Lucille La Verne Overview:

Actress, Lucille La Verne, was born Lucille Mitchum on Nov 7, 1872 in Nashville, TN. La Verne died at the age of 72 on Mar 4, 1945 in Culver City, CA and was laid to rest in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, CA.

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By Annmarie Gatti on Nov 7, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born November 7, 1872 Character Actress appeared in over 40 films including 1935′s?A Tale of Two Cities (as ‘The Vengeance’). She played her share of vengeful, tattered old hags — most famously ‘appearing’ as the voice (uncredited... Read full article


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Lucille La Verne Quotes:

Queen: Magic Mirror, on the wall, who, *now*, is the fairest one of all?
Magic Mirror: Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest of them all.
Queen: Snow White lies dead in the forest. The huntsman has brought me proof. Behold, her heart.
Magic Mirror: Snow white still lives, fairest in the land. 'Tis the heart of a pig you hold in your hand.
Queen: The heart of a pig! Then I've been tricked!


[the mercenary troops are marching through Paris]
Jacques 116: How many thousands of these foreign soldiers are they bringing in?
Madame De Farge: It doesn't matter how many; it will do them no good.
The Vengeance: It will do them no good. Ha!
Madame De Farge: The starving people of Paris might wait a long time before rising up to fight French soldiers; but against hired, foreign troops... any day... any hour...
The Vengeance: Any minute!


[first lines]
Queen: Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness I summon thee. Speak! Let me see thy face.
Magic Mirror: What wouldst thou know, my Queen?
Queen: Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
Magic Mirror: Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.
Queen: Alas for her! Reveal her name.
Magic Mirror: Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.
Queen: Snow White!


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Lucille La Verne Facts
Provided the voice of the vain, wicked stepmother and her alter-ego, the black-hooded, apple-proffering hag, in Disney's first animated feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

Her wicked voice lending as The Queen in "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" was ranked #10 on the American Film Institute's villains list of 100 years of The Greatest Heroes and Villains.

Was one of the first of the well known Broadway actors to return to stock and regional theaters on occasion to act and direct.

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