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My Take
Adriana Caselotti holds a strange, poignant place in film history for me. As the voice of Snow White in Disney's 1937 feature, she gave that bright, almost otherworldly soprano to the first character of its kind, and Disney reportedly guarded her so closely that her career barely went anywhere else. That tradeoff fascinates and saddens me: immortality in one role, near-silence afterward. Being named a Disney Legend in 1994, the first female voice artist so honored, feels like overdue recognition. A Connecticut-born, opera-trained singer, she's proof that a single performance can outlive everything around it.
Overview
Adriana Elena Loretta Caselotti (May 6, 1916 – January 19, 1997) was an American actress and singer. Caselotti was best known as the voice of the title character of the first Walt Disney animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1994, making her the first female voice-over artist to achieve this.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adriana Caselotti
- Name (Japanese)
- アドリアナ・カセロッティ
- Reading
- あどりあな・かせろってぃ
- Born
- May 6, 1916 – January 18, 1997
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / film actor / opera singer / dub actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hollywood High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Disney Legends
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.