LADY TREMAINE

'Lady Tremaine' (also known as 'Stepmother to Cinderella') is the main villain from Disney's animated classic ''Cinderella''. She is based off of the original character from the Cinderella fairy tale created by Charles Perrault. Her original voice actress, Eleanor Audley, would later be the voice actress for the evil witch Maleficent in ''Sleeping Beauty'', which was released nine years later. There can be many likenesses drawn from the art styles of Maleficent and Lady Tremaine.
Lady Tremaine is first introduced when Cinderella's father, a wealthy widower, felt that she needed a mother figure. He married the widowed Lady Tremaine. She was described as a woman of good family who had two preteen daughters the same age as Cinderella: Drizella (the older stepsister) and Anastasia (the younger stepsister). Both were rather plain and socially awkward (although Anastasia is reformed in ''). She also owned a very stubborn, malicious cat named Lucifer, who was just like her in terms of personality. Lady Tremaine was nice to her stepdaughter and treated her just like her real daughters if not better, but she had a dark secret to hide. She was a bitter, cruel, and selfish woman determined to forward her own interests as well as that of her daughters. She was openly jealous of the kind and beautiful Cinderella, who was hampered and abused by her stepfamily until she became a maid in her own household.
Cold, ruthless, and calculating, Lady Tremaine's primary role as antagonist is simple: to oppress Cinderella and shatter her dream of a happily ever after. Throughout the film, Lady Tremaine repeatedly tries to keep Cinderella as downtrodden as possible and will stop at nothing to prevent her from being happy.
She made her second appearance in the direct-to-video sequel '', this time voiced by Susan Blakeslee. In this film, she only appeared in the ''An Uncommon Romance'' segment, where Anastasia has to go against her mother for the first time.
Her latest appearance was in the second direct-to-video ''Cinderella'' sequel, '' (once again voiced by Blakeslee). This time, she manages to get a hold of the Fairy Godmother's wand because Anastasia brought it to her. Lady Tremaine then uses the wand to reverse time so that the slipper fits Anastasia. The Prince realizes that Anastasia is the wrong girl, but Lady Tremaine makes him forget about Cinderella and marry Anastasia. Cinderella tries to steal the wand, but in the end Lady Tremaine catches Cinderella and tries to ship her away. At the same time, Drizella (but not the not-so-wicked and sympathetic Anastasia) taunts Cinderella for being shipped out of the kingdom. The mice tell the Prince the truth. The prince saves Cinderella from shipping away. Lady Tremaine then uses the wand to turn Anastasia into a clone of Cinderella, and puts Cinderella onto an evil pumpkin carriage with Lucifer as the coachman. In the end Cinderella stops the wedding, and Lady Tremaine and Drizella are turned into toads when the wand's magic is reflected off the prince's sword. Lady Tremaine intended to turn both Cinderella and Anastasia into toads, on the suggestion of Drizella, after Anastasia said "I don't" when she should have been saying "I do" (Anastasia did this especially for unselfish reasons). Anastasia told her mother that she wanted someone to love her for her when her mother was angry at her refusal. After the end credits, Lady Tremaine and Drizella are shown to be returned to their true forms but, as punishment, are wearing work clothes identical to those Cinderella used to wear; the implication is that they will be working in the palace as servants.
Aside from the films, Lady Tremaine has also made various appearances on the Disney Channel series ''House of Mouse''; she frequently shares a table with another famous wicked stepmother, the Queen from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Again, in these appearances, she is voiced by Susan Blakeslee.

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★ List of Disney villains