Fairy Godmother (Disney)

Fairy Godmother
First Episode Appearance	Cinderella (1950)
Created by	Milt Kahl
Character played by	Helena Bonham Carter (2015 film) Melanie Paxson (Descendants)
Character played by	Verna Felton (in Cinderella) Russi Taylor (in sequels) Barbara Dirikson (Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind)
Species	Fairy
Children	Jane (Descendants)

The Fairy Godmother first appears in the film after Cinderella's stepsisters tear her gown to shreds before Prince Charming's ball. She appears in the garden, and greatly transforms her appearance for the ball. She transforms the mice into stallions, Bruno the dog into a footman, Major the horse into a coachman, a pumpkin into a white coach, and transforms her torn dress into a beautiful silvery-blue dress with comfortable glass slippers. Cinderella departs for the ball after the Fairy Godmother warns her that the spell will expire at the stroke of midnight. With her work done, she vanishes into thin air.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True begins with the Fairy Godmother reading the story of Cinderella to the animals until Gus and Jaq arrive. The three of them set off to make a new book to narrate what happens after the "Happily Ever After" by stringing the three segments of the film together into one narrative. During one of the segments, the Fairy Godmother turns Jaq into a human six times taller than his height so that he can help Cinderella in the palace. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, the Fairy Godmother's powerful magic wand is stolen by Anastasia, who accidentally turns her into a stone statue, and her wand is misused by the venomously evil Lady Termaine. The Fairy Godmother is turned back to her normal form at the end of the film. She offers to return Cinderella and Prince Charming to their former lives, but allows the two lovers be live happily ever after...again.

The Fairy Godmother also appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. After the destruction of her world, Castle of Dreams, by Maleficent, she manages to safely escape. She lives in Traverse Town with Merlin, and every time Sora gives her summon gem, she restores that being's spirit, allowing Sora to summon them in battle. She eventually gives Donald Duck the Lord Fortune staff. She also appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep in her own world, reprising the same role as in the film and also shrinking Ventus and Aqua to the size of mice in order to avoid Lady Tremaine spotting them. She also makes a brief appearance in the Re Mind DLC of Kingdom Hearts III where she appears in Radiant Garden, having been asked by Merlin and Yen Sid to assist in the search for Sora by looking into Riku's dreams.

The Fairy Godmother is one of the many guests in Disney's House of Mouse. She also is the host in the Magic, Music and Mayhem live show. She was voiced by Verna Felton in the first film and its sequels voiced by Russi Taylor.

In Italian dub the fairy is called Smemorina, for the scene in first film where she didn't find her magic wand.

She is portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter in the 2015 remake live-action version of the original Disney movie, and also serves as the narrator of the story. As well as casting the spells to create Cinderella's coach, gown, and slippers, she also casts a quick spell to prevent Cinderella's step-family from recognizing her at the ball.

Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm
Characters	Buttons • Cinderella • Ugly sisters • Fairy godmother • Wicked stepmother • Prince Charming
Films	Cinderella (1899) • Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912) • Cinderella (1914) • A Lowland Cinderella (1921) • Ella Cinders (1926) • The Cookie Carnival (1935) • The Magic Shoes (1935) • First Love (1939) • Cinderella (1947) • Cinderella (1950) • The Glass Slipper (1955) • Cinderfella (1960) • Stop! Look! and Laugh (1960) • More Than a Miracle (1967) • Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973) • The Slipper and the Rose (1976) • Cinderella (1979) • Maid to Order (1987) • Cinderella (1994) • Ever After (1998) • A Cinderella Story (2004) • Ella Enchanted (2004) • Cinderella (2006) • Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010) • Cinderella (2015)
Animation	Cinderella Blues (1931) • Poor Cinderella (1934) • Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) • Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) • Cinderella (1950) • Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964) • Cinderella (1979) • The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) • The Magic Riddle (1991) • Happily N'Ever After (2007) • Year of the Fish (2008) • Charming (2017)
Sequels	Princess Cinderella (1941) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • Another Cinderella Story (2008) • A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011) • A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016)
Television	Hey, Cinderella! (1968) • Cindy (1978) • Cinderella Monogatari (1996) • Cinderella (1997) • CinderElmo (1999) • Cinderella (2000) • La Cenicienta (2003 Spanish) • Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004 Indonesia-Malaysia-Hawaiian) • Floricienta (2004) • Floribella (2005 Brazil) • Floribella (2006 Portugal) • Grazilda (2010 Filipino-Tagalog-English) • Rags (2012) • Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012 Pakistani)
Literary adaptations	Celestina (1791) • Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954) • Nine Coaches Waiting (1958) • The Coachman Rat (1989) • Witches Abroad (1991) • Ella Enchanted (1997) • I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers (1999) • Just Ella (1999) • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999) • Chinese Cinderella (1999 English-Chinese-Bangla) • The Fairy Godmother (2004) • Phoenix and Ashes (2004) • Bella at Midnight (2006) • Ash (2009) • Princess of Glass (2010) • Cinder (2012)
Opera	Cendrillon (1810 Isouard) • La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini) • Cendrillon (1899 Massenet) • Cendrillon (1904 Viardot) • La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)
Ballet	Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell) • Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer) • Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev) • Cinderella (1948 Ashton)
Musicals	Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904) • Stubborn Cinderella (1909) • Mr. Cinders (1929) • Cinderella (1957) • Cindy (1964) • The Penny Friend (1966) • The Slipper and the Rose (1984) • Soho Cinders (2008) • Cinderella (2013)
Plays	A Kiss for Cinderella (1916) • Hobson's Choice (1916)
Comics	Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love • Cinderalla
Songs	"Spread a Little Happiness" (1929) • "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1949) • "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950) • "Cinderella" (1987) • "Hey Cinderella" (1993) • "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996) • "Cinderella" (2001) • "Cinderella" (2002) • "Cinderella" (2003) • "Stealing Cinderella" (2007) • "Cinderella" (2007) • "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)
Albums	A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack) • Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)
Sociology	Cinderella complex • Cinderella effect • The Cinderella Movement
Commercials	A Coach for Cinderella • A Ride for Cinderella
Adult	Cinder Ellen up too Late • Cinderella (1977) • Naughty Cinderella
National variation	Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian) • Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese) • Chūjō-hime (Japanese) • Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish) • Finette Cendron (French) • The Green Knight (Danish) • Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian) • Kongji and Patzzi (Korean) • Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese) • "Rhodopis" (Greek) • Rushen Coatie (Scottish) • The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish) • The Story of Tam and Cam (Vietnamese) • Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese) • The True Bride (German) • The Wonderful Birch (Russian) • Ye Xian (Chinese)
Games	Cinders
Related	Catskin • Into the Woods • Into the Woods (2014 film) • A Kiss for Cinderella (1925 film) • Politically Correct Bedtime Stories • Disney's characters • Stop! Look! and Laugh • Waltz Suite • Black Cinderella Two Goes East • Cinderella Monogatari • Cinderella's Sister • Cinderella (sports) • Lying to Be Perfect • Cinderella's Eyes (2011)