Mary Costa

Mary Costa
Costa in 1976
Born (1930-04-05) April 5, 1930 (age 94)
Alma materLos Angeles Conservatory of Music
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1942–2014 (acting)
Notable workVoice of Aurora in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Spouse
(m. 1953; div. 1966)
AwardsDisney Legend (1999)

Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930)[1] is an American retired actress and singer. Her most notable film credit is providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty. She is the last surviving voice actress of the three Disney Princesses created in Walt Disney's lifetime and was named a Disney Legend in 1999.[1][2][3] She is a recipient of the 2020 National Medal of Arts.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Mary Costa". D23. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ilene Woods, the Voice of Disney's Cinderella, Dies at 81". The New York Times. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Bibbiani, William (September 20, 2018). "Ralph Breaks The Internet: Inside The Disney Princess Scene Everyone's Talking About". IGN. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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