“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

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1. A fairy tale in the Grimm collection, about a beautiful young princess whose jealous stepmother tries to kill her. She avoids being killed and hides in a forest cottage occupied by dwarfs. The stepmother finds out where Snow White is, visits her in disguise, and gives her a poisoned apple; Snow White eats it and falls into a deathlike sleep. When a prince kisses her, she awakens from her sleep, and he marries her.

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The wicked stepmother consults a magical mirror several times throughout the story, often asking it, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?”

In the 1930s, Walt Disney made a very popular animated film adaptation of the story of Snow White.

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The unit that launched with 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” has had five movies gross more than $1 billion since 2013, including two Frozens, two Zootopias, and last year’s “Moana 2.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Early roles as Sleepy in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” — “I was a ham,” she admits — led to playing Tyrone in “Fame” and Billy in “Anything Goes.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

His father, Harry Stockwell, voiced the role of Prince Charming in Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and appeared in several Broadway musicals.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” itself has already been slated for remake, as have “The Sword in the Stone,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Pinocchio.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2019

Yet as of Thursday morning, you could still watch “Peter Pan,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Fantasia” on YouTube ad-free.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2013