Sleepy is a male dwarf.
Description[]
Sleepy is one of the Seven Dwarfs living together in their cottage in an enchanted kingdom in the Black Forest, and spends his days mining for jewels with the others. As his name implies, Sleepy is always sleepy, never wasting an opportunity to lie down and yawning more often than he talks. Sleepy is often tailed by a Fly as lazy as himself, whom he has begrudgingly grown to like. Along with his siblings, Sleepy took Snow White in after she fled from her stepmother's murderous intentions, and ended up befriending her.
Behind the scenes[]
Sleepy first appeared in 1937 in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Among the many unused Dwarves, one can find the name "Lazy" in development notes circa 1934. It is likely "Lazy" was to be a variation on the same character, more than a character in his own right.
Voice Actors[]
- Sterling Holloway (planned voice, used only in test recordings)
- Pinto Colvig (classic voice between 1937 and 1954)
- Jerry Riley (Musical)
- Bill Farmer (recurring voice since 2004)