    Mme. Golden Bonnet

  • Poster for Hearts of Humanity

    Mrs. Sneider

  • Breach of Promise

    Mrs. Flynn

  • Poster for Babes in the Woods

    Witch (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Strange Adventure

    Miss Sheen

  • Poster for Wild Horse Mesa

    Ma 'The General' Melberne

1931Aged 59

  • Poster for The Great Meadow

    Elvira Jarvis

  • Poster for Little Caesar

    Ma Magdalena (uncredited)

  • Poster for An American Tragedy

    Mrs. Asa Griffiths

  • Poster for 24 Hours

    Mrs. Dacklehorst

  • Poster for The Unholy Garden

    Lucie Villars

1930Aged 58

  • Poster for Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Bit role (voice)

  • Poster for Sinners' Holiday

    Mrs. Delano

  • Poster for Abraham Lincoln

    Mid-Wife

1928Aged 56

  • Poster for The Last Moment

    Innkeeper

1925Aged 53

  • Poster for Sun-Up

    Mother

1924Aged 52

  • Poster for His Darker Self

    Aunt Lucy

1923Aged 51

  • Poster for The White Rose

    Auntie Easter

  • Poster for Zaza

    Aunt Rosa

1921Aged 49

  • Poster for Orphans of the Storm

    Mother Frochard

1919Aged 47

  • Poster for The Praise Agent

    Mrs. Eubanks

1917Aged 45

  • Poster for Polly of the Circus

    Mandy

1916Aged 44