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Cinderella
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Background information
Feature films
Cinderella
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey's House of Villains
Teacher's Pet (cameo)
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Cinderella (2015)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sneakerella (cameo)
Wish (cameo)
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Short films
The Art of Vacationing
The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club (cameo)
Once Upon a Studio
Shows
Walt Disney anthology series
Mickey Mouse Works (cameo)
House of Mouse
A Poem Is...
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (cameo)
Sofia the First
Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Elena of Avalor (cameo)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Chibi Tiny Tales
Video games
Disney Princess
Cinderella's Dollhouse
Cinderella: Magical Dreams
Disney Princess: Royal Adventure
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Meteos: Disney Magic
Disney Universe
Disney Princess Enchanting Storybooks
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
Disney Infinity series (townsperson)
Cinderella Free Fall
Disney Tsum Tsum
Disney Emoji Blitz
Disney Magic Kingdoms
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Disney Magical Dice
Just Dance: Disney Party
Disney Princess Majestic Quest
PAC-MAN: Ralph Breaks the Maze
Disney POP TOWN (costume)
Disney Wonderful Worlds
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Disney Mirrorverse
Park attractions
Cinderella's Golden Carousel
Fantasmic!
Dream Along With Mickey
Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour
Mickey Mouse Revue
Mickey's Soundsational Parade
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Main Street Electrical Parade
SpectroMagic
Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade
Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
It's a Small World
Cinderella's Royal Coronation
World of Color
Celebrate the Magic
Disney Dreams!
Princess Fairytale Hall
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Stitch's Great Escape! (cameo; voice only)
Remember... Dreams Come True
Parade of the Stars
Paint the Night Parade
Mickey and the Magician
Twice Charmed
Cinderella's Surprise Celebration
Once Upon a Time
Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light
Nightfall Glow
Magic Happens
Happiness is Here Parade
Dreaming Up!
Minnie's Tiara of Dreams
Animators
Eric Larson
Marc Davis
Mark Henn (OUAS)
Les Clark
Hugh Fraser
Voice
Ilene Woods (original)
Anne Lloyd (WDSPFD)
Patricia Parris (DRA)
Kath Soucie (DP)
Jennifer Hale (2000-present)
Tami Tappan Damiano (singing C3)
Karen Strassman (MMtv)
Portrayed by
Jessy Schram, Alejandra Perez, and Dania Ramirez (OUAT)
Lily James (C2015)
Eloise Webb (child; C2015)
Brandy Norwood (DTROR)
Morgan Dudley (young; DTROR)
Performance model
Helene Stanley
Scarlett Johansson (in Disney Dream Portrait Series)
Inspiration
Cinderella from the original fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Ingrid Bergman
Helene Stanley
Character information
Other names
Cinderelly
Servant Girl
Child
Dear
Darling
Young Lady
Mademoiselle
Señorita
Cindy
Princess Cinderella
Occupation
Princess
The Tremaines' housekeeper (formerly)
Affiliations
Disney Princesses
Home
Her château (formerly)
King's Castle (current residence)
Likes
Dreams, going to balls, dancing, singing, animals, romance, magic, flowers, horseback riding, trying new things, being independent
Dislikes
Mistreatment, being miserable, Anastasia and Drizella tormenting and bullying her, Lady Tremaine scolding her, Lucifer's mischief, Lucifer mocking and tormenting her, losing her shoes, the old castle traditions, Anastasia being humiliated for choosing her own path, getting perfume in her face
Powers and abilities
Communication with animals
Paraphernalia
Glass slipper
Dress
Status
Active
Family information
Parents
Unnamed father †
Unnamed mother †
Lady Tremaine (stepmother)
Siblings
Drizella Tremaine (stepsister)
Anastasia Tremaine (stepsister)
Other relatives
Fairy Godmother (godmother)
The King (father-in-law)
The Queen † (mother-in-law)
Partner(s)
Prince Charming (husband)
Pets
Bruno (dog)
Major (horse)
Source
More
This article is about the animated character. For other pages that share the same name, see Cinderella.
Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name
Cinderella, you're a sunset in a frame
Though you're dressed in rags, you wear an air of queenly grace
Anyone can see a throne would be your proper place.
Lyrics to the original film's opening song
Cinderella is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1950 animated feature film of the same name. After the death of her mother, her father remarried, believing that she "needed a mother's care". He died shortly thereafter, upon which she was forced to work as a scullery maid for her wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine and two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
Despite the cruelty of her jealous stepfamily, Cinderella remained kind, spirited, and internally beautiful. Her faith and everlasting optimism manifested itself into a Fairy Godmother, whose magic served as a catalyst for Cinderella's ascent from servant to princess.
Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line-up, preceded by Snow White.
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Background
Cinderella was born to wealthy, unnamed parents who treated their daughter with great love. The family resided in a château, just beyond a small- but powerful- kingdom. Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named Lady Tremaine, who notably had two daughters of her own, both around Cinderella's age: Anastasia and Drizella. After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left the once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. This went on for many years, but Cinderella's personality remained sweet, humble, and kind.
Official Description
Cinderella is kind to all, especially her mice friends, Jaq and Gus. She has faith that if you keep on believing, your wish will come true. With help from her fairy godmother, she gets a chance to live her dreams.
Development
The Disney version of Cinderella was based on the protagonist of the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, "Cinderella", written in 1698.
Cinderella was animated by Marc Davis and Eric Larson, but the two animators did not have the same perception of the character, accentuating the elegance of Davis and Larson's opting for simplicity. This resulted in Cinderella being a more complicated character than her predecessor Snow White, due to her duality. As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the live-action reference for Cinderella. She later was asked to do the same kind of work for the characters of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
According to Christopher Finch, the author of The Art of Walt Disney:
Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create the character. The animators understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.
Voice
About 400 contestants auditioned for the role of Cinderella. Out of all of them, Walt Disney chose Ilene Woods, who worked on the radio at the time and did not know anything about the audition itself. One day, her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston asked her to sing a song from Cinderella, and she agreed. Then, without saying a word to her, friends of Ilene transferred to the office of film at Disney. After listening to the material, Walt Disney immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to speak and sing its main character, and contacted Ilene.
When casting for Cinderella II: Dreams Come True in 1999, Jennifer Hale was selected as Woods was deemed too old to be able to produce the sweetness needed for Cinderella. Hale has been the main voice of Cinderella since the House of Mouse debuted in 2001.
Personality
Yet, through it all, Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind, for with each dawn she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would come true.
Opening narration
Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, birds, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. She would also protect her animal companions from her stepfamily, mostly the mice, and would take it upon herself to make sure they were well-fed, clothed, and had places to stay. In gratitude, the birds and mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The particular devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily (though her dreams and other goals also seemed to be of romance, especially with the lyrics from "So This is Love" where Cinderella and the Prince sing, "So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of.") However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
Cinderella is also witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, especially seen when she stands up for herself as being able to go to the ball, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Highness" and "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences. She also is shown to have common sense, as shown after Drizella and Anastasia rushed to Lady Tremaine in fear about how Cinderella had allegedly put a mouse in their teacup, Cinderella, hearing the report, immediately deduced that it had been Lucifer who had actually been responsible, and forced him to reveal Gus, allowing Gus a quick escape. She also happens to be quite intelligent, as shown when she thinks of how poorly she's raised and figure out a way to escape, as demonstrated when she strategized with her animals friends from her room and keep the glass slipper a secret until the right time in case the other one gets destroyed.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, Cinderella further utilizes her bravery and kindness as she navigates through her new life as a princess. In the film's first segment, Aim To Please, Cinderella is tasked with organizing a royal banquet to test her worthiness as the kingdom's new princess. With her upbringing as a servant, Cinderella struggles to adapt to the lavish traditions of the palace, but ultimately decides to break tradition and throw the party her own way. The segment also reveals that her hard-working, independent nature persists even as a princess, when she is shown to prefer cooking breakfast herself instead of leaving it to the castle staff, an aspect which would be majorly expanded upon in the next sequel. The third segment, A Uncommon Romance sees Cinderella helping her stepsister, Anastasia, when she discovers she and a local baker have fallen in love, showing that Cinderella is willing to forgive her stepfamily for their mistreatment of her.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she is magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and vain influence when it becomes clear that she is also being abused and manipulated by her mother. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. She is able to defeat her stepmother from causing more harm to the kingdom, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
Physical appearance
Cinderella is a beautiful young woman of slender build, an hourglass figure, and a softly-shaped, kind face. Her skin is fair and flawless, and she has pink lips and blue eyes. Cinderella's hair is strawberry-blonde (golden blonde in most merchandise and sandy blonde in the 2023 remaster of the 1950 film) and medium-length with soft bangs.
In her initial appearance before changing to her maid outfit, she wears a light blue long-sleeved collared nightgown adorned with a blue ribbon and black ballet flats from her maid outfit. Her hair is tied in two low pigtailed braids before removing the blue ribbons on each side to make it loose.
During the bath scene, when she removes her collared nightgown and being showered by her several bird friends using a wet sponge, Cinderella's hair is tied into a bun.
In most of her appearances, she was seen in a maid's outfit, which consisted of a dark brown bodice with long, light aquamarine sleeves and a brown, knee-length skirt. Her hair was softly tied back into a low ponytail with an aqua ribbon. She also wore a white apron and a pair of black ballet flats with gray soles. On her occasional tasks, she wore a white apron and a kerchief in her hair. While doing outdoor chores, she wore brown wooden clogs over her black flats. At the near end of the movie, her hair is now loose rather than in a low ponytail. In later appearances in both sequels, Cinderella's maid outfit sleeves are now pale blue, and her hair remains loose.
For her first ball gown, modified from one that belonged to her late mother, she wore a frilly, sleeveless, pink-and-white dress with pink ribbons and a sash with a jade beaded necklace before her stepsisters violently mess up with it after seeing their discarded items being sewn onto it. She also wore a hair band with a white bow and red dress shoes with her gown.
Her second dress and most commonly seen sleeveless dress is a sparkling silvery-whitish ball gown with a low-cut neckline, pale cornflower blue bustle, white-capped sleeves, white armpit length opera gloves, a delicate laced white petticoat, and glass slippers topped with sparkly hearts. (It should be noted, though, that the ball gown is often colored light powder blue in merchandise and later productions.) Her hair is pulled up into a variation of a French twist complimented with a very light bluish-gray band over it with large gems on both ends of the band (in recent merchandise, the two gems of the band have been replaced with diamond earrings). She also wears a simple black choker around her neck.
Her wedding dress consists of a beautiful white dress and petticoat that exposed little cleavage. She uses her hair in a bun (though in the original film, we do not see where her bun is. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, we see it as a low bun) with a white tiara and a cap. Her veil is pulled back from her hair. The dress has long triangular sleeves, with a black choker around the neck (a white ribbon in Cinderella III), along with white dress shoes.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, she wore a pink-and-white version of her original iconic Princess dress. While getting ready for the banquet in the same segment, she had to wear was a pink, formal, and rather puffy dress with a cage crinoline underneath, an elaborate hairstyle with several pink bows and pearls, pearl earrings, white armpit length opera gloves, and pink high-heeled shoes.
The dress she wears to the royal ball she arranges is a sea green/teal ball gown rather like her original, but with a corset attached to a flat triangular overskirt and a spiky-laced white petticoat. She has a simple black choker with emeralds hanging on it. Cinderella wears a more sea green version of her original headband and evening gloves. She also has the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In both "Aim to Please" and "Tail Tail", she wore a blue-and-white version of her maid outfit with the same black flats. During the party in "Tail Tail", she wore a yellow ball gown with the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In "An Uncommon Romance" she has the same maid outfit and a light blue colored variant of her ball gown from the original film.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella wore two wedding gowns along with her maid outfit. She also has two normal outfits at the beginning of the movie. In her initial appearance before Lady Tremaine altering the time using the Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella was seen in her normal outfit similar to her husband Prince Charming's; a light brown formal vest with a pale yellow long-sleeved collared shirt, cream-colored long skirt and brown heels. Her hair is left loose while wearing this outfit. Her other outfit which it was seen in her portrait with her husband, she was seen wearing a similar outfit as the first outfit as her formal vest is brown, her long skirt is gold with a light-yellow petticoat as the length of the skirt covers her brown heels and has a matching light-yellow tie on the collar.
When disguised as a housemaid, she wore a full white frilled apron with matching bonnet with her maid ou
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Background information
Feature films
Cinderella
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey's House of Villains
Teacher's Pet (cameo)
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Cinderella (2015)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sneakerella (cameo)
Wish (cameo)
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Short films
The Art of Vacationing
The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club (cameo)
Once Upon a Studio
Shows
Walt Disney anthology series
Mickey Mouse Works (cameo)
House of Mouse
A Poem Is...
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (cameo)
Sofia the First
Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Elena of Avalor (cameo)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Chibi Tiny Tales
Video games
Disney Princess
Cinderella's Dollhouse
Cinderella: Magical Dreams
Disney Princess: Royal Adventure
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Meteos: Disney Magic
Disney Universe
Disney Princess Enchanting Storybooks
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
Disney Infinity series (townsperson)
Cinderella Free Fall
Disney Tsum Tsum
Disney Emoji Blitz
Disney Magic Kingdoms
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Disney Magical Dice
Just Dance: Disney Party
Disney Princess Majestic Quest
PAC-MAN: Ralph Breaks the Maze
Disney POP TOWN (costume)
Disney Wonderful Worlds
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Disney Mirrorverse
Park attractions
Cinderella's Golden Carousel
Fantasmic!
Dream Along With Mickey
Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour
Mickey Mouse Revue
Mickey's Soundsational Parade
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Main Street Electrical Parade
SpectroMagic
Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade
Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
It's a Small World
Cinderella's Royal Coronation
World of Color
Celebrate the Magic
Disney Dreams!
Princess Fairytale Hall
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Stitch's Great Escape! (cameo; voice only)
Remember... Dreams Come True
Parade of the Stars
Paint the Night Parade
Mickey and the Magician
Twice Charmed
Cinderella's Surprise Celebration
Once Upon a Time
Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light
Nightfall Glow
Magic Happens
Happiness is Here Parade
Dreaming Up!
Minnie's Tiara of Dreams
Animators
Eric Larson
Marc Davis
Mark Henn (OUAS)
Les Clark
Hugh Fraser
Voice
Ilene Woods (original)
Anne Lloyd (WDSPFD)
Patricia Parris (DRA)
Kath Soucie (DP)
Jennifer Hale (2000-present)
Tami Tappan Damiano (singing C3)
Karen Strassman (MMtv)
Portrayed by
Jessy Schram, Alejandra Perez, and Dania Ramirez (OUAT)
Lily James (C2015)
Eloise Webb (child; C2015)
Brandy Norwood (DTROR)
Morgan Dudley (young; DTROR)
Performance model
Helene Stanley
Scarlett Johansson (in Disney Dream Portrait Series)
Inspiration
Cinderella from the original fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Ingrid Bergman
Helene Stanley
Character information
Other names
Cinderelly
Servant Girl
Child
Dear
Darling
Young Lady
Mademoiselle
Señorita
Cindy
Princess Cinderella
Occupation
Princess
The Tremaines' housekeeper (formerly)
Affiliations
Disney Princesses
Home
Her château (formerly)
King's Castle (current residence)
Likes
Dreams, going to balls, dancing, singing, animals, romance, magic, flowers, horseback riding, trying new things, being independent
Dislikes
Mistreatment, being miserable, Anastasia and Drizella tormenting and bullying her, Lady Tremaine scolding her, Lucifer's mischief, Lucifer mocking and tormenting her, losing her shoes, the old castle traditions, Anastasia being humiliated for choosing her own path, getting perfume in her face
Powers and abilities
Communication with animals
Paraphernalia
Glass slipper
Dress
Status
Active
Family information
Parents
Unnamed father †
Unnamed mother †
Lady Tremaine (stepmother)
Siblings
Drizella Tremaine (stepsister)
Anastasia Tremaine (stepsister)
Other relatives
Fairy Godmother (godmother)
The King (father-in-law)
The Queen † (mother-in-law)
Partner(s)
Prince Charming (husband)
Pets
Bruno (dog)
Major (horse)
Source
More
This article is about the animated character. For other pages that share the same name, see Cinderella.
Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name
Cinderella, you're a sunset in a frame
Though you're dressed in rags, you wear an air of queenly grace
Anyone can see a throne would be your proper place.
Lyrics to the original film's opening song
Cinderella is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1950 animated feature film of the same name. After the death of her mother, her father remarried, believing that she "needed a mother's care". He died shortly thereafter, upon which she was forced to work as a scullery maid for her wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine and two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
Despite the cruelty of her jealous stepfamily, Cinderella remained kind, spirited, and internally beautiful. Her faith and everlasting optimism manifested itself into a Fairy Godmother, whose magic served as a catalyst for Cinderella's ascent from servant to princess.
Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line-up, preceded by Snow White.
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Background
Cinderella was born to wealthy, unnamed parents who treated their daughter with great love. The family resided in a château, just beyond a small- but powerful- kingdom. Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named Lady Tremaine, who notably had two daughters of her own, both around Cinderella's age: Anastasia and Drizella. After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left the once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. This went on for many years, but Cinderella's personality remained sweet, humble, and kind.
Official Description
Cinderella is kind to all, especially her mice friends, Jaq and Gus. She has faith that if you keep on believing, your wish will come true. With help from her fairy godmother, she gets a chance to live her dreams.
Development
The Disney version of Cinderella was based on the protagonist of the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, "Cinderella", written in 1698.
Cinderella was animated by Marc Davis and Eric Larson, but the two animators did not have the same perception of the character, accentuating the elegance of Davis and Larson's opting for simplicity. This resulted in Cinderella being a more complicated character than her predecessor Snow White, due to her duality. As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the live-action reference for Cinderella. She later was asked to do the same kind of work for the characters of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
According to Christopher Finch, the author of The Art of Walt Disney:
Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create the character. The animators understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.
Voice
About 400 contestants auditioned for the role of Cinderella. Out of all of them, Walt Disney chose Ilene Woods, who worked on the radio at the time and did not know anything about the audition itself. One day, her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston asked her to sing a song from Cinderella, and she agreed. Then, without saying a word to her, friends of Ilene transferred to the office of film at Disney. After listening to the material, Walt Disney immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to speak and sing its main character, and contacted Ilene.
When casting for Cinderella II: Dreams Come True in 1999, Jennifer Hale was selected as Woods was deemed too old to be able to produce the sweetness needed for Cinderella. Hale has been the main voice of Cinderella since the House of Mouse debuted in 2001.
Personality
Yet, through it all, Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind, for with each dawn she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would come true.
Opening narration
Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, birds, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. She would also protect her animal companions from her stepfamily, mostly the mice, and would take it upon herself to make sure they were well-fed, clothed, and had places to stay. In gratitude, the birds and mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The particular devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily (though her dreams and other goals also seemed to be of romance, especially with the lyrics from "So This is Love" where Cinderella and the Prince sing, "So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of.") However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
Cinderella is also witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, especially seen when she stands up for herself as being able to go to the ball, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Highness" and "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences. She also is shown to have common sense, as shown after Drizella and Anastasia rushed to Lady Tremaine in fear about how Cinderella had allegedly put a mouse in their teacup, Cinderella, hearing the report, immediately deduced that it had been Lucifer who had actually been responsible, and forced him to reveal Gus, allowing Gus a quick escape. She also happens to be quite intelligent, as shown when she thinks of how poorly she's raised and figure out a way to escape, as demonstrated when she strategized with her animals friends from her room and keep the glass slipper a secret until the right time in case the other one gets destroyed.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, Cinderella further utilizes her bravery and kindness as she navigates through her new life as a princess. In the film's first segment, Aim To Please, Cinderella is tasked with organizing a royal banquet to test her worthiness as the kingdom's new princess. With her upbringing as a servant, Cinderella struggles to adapt to the lavish traditions of the palace, but ultimately decides to break tradition and throw the party her own way. The segment also reveals that her hard-working, independent nature persists even as a princess, when she is shown to prefer cooking breakfast herself instead of leaving it to the castle staff, an aspect which would be majorly expanded upon in the next sequel. The third segment, A Uncommon Romance sees Cinderella helping her stepsister, Anastasia, when she discovers she and a local baker have fallen in love, showing that Cinderella is willing to forgive her stepfamily for their mistreatment of her.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she is magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and vain influence when it becomes clear that she is also being abused and manipulated by her mother. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. She is able to defeat her stepmother from causing more harm to the kingdom, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
Physical appearance
Cinderella is a beautiful young woman of slender build, an hourglass figure, and a softly-shaped, kind face. Her skin is fair and flawless, and she has pink lips and blue eyes. Cinderella's hair is strawberry-blonde (golden blonde in most merchandise and sandy blonde in the 2023 remaster of the 1950 film) and medium-length with soft bangs.
In her initial appearance before changing to her maid outfit, she wears a light blue long-sleeved collared nightgown adorned with a blue ribbon and black ballet flats from her maid outfit. Her hair is tied in two low pigtailed braids before removing the blue ribbons on each side to make it loose.
During the bath scene, when she removes her collared nightgown and being showered by her several bird friends using a wet sponge, Cinderella's hair is tied into a bun.
In most of her appearances, she was seen in a maid's outfit, which consisted of a dark brown bodice with long, light aquamarine sleeves and a brown, knee-length skirt. Her hair was softly tied back into a low ponytail with an aqua ribbon. She also wore a white apron and a pair of black ballet flats with gray soles. On her occasional tasks, she wore a white apron and a kerchief in her hair. While doing outdoor chores, she wore brown wooden clogs over her black flats. At the near end of the movie, her hair is now loose rather than in a low ponytail. In later appearances in both sequels, Cinderella's maid outfit sleeves are now pale blue, and her hair remains loose.
For her first ball gown, modified from one that belonged to her late mother, she wore a frilly, sleeveless, pink-and-white dress with pink ribbons and a sash with a jade beaded necklace before her stepsisters violently mess up with it after seeing their discarded items being sewn onto it. She also wore a hair band with a white bow and red dress shoes with her gown.
Her second dress and most commonly seen sleeveless dress is a sparkling silvery-whitish ball gown with a low-cut neckline, pale cornflower blue bustle, white-capped sleeves, white armpit length opera gloves, a delicate laced white petticoat, and glass slippers topped with sparkly hearts. (It should be noted, though, that the ball gown is often colored light powder blue in merchandise and later productions.) Her hair is pulled up into a variation of a French twist complimented with a very light bluish-gray band over it with large gems on both ends of the band (in recent merchandise, the two gems of the band have been replaced with diamond earrings). She also wears a simple black choker around her neck.
Her wedding dress consists of a beautiful white dress and petticoat that exposed little cleavage. She uses her hair in a bun (though in the original film, we do not see where her bun is. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, we see it as a low bun) with a white tiara and a cap. Her veil is pulled back from her hair. The dress has long triangular sleeves, with a black choker around the neck (a white ribbon in Cinderella III), along with white dress shoes.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, she wore a pink-and-white version of her original iconic Princess dress. While getting ready for the banquet in the same segment, she had to wear was a pink, formal, and rather puffy dress with a cage crinoline underneath, an elaborate hairstyle with several pink bows and pearls, pearl earrings, white armpit length opera gloves, and pink high-heeled shoes.
The dress she wears to the royal ball she arranges is a sea green/teal ball gown rather like her original, but with a corset attached to a flat triangular overskirt and a spiky-laced white petticoat. She has a simple black choker with emeralds hanging on it. Cinderella wears a more sea green version of her original headband and evening gloves. She also has the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In both "Aim to Please" and "Tail Tail", she wore a blue-and-white version of her maid outfit with the same black flats. During the party in "Tail Tail", she wore a yellow ball gown with the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In "An Uncommon Romance" she has the same maid outfit and a light blue colored variant of her ball gown from the original film.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella wore two wedding gowns along with her maid outfit. She also has two normal outfits at the beginning of the movie. In her initial appearance before Lady Tremaine altering the time using the Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella was seen in her normal outfit similar to her husband Prince Charming's; a light brown formal vest with a pale yellow long-sleeved collared shirt, cream-colored long skirt and brown heels. Her hair is left loose while wearing this outfit. Her other outfit which it was seen in her portrait with her husband, she was seen wearing a similar outfit as the first outfit as her formal vest is brown, her long skirt is gold with a light-yellow petticoat as the length of the skirt covers her brown heels and has a matching light-yellow tie on the collar.
When disguised as a housemaid, she wore a full white frilled apron with matching bonnet with her maid ou
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Background information
Feature films
Cinderella
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey's House of Villains
Teacher's Pet (cameo)
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Cinderella (2015)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sneakerella (cameo)
Wish (cameo)
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Short films
The Art of Vacationing
The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club (cameo)
Once Upon a Studio
Shows
Walt Disney anthology series
Mickey Mouse Works (cameo)
House of Mouse
A Poem Is...
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (cameo)
Sofia the First
Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Elena of Avalor (cameo)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Chibi Tiny Tales
Video games
Disney Princess
Cinderella's Dollhouse
Cinderella: Magical Dreams
Disney Princess: Royal Adventure
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Meteos: Disney Magic
Disney Universe
Disney Princess Enchanting Storybooks
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
Disney Infinity series (townsperson)
Cinderella Free Fall
Disney Tsum Tsum
Disney Emoji Blitz
Disney Magic Kingdoms
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Disney Magical Dice
Just Dance: Disney Party
Disney Princess Majestic Quest
PAC-MAN: Ralph Breaks the Maze
Disney POP TOWN (costume)
Disney Wonderful Worlds
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Disney Mirrorverse
Park attractions
Cinderella's Golden Carousel
Fantasmic!
Dream Along With Mickey
Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour
Mickey Mouse Revue
Mickey's Soundsational Parade
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Main Street Electrical Parade
SpectroMagic
Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade
Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
It's a Small World
Cinderella's Royal Coronation
World of Color
Celebrate the Magic
Disney Dreams!
Princess Fairytale Hall
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Stitch's Great Escape! (cameo; voice only)
Remember... Dreams Come True
Parade of the Stars
Paint the Night Parade
Mickey and the Magician
Twice Charmed
Cinderella's Surprise Celebration
Once Upon a Time
Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light
Nightfall Glow
Magic Happens
Happiness is Here Parade
Dreaming Up!
Minnie's Tiara of Dreams
Animators
Eric Larson
Marc Davis
Mark Henn (OUAS)
Les Clark
Hugh Fraser
Voice
Ilene Woods (original)
Anne Lloyd (WDSPFD)
Patricia Parris (DRA)
Kath Soucie (DP)
Jennifer Hale (2000-present)
Tami Tappan Damiano (singing C3)
Karen Strassman (MMtv)
Portrayed by
Jessy Schram, Alejandra Perez, and Dania Ramirez (OUAT)
Lily James (C2015)
Eloise Webb (child; C2015)
Brandy Norwood (DTROR)
Morgan Dudley (young; DTROR)
Performance model
Helene Stanley
Scarlett Johansson (in Disney Dream Portrait Series)
Inspiration
Cinderella from the original fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Ingrid Bergman
Helene Stanley
Character information
Other names
Cinderelly
Servant Girl
Child
Dear
Darling
Young Lady
Mademoiselle
Señorita
Cindy
Princess Cinderella
Occupation
Princess
The Tremaines' housekeeper (formerly)
Affiliations
Disney Princesses
Home
Her château (formerly)
King's Castle (current residence)
Likes
Dreams, going to balls, dancing, singing, animals, romance, magic, flowers, horseback riding, trying new things, being independent
Dislikes
Mistreatment, being miserable, Anastasia and Drizella tormenting and bullying her, Lady Tremaine scolding her, Lucifer's mischief, Lucifer mocking and tormenting her, losing her shoes, the old castle traditions, Anastasia being humiliated for choosing her own path, getting perfume in her face
Powers and abilities
Communication with animals
Paraphernalia
Glass slipper
Dress
Status
Active
Family information
Parents
Unnamed father †
Unnamed mother †
Lady Tremaine (stepmother)
Siblings
Drizella Tremaine (stepsister)
Anastasia Tremaine (stepsister)
Other relatives
Fairy Godmother (godmother)
The King (father-in-law)
The Queen † (mother-in-law)
Partner(s)
Prince Charming (husband)
Pets
Bruno (dog)
Major (horse)
Source
More
This article is about the animated character. For other pages that share the same name, see Cinderella.
Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name
Cinderella, you're a sunset in a frame
Though you're dressed in rags, you wear an air of queenly grace
Anyone can see a throne would be your proper place.
Lyrics to the original film's opening song
Cinderella is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1950 animated feature film of the same name. After the death of her mother, her father remarried, believing that she "needed a mother's care". He died shortly thereafter, upon which she was forced to work as a scullery maid for her wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine and two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
Despite the cruelty of her jealous stepfamily, Cinderella remained kind, spirited, and internally beautiful. Her faith and everlasting optimism manifested itself into a Fairy Godmother, whose magic served as a catalyst for Cinderella's ascent from servant to princess.
Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line-up, preceded by Snow White.
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Background
Cinderella was born to wealthy, unnamed parents who treated their daughter with great love. The family resided in a château, just beyond a small- but powerful- kingdom. Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named Lady Tremaine, who notably had two daughters of her own, both around Cinderella's age: Anastasia and Drizella. After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left the once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. This went on for many years, but Cinderella's personality remained sweet, humble, and kind.
Official Description
Cinderella is kind to all, especially her mice friends, Jaq and Gus. She has faith that if you keep on believing, your wish will come true. With help from her fairy godmother, she gets a chance to live her dreams.
Development
The Disney version of Cinderella was based on the protagonist of the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, "Cinderella", written in 1698.
Cinderella was animated by Marc Davis and Eric Larson, but the two animators did not have the same perception of the character, accentuating the elegance of Davis and Larson's opting for simplicity. This resulted in Cinderella being a more complicated character than her predecessor Snow White, due to her duality. As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the live-action reference for Cinderella. She later was asked to do the same kind of work for the characters of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
According to Christopher Finch, the author of The Art of Walt Disney:
Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create the character. The animators understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.
Voice
About 400 contestants auditioned for the role of Cinderella. Out of all of them, Walt Disney chose Ilene Woods, who worked on the radio at the time and did not know anything about the audition itself. One day, her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston asked her to sing a song from Cinderella, and she agreed. Then, without saying a word to her, friends of Ilene transferred to the office of film at Disney. After listening to the material, Walt Disney immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to speak and sing its main character, and contacted Ilene.
When casting for Cinderella II: Dreams Come True in 1999, Jennifer Hale was selected as Woods was deemed too old to be able to produce the sweetness needed for Cinderella. Hale has been the main voice of Cinderella since the House of Mouse debuted in 2001.
Personality
Yet, through it all, Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind, for with each dawn she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would come true.
Opening narration
Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, birds, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. She would also protect her animal companions from her stepfamily, mostly the mice, and would take it upon herself to make sure they were well-fed, clothed, and had places to stay. In gratitude, the birds and mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The particular devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily (though her dreams and other goals also seemed to be of romance, especially with the lyrics from "So This is Love" where Cinderella and the Prince sing, "So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of.") However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
Cinderella is also witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, especially seen when she stands up for herself as being able to go to the ball, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Highness" and "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences. She also is shown to have common sense, as shown after Drizella and Anastasia rushed to Lady Tremaine in fear about how Cinderella had allegedly put a mouse in their teacup, Cinderella, hearing the report, immediately deduced that it had been Lucifer who had actually been responsible, and forced him to reveal Gus, allowing Gus a quick escape. She also happens to be quite intelligent, as shown when she thinks of how poorly she's raised and figure out a way to escape, as demonstrated when she strategized with her animals friends from her room and keep the glass slipper a secret until the right time in case the other one gets destroyed.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, Cinderella further utilizes her bravery and kindness as she navigates through her new life as a princess. In the film's first segment, Aim To Please, Cinderella is tasked with organizing a royal banquet to test her worthiness as the kingdom's new princess. With her upbringing as a servant, Cinderella struggles to adapt to the lavish traditions of the palace, but ultimately decides to break tradition and throw the party her own way. The segment also reveals that her hard-working, independent nature persists even as a princess, when she is shown to prefer cooking breakfast herself instead of leaving it to the castle staff, an aspect which would be majorly expanded upon in the next sequel. The third segment, A Uncommon Romance sees Cinderella helping her stepsister, Anastasia, when she discovers she and a local baker have fallen in love, showing that Cinderella is willing to forgive her stepfamily for their mistreatment of her.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she is magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and vain influence when it becomes clear that she is also being abused and manipulated by her mother. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. She is able to defeat her stepmother from causing more harm to the kingdom, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
Physical appearance
Cinderella is a beautiful young woman of slender build, an hourglass figure, and a softly-shaped, kind face. Her skin is fair and flawless, and she has pink lips and blue eyes. Cinderella's hair is strawberry-blonde (golden blonde in most merchandise and sandy blonde in the 2023 remaster of the 1950 film) and medium-length with soft bangs.
In her initial appearance before changing to her maid outfit, she wears a light blue long-sleeved collared nightgown adorned with a blue ribbon and black ballet flats from her maid outfit. Her hair is tied in two low pigtailed braids before removing the blue ribbons on each side to make it loose.
During the bath scene, when she removes her collared nightgown and being showered by her several bird friends using a wet sponge, Cinderella's hair is tied into a bun.
In most of her appearances, she was seen in a maid's outfit, which consisted of a dark brown bodice with long, light aquamarine sleeves and a brown, knee-length skirt. Her hair was softly tied back into a low ponytail with an aqua ribbon. She also wore a white apron and a pair of black ballet flats with gray soles. On her occasional tasks, she wore a white apron and a kerchief in her hair. While doing outdoor chores, she wore brown wooden clogs over her black flats. At the near end of the movie, her hair is now loose rather than in a low ponytail. In later appearances in both sequels, Cinderella's maid outfit sleeves are now pale blue, and her hair remains loose.
For her first ball gown, modified from one that belonged to her late mother, she wore a frilly, sleeveless, pink-and-white dress with pink ribbons and a sash with a jade beaded necklace before her stepsisters violently mess up with it after seeing their discarded items being sewn onto it. She also wore a hair band with a white bow and red dress shoes with her gown.
Her second dress and most commonly seen sleeveless dress is a sparkling silvery-whitish ball gown with a low-cut neckline, pale cornflower blue bustle, white-capped sleeves, white armpit length opera gloves, a delicate laced white petticoat, and glass slippers topped with sparkly hearts. (It should be noted, though, that the ball gown is often colored light powder blue in merchandise and later productions.) Her hair is pulled up into a variation of a French twist complimented with a very light bluish-gray band over it with large gems on both ends of the band (in recent merchandise, the two gems of the band have been replaced with diamond earrings). She also wears a simple black choker around her neck.
Her wedding dress consists of a beautiful white dress and petticoat that exposed little cleavage. She uses her hair in a bun (though in the original film, we do not see where her bun is. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, we see it as a low bun) with a white tiara and a cap. Her veil is pulled back from her hair. The dress has long triangular sleeves, with a black choker around the neck (a white ribbon in Cinderella III), along with white dress shoes.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, she wore a pink-and-white version of her original iconic Princess dress. While getting ready for the banquet in the same segment, she had to wear was a pink, formal, and rather puffy dress with a cage crinoline underneath, an elaborate hairstyle with several pink bows and pearls, pearl earrings, white armpit length opera gloves, and pink high-heeled shoes.
The dress she wears to the royal ball she arranges is a sea green/teal ball gown rather like her original, but with a corset attached to a flat triangular overskirt and a spiky-laced white petticoat. She has a simple black choker with emeralds hanging on it. Cinderella wears a more sea green version of her original headband and evening gloves. She also has the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In both "Aim to Please" and "Tail Tail", she wore a blue-and-white version of her maid outfit with the same black flats. During the party in "Tail Tail", she wore a yellow ball gown with the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In "An Uncommon Romance" she has the same maid outfit and a light blue colored variant of her ball gown from the original film.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella wore two wedding gowns along with her maid outfit. She also has two normal outfits at the beginning of the movie. In her initial appearance before Lady Tremaine altering the time using the Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella was seen in her normal outfit similar to her husband Prince Charming's; a light brown formal vest with a pale yellow long-sleeved collared shirt, cream-colored long skirt and brown heels. Her hair is left loose while wearing this outfit. Her other outfit which it was seen in her portrait with her husband, she was seen wearing a similar outfit as the first outfit as her formal vest is brown, her long skirt is gold with a light-yellow petticoat as the length of the skirt covers her brown heels and has a matching light-yellow tie on the collar.
When disguised as a housemaid, she wore a full white frilled apron with matching bonnet with her maid ou
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Background information
Feature films
Cinderella
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey's House of Villains
Teacher's Pet (cameo)
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Cinderella (2015)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sneakerella (cameo)
Wish (cameo)
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Short films
The Art of Vacationing
The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club (cameo)
Once Upon a Studio
Shows
Walt Disney anthology series
Mickey Mouse Works (cameo)
House of Mouse
A Poem Is...
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (cameo)
Sofia the First
Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Elena of Avalor (cameo)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Chibi Tiny Tales
Video games
Disney Princess
Cinderella's Dollhouse
Cinderella: Magical Dreams
Disney Princess: Royal Adventure
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Meteos: Disney Magic
Disney Universe
Disney Princess Enchanting Storybooks
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
Disney Infinity series (townsperson)
Cinderella Free Fall
Disney Tsum Tsum
Disney Emoji Blitz
Disney Magic Kingdoms
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Disney Magical Dice
Just Dance: Disney Party
Disney Princess Majestic Quest
PAC-MAN: Ralph Breaks the Maze
Disney POP TOWN (costume)
Disney Wonderful Worlds
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Disney Mirrorverse
Park attractions
Cinderella's Golden Carousel
Fantasmic!
Dream Along With Mickey
Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour
Mickey Mouse Revue
Mickey's Soundsational Parade
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Main Street Electrical Parade
SpectroMagic
Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade
Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
It's a Small World
Cinderella's Royal Coronation
World of Color
Celebrate the Magic
Disney Dreams!
Princess Fairytale Hall
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Stitch's Great Escape! (cameo; voice only)
Remember... Dreams Come True
Parade of the Stars
Paint the Night Parade
Mickey and the Magician
Twice Charmed
Cinderella's Surprise Celebration
Once Upon a Time
Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light
Nightfall Glow
Magic Happens
Happiness is Here Parade
Dreaming Up!
Minnie's Tiara of Dreams
Animators
Eric Larson
Marc Davis
Mark Henn (OUAS)
Les Clark
Hugh Fraser
Voice
Ilene Woods (original)
Anne Lloyd (WDSPFD)
Patricia Parris (DRA)
Kath Soucie (DP)
Jennifer Hale (2000-present)
Tami Tappan Damiano (singing C3)
Karen Strassman (MMtv)
Portrayed by
Jessy Schram, Alejandra Perez, and Dania Ramirez (OUAT)
Lily James (C2015)
Eloise Webb (child; C2015)
Brandy Norwood (DTROR)
Morgan Dudley (young; DTROR)
Performance model
Helene Stanley
Scarlett Johansson (in Disney Dream Portrait Series)
Inspiration
Cinderella from the original fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Ingrid Bergman
Helene Stanley
Character information
Other names
Cinderelly
Servant Girl
Child
Dear
Darling
Young Lady
Mademoiselle
Señorita
Cindy
Princess Cinderella
Occupation
Princess
The Tremaines' housekeeper (formerly)
Affiliations
Disney Princesses
Home
Her château (formerly)
King's Castle (current residence)
Likes
Dreams, going to balls, dancing, singing, animals, romance, magic, flowers, horseback riding, trying new things, being independent
Dislikes
Mistreatment, being miserable, Anastasia and Drizella tormenting and bullying her, Lady Tremaine scolding her, Lucifer's mischief, Lucifer mocking and tormenting her, losing her shoes, the old castle traditions, Anastasia being humiliated for choosing her own path, getting perfume in her face
Powers and abilities
Communication with animals
Paraphernalia
Glass slipper
Dress
Status
Active
Family information
Parents
Unnamed father †
Unnamed mother †
Lady Tremaine (stepmother)
Siblings
Drizella Tremaine (stepsister)
Anastasia Tremaine (stepsister)
Other relatives
Fairy Godmother (godmother)
The King (father-in-law)
The Queen † (mother-in-law)
Partner(s)
Prince Charming (husband)
Pets
Bruno (dog)
Major (horse)
Source
More
This article is about the animated character. For other pages that share the same name, see Cinderella.
Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name
Cinderella, you're a sunset in a frame
Though you're dressed in rags, you wear an air of queenly grace
Anyone can see a throne would be your proper place.
Lyrics to the original film's opening song
Cinderella is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1950 animated feature film of the same name. After the death of her mother, her father remarried, believing that she "needed a mother's care". He died shortly thereafter, upon which she was forced to work as a scullery maid for her wicked stepmother, Lady Tremaine and two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
Despite the cruelty of her jealous stepfamily, Cinderella remained kind, spirited, and internally beautiful. Her faith and everlasting optimism manifested itself into a Fairy Godmother, whose magic served as a catalyst for Cinderella's ascent from servant to princess.
Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line-up, preceded by Snow White.
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Background
Cinderella was born to wealthy, unnamed parents who treated their daughter with great love. The family resided in a château, just beyond a small- but powerful- kingdom. Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named Lady Tremaine, who notably had two daughters of her own, both around Cinderella's age: Anastasia and Drizella. After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left the once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. This went on for many years, but Cinderella's personality remained sweet, humble, and kind.
Official Description
Cinderella is kind to all, especially her mice friends, Jaq and Gus. She has faith that if you keep on believing, your wish will come true. With help from her fairy godmother, she gets a chance to live her dreams.
Development
The Disney version of Cinderella was based on the protagonist of the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, "Cinderella", written in 1698.
Cinderella was animated by Marc Davis and Eric Larson, but the two animators did not have the same perception of the character, accentuating the elegance of Davis and Larson's opting for simplicity. This resulted in Cinderella being a more complicated character than her predecessor Snow White, due to her duality. As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the live-action reference for Cinderella. She later was asked to do the same kind of work for the characters of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
According to Christopher Finch, the author of The Art of Walt Disney:
Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create the character. The animators understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.
Voice
About 400 contestants auditioned for the role of Cinderella. Out of all of them, Walt Disney chose Ilene Woods, who worked on the radio at the time and did not know anything about the audition itself. One day, her colleagues Mack David and Jerry Livingston asked her to sing a song from Cinderella, and she agreed. Then, without saying a word to her, friends of Ilene transferred to the office of film at Disney. After listening to the material, Walt Disney immediately decided that he had found the voice with which to speak and sing its main character, and contacted Ilene.
When casting for Cinderella II: Dreams Come True in 1999, Jennifer Hale was selected as Woods was deemed too old to be able to produce the sweetness needed for Cinderella. Hale has been the main voice of Cinderella since the House of Mouse debuted in 2001.
Personality
Yet, through it all, Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind, for with each dawn she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would come true.
Opening narration
Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, birds, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. She would also protect her animal companions from her stepfamily, mostly the mice, and would take it upon herself to make sure they were well-fed, clothed, and had places to stay. In gratitude, the birds and mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The particular devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily (though her dreams and other goals also seemed to be of romance, especially with the lyrics from "So This is Love" where Cinderella and the Prince sing, "So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of.") However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
Cinderella is also witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, especially seen when she stands up for herself as being able to go to the ball, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Highness" and "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences. She also is shown to have common sense, as shown after Drizella and Anastasia rushed to Lady Tremaine in fear about how Cinderella had allegedly put a mouse in their teacup, Cinderella, hearing the report, immediately deduced that it had been Lucifer who had actually been responsible, and forced him to reveal Gus, allowing Gus a quick escape. She also happens to be quite intelligent, as shown when she thinks of how poorly she's raised and figure out a way to escape, as demonstrated when she strategized with her animals friends from her room and keep the glass slipper a secret until the right time in case the other one gets destroyed.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, Cinderella further utilizes her bravery and kindness as she navigates through her new life as a princess. In the film's first segment, Aim To Please, Cinderella is tasked with organizing a royal banquet to test her worthiness as the kingdom's new princess. With her upbringing as a servant, Cinderella struggles to adapt to the lavish traditions of the palace, but ultimately decides to break tradition and throw the party her own way. The segment also reveals that her hard-working, independent nature persists even as a princess, when she is shown to prefer cooking breakfast herself instead of leaving it to the castle staff, an aspect which would be majorly expanded upon in the next sequel. The third segment, A Uncommon Romance sees Cinderella helping her stepsister, Anastasia, when she discovers she and a local baker have fallen in love, showing that Cinderella is willing to forgive her stepfamily for their mistreatment of her.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she is magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and vain influence when it becomes clear that she is also being abused and manipulated by her mother. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. She is able to defeat her stepmother from causing more harm to the kingdom, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
Physical appearance
Cinderella is a beautiful young woman of slender build, an hourglass figure, and a softly-shaped, kind face. Her skin is fair and flawless, and she has pink lips and blue eyes. Cinderella's hair is strawberry-blonde (golden blonde in most merchandise and sandy blonde in the 2023 remaster of the 1950 film) and medium-length with soft bangs.
In her initial appearance before changing to her maid outfit, she wears a light blue long-sleeved collared nightgown adorned with a blue ribbon and black ballet flats from her maid outfit. Her hair is tied in two low pigtailed braids before removing the blue ribbons on each side to make it loose.
During the bath scene, when she removes her collared nightgown and being showered by her several bird friends using a wet sponge, Cinderella's hair is tied into a bun.
In most of her appearances, she was seen in a maid's outfit, which consisted of a dark brown bodice with long, light aquamarine sleeves and a brown, knee-length skirt. Her hair was softly tied back into a low ponytail with an aqua ribbon. She also wore a white apron and a pair of black ballet flats with gray soles. On her occasional tasks, she wore a white apron and a kerchief in her hair. While doing outdoor chores, she wore brown wooden clogs over her black flats. At the near end of the movie, her hair is now loose rather than in a low ponytail. In later appearances in both sequels, Cinderella's maid outfit sleeves are now pale blue, and her hair remains loose.
For her first ball gown, modified from one that belonged to her late mother, she wore a frilly, sleeveless, pink-and-white dress with pink ribbons and a sash with a jade beaded necklace before her stepsisters violently mess up with it after seeing their discarded items being sewn onto it. She also wore a hair band with a white bow and red dress shoes with her gown.
Her second dress and most commonly seen sleeveless dress is a sparkling silvery-whitish ball gown with a low-cut neckline, pale cornflower blue bustle, white-capped sleeves, white armpit length opera gloves, a delicate laced white petticoat, and glass slippers topped with sparkly hearts. (It should be noted, though, that the ball gown is often colored light powder blue in merchandise and later productions.) Her hair is pulled up into a variation of a French twist complimented with a very light bluish-gray band over it with large gems on both ends of the band (in recent merchandise, the two gems of the band have been replaced with diamond earrings). She also wears a simple black choker around her neck.
Her wedding dress consists of a beautiful white dress and petticoat that exposed little cleavage. She uses her hair in a bun (though in the original film, we do not see where her bun is. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, we see it as a low bun) with a white tiara and a cap. Her veil is pulled back from her hair. The dress has long triangular sleeves, with a black choker around the neck (a white ribbon in Cinderella III), along with white dress shoes.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, she wore a pink-and-white version of her original iconic Princess dress. While getting ready for the banquet in the same segment, she had to wear was a pink, formal, and rather puffy dress with a cage crinoline underneath, an elaborate hairstyle with several pink bows and pearls, pearl earrings, white armpit length opera gloves, and pink high-heeled shoes.
The dress she wears to the royal ball she arranges is a sea green/teal ball gown rather like her original, but with a corset attached to a flat triangular overskirt and a spiky-laced white petticoat. She has a simple black choker with emeralds hanging on it. Cinderella wears a more sea green version of her original headband and evening gloves. She also has the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In both "Aim to Please" and "Tail Tail", she wore a blue-and-white version of her maid outfit with the same black flats. During the party in "Tail Tail", she wore a yellow ball gown with the same French twist hairstyle from her original Princess dress.
In "An Uncommon Romance" she has the same maid outfit and a light blue colored variant of her ball gown from the original film.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella wore two wedding gowns along with her maid outfit. She also has two normal outfits at the beginning of the movie. In her initial appearance before Lady Tremaine altering the time using the Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella was seen in her normal outfit similar to her husband Prince Charming's; a light brown formal vest with a pale yellow long-sleeved collared shirt, cream-colored long skirt and brown heels. Her hair is left loose while wearing this outfit. Her other outfit which it was seen in her portrait with her husband, she was seen wearing a similar outfit as the first outfit as her formal vest is brown, her long skirt is gold with a light-yellow petticoat as the length of the skirt covers her brown heels and has a matching light-yellow tie on the collar.
When disguised as a housemaid, she wore a full white frilled apron with matching bonnet with her maid ou
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