Paige O'Hara
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Paige O'Hara is an American actress, singer, and painter. O'Hara began her career as a Broadway actress in 1975 when she portrayed Della in The Gift of the Magi. In 1991, she made her motion picture d
O'Hara at Animate Miami in 2024
Belle (Disney character)
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Belle is a fictional character in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise. First appearing in the 1991 animated film, Belle is the book-loving daughter of an inventor who yearns for adventure and resp
Paige O'Hara
…Della in The Gift of the Magi. In 1991, she made her motion picture debut in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, in which she voiced the film's heroine, Belle. Following the critical and commercial success of Beauty and the Beast, O'Hara reprised her role as Belle in the film's three direct-to-video follow-ups…
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton based Belle on actress Katherine Hepburn's performance in Little Women (1933).
Belle's voice actress, Paige O'Hara.
British actress Vivien Leigh was one of several classical Hollywood actresses who inspired Belle's physical appearance.
Anneliese van der Pol as Belle in the stage musical