Lucille La Verne

American actress, born in 1872. A veteran of the stage, she appeared in Sinners' Holiday (1930) as Ma Delano. She is perhaps best remembered as the voice of the Queen/Witch in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). She had a long career in both silent and sound films, often playing formidable matriarchs and villainesses. She died in 1945.