24 Facts About Maleficent

Maleficent is a fictional character who appears as the main antagonist in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film, Sleeping Beauty.

Maleficent is represented as an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday.

Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, Little Briar Rose.

Maleficent is voiced by Eleanor Audley, who earlier voiced Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in Cinderella.

Revision of the character appeared as the protagonist in the 2014 live-action film Maleficent, portrayed by Angelina Jolie, who reprised the role in the 2019 sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

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Maleficent was voiced by Eleanor Audley, who had previously performed Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in Cinderella.

Maleficent expresses displeasure about not receiving an invitation, to which one of the good fairies named Merryweather replies that she was unwanted.

Later, at her castle in the Forbidden Mountains, a frustrated Maleficent asks her bestial army why they have been unable to find Aurora, who had been hidden and brought up by the three good fairies.

Maleficent learns that they have focused on searching for a baby the entire time, even though 16 years have passed.

When Flora, Merryweather, and Fauna arrive too late, Maleficent appears and taunts three of her arch-rivals into defeating her.

Maleficent later wakes up and by seeing that Diablo has been turned to stone, she discovers that the fairies have freed Phillip from her dungeon.

When she learns that Stefan is king and has had a newborn daughter named Aurora with his wife Queen Leila, Maleficent acts on the notion that true love is nonexistent by casting her curse on the newborn Aurora, which she makes to only be broken by the kiss of true love, as revenge on Stefan.

Maleficent is a recurring character in the animated series Disney's House of Mouse, voiced by Lois Nettleton.

Maleficent appeared as a villain in the series' direct-to-video film Mickey's House of Villains where she takes part in the "It's Our House Now" musical number along with the other villains.

Version of Maleficent appears in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time, played by Kristin Bauer van Straten.

Maleficent was slain by Emma Swan in dragon form in the first season finale, but was later resurrected.

Maleficent is the final boss in the North American version of the video game Mickey Mousecapade created in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Maleficent appears as a major antagonist in the Kingdom Hearts video game series, voiced by Susanne Blakeslee in the English versions and Toshiko Sawada in the Japanese versions.

Maleficent seeks to take control of the many worlds and engulf them in darkness, with Pete acting as her second-in-command.

Maleficent is a playable character in the Disney Infinity video games series, voiced by Rajia Baroudi and sporting her modified appearance from the live-action Angelina Jolie film.

Maleficent usually appears in limited time Events known as Tower Challenges, where she takes part in the Boss Battle of the event.

Maleficent is the protagonist in Serena Valentino's Disney Villains book franchise.

Maleficent was featured in the book sequel to Sleeping Beauty called Maleficent's Revenge.

Original version of Maleficent has been called as "one of the most sinister Disney Villains".