| Princess Aurora | |
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 Aurora in her ball gown. |
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| First appearance | Sleeping Beauty (1959) |
| Last appearance | Maleficent (2014) |
| Created by | Charles Perrault Marc Davis (supervising animator) |
| Voiced by | Mary Costa (original film) Erin Torpey (speaking, sequels/some merchandise) Cassidy Ladden (singing, sequels) Christie Houser (singing, studio) Jennifer Hale (speaking, House of Mouse, Kingdom Hearts, merchandise, games, currently) Kazumi Evans (singing, currently) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Briar Rose |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Princess |
| Title | Sleeping Beauty |
| Family | King Stefan (father) Queen Leah (mother) |
| Spouse(s) | Prince Phillip |
| Nationality | French[1] |
Created by Walt Disney and animated by Marc Davis, Aurora is the princess of a fictionalized English kingdom and the only daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. At her birth, good fairies predicted that she would one day possess great beauty of person and of voice. However, on that day, she was also cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent, who foretold that on her sixteenth birthday, she would prick her finger on a Spinning wheel and die. One of the good fairies then altered the curse so that, when pricked with the spinning wheel, she would only fall into a deep slumber, from which she would only be awakened by the kiss of Prince Phillip, to whom she was betrothed at birth.
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Development [edit]
The original character design of Aurora was done by Tom Oreb, who modeled the princess after the elegant, slender features of actress Audrey Hepburn.[2][6][7] Aurora's lead animator, Marc Davis, who previously animated Cinderella,[8] working with sketches by Oreb, finished the appearance and clothing of the heroine, so that they would blend with the angular forms of the background images.[2] In "Sleeping Beauty", he also animated the wicked Maleficent.[9]As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired an actress to perform live-action scenes as a reference for the animation process. Actress Helene Stanley performed the live-action reference for Princess Aurora.[10][11] She did the same kind of work for the characters of Anita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Cinderella.[12][13]
According to Christopher Finch, 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 character. [...] [The animators] understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.[14] | ” |
Voice [edit]
Once, Mary Costa (voice of Aurora) attended a party with her future husband, director Frank Tashlin, where she happened to connect with the right people, and soon found herself auditioning for the part of Princess Aurora,[19] where for about three years conducted an audition on the role of Aurora.[20] The singer started having problems with the voice of the character: since Mary Costa was from the South, she spoke with a southern accent, but Aurora was not from the American South, so Costa had to resist slipping into her natural accent while recording.[15]Characteristics [edit]
Aurora is a 16-year old maiden with long golden blonde hair, rose red lips, violet eyes, and a fair complexion. Aurora is best described as sweet, naive, playful, and refined. She doesn't like the fact that the fairies won't let her meet anybody and often longs to meet new people and do new things. Aurora is heartbroken when she learns she must never see the handsome stranger again. But, as she is still naive about the world, she returns to her parents' palace, since she still believes her "aunts" know what's best for her.Costumes [edit]
As Briar Rose, Aurora wears a house dress consisting of a gray skirt, a black bodice, and a cream-colored blouse. She also wears a purple shawl and a black headband. Later, she wears a hooded blue stole.Finally, Aurora wears her ball gown that the three fairies made her for the ball. Aurora's ball gown features a petal-style peplum and long triangular mitts for the arms. Flora and Merryweather argue over the color being blue or pink, but Aurora's ball gown is finally pink as the storybook closes, so Flora wins. Aurora also wears pink stiletto heels, a gold choker, and a gold tiara.
In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, Aurora wears a pink gown similar to her signature ball gown, along with her usual stiletto heels, choker, and tiara. At bedtime, she wears a powder blue nightgown with a matching headband, and uses the wand to briefly turn it into a gold bouffant gown with a matching necklace, earrings, and tiara.
Appearances [edit]
Sleeping Beauty [edit]
Main article: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Princess Aurora was born from King Stefan and his wife, Queen Leah.
At her christening, she was given gifts by two of the three fairies
that showed up. Following this, the evil fairy named Maleficent showed
up, angry at not being invited, and put a curse on Aurora stating that
at the age of sixteen, she would prick her finger on the spindle from
the spinning wheel and die. Luckily the third good fairy, named
Merryweather, had not presented a gift yet and is able to change the
curse to sleep instead of death which only True Love's Kiss could break.
Concerned, the three good fairies take Aurora to a secluded cottage in
the forest and change her name to Briar Rose. When Aurora grows to be a
teenager, she is dancing and singing in the forest when she meets a
handsome man who happened to hear her singing. Briar Rose does not
realize he is Prince Phillip who is betrothed to her, and they agree to
meet again that evening.Meanwhile the three good fairies are preparing for her birthday and to surprise her with the news that she is a princess. But when Briar Rose returns with the news of meeting a strange but enchanting man, the fairies must tell her she can never see him again. The three fairies tell her about the future that is set for her and that night they take her back to the castle. Aurora is saddened that she will never see the man from the forest and breaks into tears. The three fairies exit the room they secretly entered so as to let the princess have a few moments alone. Aurora suddenly sees a floating spark of light cast by Maleficent and, in a trance, follows the spark through the back of the fireplace and up a staircase to an abandoned empty room to a spinning wheel that was conjured up. All the three good fairies try to stop her, but Maleficent's spell is too strong and Aurora touches the spindle, pricking her finger. She is then put in a bed by the fairies where she can sleep peacefully within the highest tower. To prevent further hurt in the kingdom, the fairies put the whole kingdom to sleep. They discover from King Hubert that his son Prince Phillip was the man in the forest that Aurora had met and he's walking into a trap, and they help him confront Maleficent. After Prince Phillip fights and seemingly kills Maleficent, who transformed into a dragon, he moves upstairs to where Aurora slumbers and kisses her on her lips; she wakes up from the spell and smiles. They dance at the ball announcing her betrothal.[21][22]
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams [edit]
Main article: Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
In the beginning of the movie, Princess Aurora introduces herself.
This is very important, since little can be known about Aurora's
personality from Sleeping Beauty. After she asks a question, she
guides the viewer to the scene where she is told by her father, King
Stefan and her mother, Leah, that being a princess is so easy. Then
after both her parents and Prince Phillip leave, she has some duties to
do when as a princess. During the "Keys To The Kingdom" musical number,
she orders her servants to cook food, plant tulips, lilies, and orange
trees, cut topiary, and paint the trellis pink. She has been taken to
the table in a chair where she can wait for her guests to come for the
party. Later on, the clumsy Duke helps her sign the forms and reviews
what she has found. There is a speech sheet with a golden medal on it King Hubert has forgotten to take. She instantly sends it to the three good fairies
and is told by Merryweather that she has to use her wand for magic.
When she uses it to make the giant chickens, green pigs, and brown cows
appear, one of the brown cows chases the Duke. She then manages to sell
cows to the farmer who meets her and the other peasants who wait for too
long. After Prince Phillip, King Hubert, her parents and the Good
fairies return, they all attend a banquet together and she talks about
how she enjoyed her own duties. After the movie Aurora thanks the viewer
for watching her story and gives a goodbye wave and she is shown as the
main protagonist.[23]
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