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Villain’s Gallery: Maleficent from ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Jennifer Fickley-Baker

by , Editorial Content Manager, Walt Disney World Resort

This week’s look at a Disney villain shines a spotlight on Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty.”

First appearing in the 1959 film, Maleficent’s villainous deeds vary from her putting a curse on a baby Princess Aurora to tricking a 16-year-old Aurora into pricking her finger on a spinning wheel. Maleficent’s anger eventually got the best of her when she turned herself into a dragon to battle the princess’s love, Prince Phillip. To read more, click here.