The heartbreaking story of the woman who played Snow White from Disney
Adriana Caselotti played the emblematic role when she was only 18 years old.
In 1937, Disney published her first feature filmanimated feature film withSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The film was a huge success: if you adapt to inflation, it is the most profitable animated film ever made. But the woman who expressed Snow White could not share a large part of her success at the time.
Adriana Caselotti was the woman behind the first Disney princess, but despite her game and her song, she was not credited for the role, and her acting career could not flourish thanks to her participation inWhite as snow. Read the rest to find out more about Caselotti's life after its debut in Disney.
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Caselotti was only 18 years old when she was cast.
According to CaselottiNew York Times ONCROLOGY,She was thrown away as Snow White After his father as a voice coach,Guido CaselottiHe was asked if he had suggestions from young actors in the voice.The independent report thatCaselotti really listened On his father's phone call on the cast and launching himself for the role. She was 18 years old when she obtained the role, but had lied and said that she was 16, because the role was supposed to be for a 14 -year -old child. RegardingVisual model of Snow White, who helped the animators, this role went to the dancerChampion margin.
Caselotti said one day that when she read lines forWhite as snow And singing the songs, she didn't know she was making a feature film.
"They told me that it was going to be a little longer than their shorts, which was 10 to 12 minutes," she said, according toThe New York Times. "So I thought it would be about 20 minutes. I did not know what had happened until I went there at the first. I saw all these film stars -Marlene Dietrich,,Carole Lombard,,Gary Cooper- Everybody was there. I discovered that this thing was an hour and 23 minutes. ""
It was paid $ 970 and did not obtain credit.
AccordingThe New York Times, Caselotti was paid a total of $ 970 for his work on the film. Today, it would be about $ 19,000.
Caselotti and the other actors in the voice inSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs Were not credited for their roles, because Disney wanted to maintain the illusion of real characters.The independent Note that Caselotti even had to sneak in the first.
Unfortunately for the vocal actor, the idea of keeping the characters separated from the real people also extends beyond the film. Caselotti would have been prevented from embarking on theJack Benny Radio broadcast and not authorized to assume other vocal roles in Disney films, so that his voice is associated with Snow White.
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Caselotti was not credited in two other major films.
Caselotti's career did not take off, but it had small roles in two other emblematic films. Unfortunately, it was also not credited for these two parts. SheSinger the line "Why are you Romeo?" During Tin Man's song inThe Wizard of Oz.For that,The independent reports that she was paid $ 100.
Caselotti also appears in the background during a scene inIt's a magnificent life As a singer in a bar thatJimmy Stewart The character goes.
She was finally named Disney Legend.
In recent years, Caselotti is more involved again with Disney. In 1972, she appeared onThe time Julie Andrews and sung songs ofWhite as snow withJulie Andrews. She also appeared to promotional events in the film, including her 1987 reissue. She was finallynamed one of the Disney legends In 1994, when she was 78 years old.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
AccordingThe New York Times, Caselotti worked in real estate and opera song, and she wrote a book on song. She died of cancer in 1997 at 80 years old.
