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Kathryn Beaumont Levine (born 27 June 1938) is a British-American former actress, singer and school teacher. She is best known for voicing Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1953), for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1998.

Kathryn Beaumont
Born	(1938-06-27) 27 June 1938 (age 84)[1] London, England
Education	University of Southern California
Occupation	Actress singer school teacher
Years active	1943–2005; 2010
Known for	Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan
Spouse	Allan Levine ​ (m. 1985)​ [2]
Awards	Disney Legend (1998)

Early life

Kathryn Beaumont was born to Evelyn and Kenneth Beaumont in London on 27 June 1938.[3] Her mother was a professional dancer, while her father was a singer.[4]

Career

Beaumont made her feature film debut in It Happened One Sunday (1944), which drew interest from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who offered her a contract.[5] She recalled: "MGM was planning to have films with British characters and British-type stories. However, as ideas come and go, they must have shelved the idea because they brought me over and put me under contract, then nothing happened."[5] In spite of this, she did play small parts in MGM's On an Island with You (1948), where she did a Jimmy Durante impression in front of Durante's character, The Secret Garden (1949) and Challenge to Lassie (1949).

After Beaumont had relocated to Los Angeles, Walt Disney Pictures began auditioning young British actresses to portray Alice in their animated version of Alice in Wonderland (1951).[5] Beaumont auditioned and received the role, working under voice director Winston Hibler.[5] Disney subsequently cast her in the voice role of Wendy Darling in their following feature, Peter Pan (1953).[5] In addition to providing her voice, Beaumont also served as the performance model for both characters for live-action reference to help the animators. When performing as Wendy, Beaumont was suspended in the air to simulate flight, although Beaumont had a fear of heights.[6] Walt Disney personally cast Beaumont after seeing the film, On an Island with You. Beaumont reprised her voice acting role as Alice in two episodes of the animated series Disney's House of Mouse (2001–2003) and as both Alice and Wendy in the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts. In 1998, Beaumont was awarded a Disney Legend award for her voice work on the films Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

In 2005, Beaumont retired from acting;[7] the roles of Alice and Wendy were taken over by Hynden Walch. She made a brief return to voice acting in 2010 when she voiced Kairi's grandmother in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.[8]

Personal life

After completing Peter Pan, Beaumont graduated from high school and enrolled at the University of Southern California, where she graduated with a degree in education.[5] Upon graduating from college, Beaumont worked as an elementary school teacher in Los Angeles for 36 years.[5]

Beaumont has been married to her husband, Allan Levine, since 1985.[2]

As of 2020, she is the last surviving cast member of It Happened One Sunday (1944) and Alice in Wonderland (1951) .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1944	It Happened One Sunday	Jill Buckland
1948	On an Island with You	Penelope Peabody
1949	The Secret Garden	Muriel	Uncredited
1949	Challenge to Lassie	Tenement Child	Uncredited
1951	Operation Wonderland	Herself / Alice
1951	Alice in Wonderland	Alice (voice)	Live Action Reference
1953	Peter Pan	Wendy Darling (voice)
1963	Noddy Goes to Toyland	Noddy / Mrs. Tubby Bear / Mrs. Noah / The Little Doll / The Little Doll's Mother (voices)	Uncredited
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	Additional Voices

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	One Hour in Wonderland	Herself / Alice	[1]
1951	The Fred Waring Show	Alice
1951	What's My Line	Herself	1 episode
1955	TV Reader's Digest	Priscilla Mullins	Episode: "The Voyage of Captain Tom Jones, the Pirate"
1955	Climax!	Dorrant's Daughter	Episode: "The First and the Last"
1958	From All of Us to All of You	Alice / Wendy (voices)	TV special
2002	Disney's House of Mouse	Alice (voice)	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Disney's Villains' Revenge	Alice
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Alice / Wendy Darling
2010	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Kairi's Grandma
2013	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix	Alice / Wendy Darling	(archive footage)
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Kairi's Grandma	(archive footage)
2016	Kingdom Hearts χ	Kairi's Grandma	(archive footage)

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1998	Disney Legend Award	Animation – Voice		Won

References

External links

• Kathryn Beaumont at IMDb
• Kathryn Beaumont at the TCM Movie Database
• Kathryn Beaumont at Rotten Tomatoes
• Kathryn Beaumont at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Kathryn Beaumont

Kathryn Beaumont (* 27. Juni 1938 in London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin und Filmsprecherin.

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- [en] Kathryn Beaumont

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[ru] Бомонт, Кэтрин

Кэтрин Бомонт (англ. Kathryn Beaumont; род. 27 июня 1938[2]) — бывшая британская актриса, певица и школьная учительница. Наиболее известна тем, что озвучивала персонажей мультфильмов Disney; Алису в «Алиса в Стране чудес» (1951) и Венди Дарлинг в «Питер Пэн», за которые в 1998 году она была названа «Легендой Диснея». Уолт Дисней лично выбрал Бомонт после просмотра фильма «На острове с тобойruen» (1948), где она сыграла небольшую роль. В дальнейшем Бомонт снова озвучила роль Алисы в двух эпизодах мультсериала «Мышиный дом» (2001—2003) и роли Алисы и Венди в видеоигре Kingdom Hearts (2002).

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