Sleeping Beauty

About Sleeping Beauty

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

Sleeping Beauty (1959) is an animation fantasy film directed by Clyde Geronimi. It runs 75 minutes and was released in February 1959.

Mary Costa appears as Princess Aurora (voice), Bill Shirley as Prince Phillip (voice), Eleanor Audley as Maleficent (voice), and Verna Felton as Flora. Written by Erdman Penner. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions.

Shelv files it under comforting, fairy tale, princess, and castle. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus.

The Little Mermaid, Shrek, and Maleficent make useful companions to Sleeping Beauty, all filed under cartoon, female villain, and based on fairy tale. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 5,629 TMDB voters and it carries a G rating.