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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

FantasyAnimationRomanceFamily3.5

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

February 17, 1959 · Directed by Clyde Geronimi

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Runtime1h 15m
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Feels like1h 10m
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Cast & crew

Mary Costa
Princess Aurora (voice)
Bill Shirley
Prince Phillip (voice)
Eleanor Audley
Maleficent (voice)
Verna Felton
Flora / Queen Leah (voice)
Barbara Luddy
Merryweather (voice)
Barbara Jo Allen
Fauna (voice)
Taylor Holmes
King Stefan (voice)
Bill Thompson
King Hubert (voice)
Marvin Miller
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Candy Candido
Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig
Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Amsberry
Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)

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