The Evil Queen, also known as the Wicked Queen, Queen Grimhilde, or just the Queen, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and remains a villain character in their extended Snow White franchise. She is based on the Evil Queen character from the 1812 German fairy tale "Snow White".
The Witch offering a poisoned apple to Snow White in Gustaf Tenggren's inspirational art for the film
The Evil Queen during Hong Kong Disneyland's Villains Night Out! parade, premiering in 2016, with the peacock motif prominent
The Queen's castle at Fantasyland (1983–2020)
The Queen with her magic books is watched over by the demon Chernabog from Fantasia at Share A Dream Come True Parade 2008
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first animated feature film produced in the United States and the first cel animated feature film. The production was supervised by David Hand, and the film's sequences were directed by Perce Pearce, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Wilfred Jackson, and Ben Sharpsteen.
Walt Disney introduces each of the Seven Dwarfs in the film's original 1937 theatrical trailer.
At Disneyland, Snow White and the Evil Queen take a photo with a visitor in 2012.