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Grimhilde, formerly known as Queen Grimhilde or the Evil Queen and also called the Wicked Witch or Witch Winifred, is a human woman.
Description[]
The sister of enchanter Lord Maliss, Grimhilde was once an extremely vain middle-aged woman. She researched potions and spellbooks, seeking ways to remain beautiful forever and to rule all. She succeeded in her endeavor and actually lived for a millenium.[1] Retreating into the Black Forest, she married the kings of many an enchanted kingdom within, expanding her empire, with the last being the widowed King Leopold. She had come to own an all-seeing Magic Mirror, whom she asked every day who was the most beautiful woman in the land. If the Magic Mirror told the Queen that she was, all was well, but if another woman was named, she would fly into a jealous rage. She would summon Humbert, her Huntsman, and have her killed.
One day, the Magic Mirror told the Queen that her stepdaughter, Princess Snow was the most beautiful in the land. Her face grew pale with anger, and in her madness, the Queen tried desperately to murder Snow White, eventually magically turning herself into an old hag as a “perfect disguise”. This was eventually her undoing, as while she was recovering from severe injuries gotten during the last of her attempts at Snow White's life, and Humbert, her now former Huntsman, burned her castle and her spellbooks with it. By the time Grimhilde found the necessary ingredients to turn back into her usual form and reclaim her throne, Snow White and Prince Ferdinand were ruling the country, and had exposed her treacheries.
Since then, Grimhilde, despite her murder attempts Snow White, has mostly given up on her grand ambitions. After having gone mad, she now fully assumes her 'Wicked Witch' persona and mostly causes harm for the sake of it, though she is easily foiled, having lost much of her cunning. She occasionally causes havoc in Duckburg and Mouseton.
Gallery[]
Behind the scenes[]
She first appeared in 1937 in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Voice Actresses[]
- Lucille La Verne (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
- Eleanor Audley (1949 audiobook)
- June Foray (Disney on Parade)
- Janet Waldo (An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol)
- Anne Francine (musical, Queen form)
- Charles Hall (musical, Witch form)
- Louise Chamis (House of Mouse)
- Gilli Messer (Counting Stars feat. Disney Villains)
References[]
- ↑ According to Carl Barks's The Golden Christmas Tree.