Over the years, 17 women have lent their voices to bring Cinderella, Belle, Mulan, and the other Disney princesses to life.
The newest actress to join the roster is 17-year-old Hawaiian native Auli'i Cravalho, who voices Moana — though her character would insist she's the daughter of the chief, "not a princess."
Here's a little background on the leading ladies behind Disney's princesses.
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The original Disney princess, Snow White befriends small forest creatures and takes a long, curse-induced nap in Disney's 1937 seminal classic, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
In real life, Adriana Caselotti was a convent-educated teenager who beat out 150 actresses.
Source: New York Times
Walt Disney personally hired 18-year-old Caselotti for the role of Snow White in his first feature-length cartoon. She made $20 a day reading lines and singing for a total of $970.
Caselotti said her salary was less than what one of the actors who voiced a dwarf was paid.
After "Snow White," Caselotti sang opera, worked briefly in real estate and the stock market, and wrote a book on singing. Disney never used Caselotti as an actress or vocalist again.
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