Margaret Hamilton is the witch. Appearing on screen in ... though it’s pretty good – but the original Maleficent in 1959’s Sleeping Beauty. Voiced by Eleanor Audley (who also played ...

A new social media from Walt Disney World hints at the next complimentary Annual Passholder magnet, likely inspired by ...

From villain of the moment Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent to the iconic Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz and the nastiest woman you'll ever see in pink tweed, Harry Potter's Dolores Umbridge ...

This suggests she was wronged in the past, and not as unjustifiably evil as she seemed in 1959's Sleeping Beauty. And Maleficent's isn't the first villainous origin story we've seen of late.