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Snow White is a fictional character and the main protagonist from Walt Disney's first animated feature film 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She is first member of the Disney Princesses. The character of Snow White was derived from a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the Bavarian one collected by the Brothers Grimm. Snow White was voiced by Adriana Caselotti in the original film with various others taking over the role since.

Development
Walt Disney had difficulty finding a suitable voice for Snow White. A casting director for Disney phoned a well-known voice coach named Guido Caselotti, to help him. Overhearing the conversation, Caselotti's daughter Adriana got on the phone and sang and spoke in a young girl's voice. Embarrassed, Guido ordered his daughter to get off the phone, but the casting director had already invited her to audition. After Walt heard her, he cast her immediately.

Appearances
Snow White, first appears in the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). In the film she is depicted as living under her wicked, vain step mother, a Queen, who forces Snow White to slave labor fearing that one day that one day that her beauty would become greater than hers. After many years, the Queen's magic mirror confirms Snow White as being the "fairest of them all" causing the Queen casts Snow White out and sends a huntsman to kill her. Unable to do so, the huntsman helps Snow White escape into the forest. Snow White stumbles upon the home of the seven dwarfs who happily aid her.

The Queen discovers that Snow White has survived and uses magic to disguise herself as an old hag and creates a poisoned apple that will kill whoever that eats it will be put into "Sleeping Death" and only a kiss of true love could revive her. When the dwarfs are away the hag arrives at the dwarfs cottage and offers Snow White the poisoned apple, unbeknownst to her that it is the Queen in disguise. Snow White bites into the apple and falls into a coma. The dwarfs discovering what had happened track down the Queen and short fight ensues and the Queen is killed. Believing her dead the dwarfs build an open grave for Snow White to rest on. Time passes and the Prince comes across Snow White, saddened by her apparent death, kisses her causing her to awaken. Snow White and the Prince go off to live in his castle.

In other media
Snow White is is an official member of the Disney Princess line, a prominent franchise directed at young girls. The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including but not limited to magazines, music albums, toys, video games, clothes and stationery.

Snow White's Scary Adventures is a dark ride dedicated to the princess and her story at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris theme parks. Located in Fantasyland, was one of the few remaining attractions operational on Disneyland's opening day in 1955. The ride was taken down in May 2012 as part of the New Fantasyland expansion.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is an upcoming 2014 attraction at Magic Kingdom, that is based on the film, and includes the Dwarfs' Cottage and a new mine train roller coaster.

Princess Fairytale Hall is an attraction at the Magic Kingdom that replaces Snow White's Scary Adventures.

Aside from appearing in video games related to the Disney Princess franchise media as well as appearances on the television show Disney's House of Mouse, Snow White also appears in the popular Kingdom Hearts series as one of the Disney Princesses of Heart. She first appears in the first Kingdom Hearts as a Princess of Heart captured by Maleficent. She reprises her role from the film in the PlayStation Portable game, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Snow White is in  Once Upon a Time as a regular cast character she is portrayed by Ginnifer Goodwin. The Walt Disney Company currently has a trademark application pending with the US Patent and Trademark Office, filed November 19, 2008, for the name "Snow White" that would cover all live and recorded movie, television, radio, stage, computer, Internet, news, and photographic entertainment uses, except literature works of fiction and nonfiction.

Reception and legacy
John C. Flinn Sr. of  Variety gave a very positive of the character review saying "Snow White is the embodiment of girlish sweetness and kindness." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times had a more negative perspective believing that Snow White did little while inspiring others to jump into action, also stating that Snow White is a "bit of a bore" and went on to say that "Disney's inspiration was not in creating Snow White but in creating her world." Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media gave a fairly positive review of Snow White saying "although Snow White may not be as brave as Mulan, as intelligent as Belle, or as talented as  Ariel, she is, like Cinderella after her, the sweetest among the Disney Princesses". But she did mention that it is not realistic for young girls to wait for a prince to come to their rescue, in reference to the song Some Day My Prince Will Come. Desson Thomson of The Washington Post had a rather negative view of Snow White writing, "Snow White may be pure, but she has no real estate, is compulsive about house-cleaning and talks to animals." TV Guide's review praised the character saying Snow White's singing voice is her strong point and that "she's the favorite heroine of many animation auteurs."

Snow White is one of the few fictional characters with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.