190 Fun Facts About Beauty and the Beast

Which two first-time directors made Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast?

They replaced Richard Purdum, whose non-musical version was scrapped by Jeffrey Katzenberg in favour of a musical.

The 1991 movie premiered as an unfinished work in progress at which event two months before its release?

That rough cut, with pencil tests in place of finished animation, was later included on the 2002 Platinum Edition DVD.

Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated film ever nominated for which Academy Award?

It stayed the only animated nominee until Up in 2009, after the category was widened to ten, so it remains the only one nominated in a five-film field.

Which two Disney films had earned the studio's only Best Picture nominations before Beauty and the Beast?

Neither of those animated-era classics made the cut; the 1991 film was also the first musical nominated for the top award in twelve years.

How many of the film's songs were nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar, a record at the time?

'Beauty and the Beast' won over 'Belle' and 'Be Our Guest'; The Lion King, Dreamgirls and Enchanted later matched the feat.

Lyricist Howard Ashman died eight months before the film's release. How old was he?

He never saw the finished film, only the work-in-progress cut; Tim Rice completed his unfinished work on Aladdin.

Which song was cut from the 1991 film over timeline problems and restored for the 2002 IMAX edition?

Alan Menken had already revived it for the 1994 Broadway show; the new animated sequence went into the film's second act.

Angela Lansbury reportedly recorded the Oscar-winning title song in how many takes?

She had doubted she was the right singer for it; Menken and Ashman asked for one take and she reduced the studio to tears.

Before Ashman pushed for simple names, Mrs. Potts was nearly called what?

He wanted concise names for all the household objects, which is how we got Chip, Lumière and Cogsworth.

Which Broadway singer voiced Belle, chosen partly because she sounded a little like Judy Garland?

Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel, was considered first; the filmmakers wanted a heroine who sounded 'more like a woman than a girl'.

Which former teen idol of Ice Castles and One on One voiced the Beast?

He had screen-tested for Luke Skywalker in 1975 and later directed six episodes of Friends.

The Beast was built from parts of several animals. His head and horns come from which one?

He also has a bear's body, a gorilla's eyebrows, a lion's mane and teeth, a boar's tusks and a wolf's legs and tail.

Which actor voiced Lumière, the French-accented candelabra?

Best known as Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order, he sang lead on 'Be Our Guest' with Angela Lansbury.

David Ogden Stiers voiced Cogsworth and also performed which other job in the film?

Cogsworth is the castle's majordomo, a mantel clock, and Lumière's frequently singed best friend.

'Be Our Guest' was originally written to be sung to which character?

The song had been recorded and partly animated before the directors decided it meant more addressed to Belle.

What invention is Belle's father taking to the fair when he gets lost and stumbles on the Beast's castle?

His horse Phillipe returns without him and leads Belle to the castle.

Gaston bribes Monsieur D'Arque, the warden of what, to have Belle's father locked up?

The plan is to blackmail Belle into marriage in exchange for her father's release.

Which actor was rejected as Gaston for not sounding arrogant enough, then landed Prince Charming in Shrek?

Richard White got the part; animator Andreas Deja was told to make Gaston handsome, unlike a traditional Disney villain.

The 1991 film used CAPS, a digital ink-and-paint system Disney developed with which company?

CAPS made the ballroom's swooping computer-generated backgrounds possible; The Rescuers Down Under had used it first.

In 1987 Disney revived Beauty and the Beast as a non-musical drama at a satellite studio in which city?

The studio had been set up for Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Richard Williams turned down the directing job to focus on The Thief and the Cobbler.

What was the 1991 film's initial worldwide gross, making it the third-highest-grossing film of the year?

It was the first animated film to pass $100 million in the US; IMAX and 3D re-releases later lifted the total to $451 million.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to win which Golden Globe?

The Lion King and Toy Story 2 later repeated the win.

In which year was the 1991 film added to the US National Film Registry?

That was the same year as its IMAX re-release; the AFI later ranked it the seventh-best animated film ever.

The pop single of 'Beauty and the Beast' paired Celine Dion with which American singer?

Disney hired him because it feared the then-little-known Dion could not carry US radio alone; the duet won a Grammy.

At the 1993 Grammys the Dion–Bryson duet lost Record and Song of the Year to which track?

It did win Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group and a Juno for Single of the Year, beating Dion's own 'If You Asked Me To'.

Alan Menken, composer of the score, has won how many Academy Awards in total?

Two each for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas; he is one of the few EGOT winners.

The Broadway musical opened in April 1994 and ran for how many performances?

It closed in 2007 as Broadway's sixth-longest-running show at the time; Susan Egan and Terrence Mann were the original Belle and Beast.

Which lyricist wrote the six new songs for the Broadway musical with Alan Menken?

All eight film songs were kept as well; the show was Disney's first Broadway musical and won a single Tony, for costumes.

Who directed the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?

He had directed Dreamgirls and the last two Twilight films; the world premiere was at Spencer House in London.

Which actor played the Beast opposite Emma Watson in 2017?

He also sang the new ballad 'Evermore', which Josh Groban recorded for the end credits.

In the 2017 film, Josh Gad played which character?

Kevin Kline was Maurice, Ewan McGregor Lumière and Ian McKellen Cogsworth; a brief LeFou scene got the film a 16+ rating in Russia.

The 2017 remake grossed roughly how much worldwide?

With a $254 million budget it was the most expensive musical ever made, and it beat Mamma Mia! as the biggest live-action musical in ten days.

Which country's censors demanded a cut to a 'gay moment' in 2017, prompting Disney to postpone the release?

Russia handled it with a 16+ rating, and one cinema in Henagar, Alabama refused to screen the film.

Celine Dion returned for the 2017 film to sing which new song over the end titles?

She hesitated after the death of her husband René Angélil, who had helped secure the original 1991 duet for her.

Which French novelist anonymously published the original 'Beauty and the Beast' in 1740?

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's long version was cut down and republished in 1756 by Leprince de Beaumont, whose telling became the standard one.

The tale is thought to have been influenced by which ancient Latin story from The Golden Ass?

Another likely influence was the real Petrus Gonsalvus, a 16th-century man with hypertrichosis who married a Parisian woman.

Which French poet directed the celebrated 1946 film La Belle et la Bête?

Jean Marais played the Beast and Josette Day was Belle, in a surrealist take on the 1756 Beaumont version.

The 1987 CBS series Beauty and the Beast starred Ron Perlman and which Terminator actress as Catherine?

Ron Koslow's crime drama moved the story to the tunnels beneath New York City.

The 1997 direct-to-video Christmas sequel to the animated film featured Tim Curry as which villain?

Haley Joel Osment voiced Chip and Bernadette Peters joined the cast; Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson returned.

In the film's prologue, the old beggar woman offers the prince what in exchange for shelter from a storm?

He must learn to love and be loved before its last petal falls, or remain a beast forever.

Which Disney executive scrapped the non-musical Beauty and the Beast and had it rebuilt as a musical?

Screenwriter Linda Woolverton stayed on; the songwriting duo worked from Fishkill, New York, where 'Belle' was their first composition.

In which 2007 Disney film did Belle's original voice actress play a soap-opera character named Angela?

Amy Adams's Giselle in that film was itself a knowing riff on Disney's animated princesses; Paige O'Hara has voiced Belle since 1991.

The 2017 remake's costume, cast and songs aside, what record did it set within ten days of release?

It overtook Mamma Mia!, which had held the mark for nine years, and became the second-biggest musical overall behind Frozen.

Which Broadway actress made her debut as the original Belle in 1994 and earned a Tony nomination for it?

Terrence Mann, Broadway's original Javert, was her Beast; Robert Jess Roth directed.

In which century is Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast set?

A selfish prince is cursed until he can earn Belle's love before the last rose petal falls.

Which two decades saw Walt Disney himself try and fail to adapt Beauty and the Beast?

The story's second half proved too challenging.

Which Roger Rabbit animation director declined to direct Beauty and the Beast in favour of The Thief and the Cobbler?

He suggested his colleague Richard Purdum instead.

Who produced Beauty and the Beast (1991)?

He later produced The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Which directing duo turned down Beauty and the Beast, saying they were 'tired' after their 1989 hit?

Katzenberg then hired first-timers Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale.

Trousdale and Wise had previously directed the animated sections of which EPCOT attraction?

It was their first feature.

Pre-production was moved from London to a Residence Inn in which New York town to be near the ailing Howard Ashman?

Ashman lived in nearby Beacon, New York.

Which oafish suitor in the 1946 French film is seen as a precursor to Disney's Gaston?

Cocteau's film also had inanimate castle objects coming to life.

Which voice of Ariel was originally considered to voice Belle?

Disney wanted a heroine who sounded 'more like a woman than a girl'.

Paige O'Hara competed against roughly how many hopefuls for the role of Belle?

Ashman admired her cast recording of Show Boat.

Which Monty Python member was among those considered to voice Cogsworth?

David Ogden Stiers landed the part, his first Disney film role.

Which Mary Poppins star turned down the role of Mrs. Potts?

Angela Lansbury was cast instead.

Which Seinfeld actor was originally considered to voice LeFou?

Jesse Corti got the part.

Beauty and the Beast was made on a compressed schedule of how many years?

The traditional Disney feature schedule was four years.

Which Disney film was the first made with CAPS, before Beauty and the Beast became the second?

CAPS was developed for Disney by Pixar.

The final dance between Belle and the Prince reused animation from which earlier Disney film?

It was the easiest way to hit the deadline, said Trousdale.

Which Pixar software helped render the CGI ballroom in the 1991 film?

The ballroom's success convinced executives to invest further in computer animation.

Which song was the first Ashman and Menken wrote for the film?

The operetta-styled opening number worried them because of its length.

Which song replaced 'Human Again' late in production?

Belle and the Beast sing it via voiceover as they grow fond of each other.

The title song was originally conceived in what musical style?

It became the Broadway-style ballad Angela Lansbury made famous.

What does the closing-credits tribute say Howard Ashman gave a beast?

'…who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul.'

The Dion-Bryson pop version of the title song peaked at what position on the Billboard Hot 100?

It was Dion's second US top-ten single.

Which Grammy did the Dion-Bryson duet actually win?

It lost Record and Song of the Year.

Roughly what share of the animation was finished for the 1991 New York Film Festival screening?

Storyboards and pencil tests filled in the rest, and it got a ten-minute standing ovation.

Beauty and the Beast expanded to wide release on November 22, 1991 alongside which animated film?

It had premiered at the El Capitan Theatre nine days earlier.

Beauty and the Beast was the first narrative film to get a major release in which format, in 2002?

Fantasia 2000 had been the first animated feature in the format.

Which singer hosted the 2010 sing-along theatrical edition?

She also made a new Beauty and the Beast music video.

By October 1993 the VHS release had sold a record how many units?

The UK release sold a record 8.5 million.

The 2010 Diamond Edition Blu-ray was the year's second-best seller behind which film?

It sold 1.1 million units in its first week.

Which two films outgrossed Beauty and the Beast in North America in 1991?

It was the first animated film to reach $100 million in the US and Canada.

What rare grade did CinemaScore audiences give Beauty and the Beast?

Rotten Tomatoes has it at 95%.

In Italy the 1991 film became the highest-grossing film ever, beating which Roberto Benigni comedy?

Stecchino had grossed 39 billion lira.

Which film beat Beauty and the Beast to Best Picture at the 1992 Oscars?

It also lost Best Sound to Terminator 2.

With six Oscar nominations, Beauty and the Beast shares the animated record with which Pixar film?

Its nominations spanned only four categories because of three song nods.

Which was the next animated film after Beauty and the Beast to be nominated for Best Picture?

By 2009 the field had widened to ten nominees.

Beauty and the Beast was the first musical nominated for Best Picture since which 1979 film?

The next musical nominee was Moulin Rouge! in 2001.

Which two later Disney films matched Beauty and the Beast's win for Best Motion Picture – Comedy?

The Little Mermaid had been the first animated nominee.

In 2010, which outlet named Beauty and the Beast the greatest animated film of all time?

Filmsite called it 'arguably the most successful Disney animated film of all time'.

Belle is which number Disney Princess in the franchise line-up?

She is credited with influencing a generation of smart, empowered animated heroines.

Belle's looks were partly inspired by which Gone with the Wind actress's eyebrows and lips?

Animators wanted her to look more European than Ariel.

Which two animators supervised Belle?

Sherri Stoner was her live-action reference model.

Disney's marketing wanted Belle's ballgown to be which colour before art director Brian McEntee chose gold?

Gold distinguished her from other Disney princesses.

Which Disney animator supervised the Beast?

He went to the zoo to study the animals the Beast was based on.

Why was the human prince never given a name in the 1991 film, per his supervising animator?

Licensed works such as The D Show later called him 'Prince Adam'.

Which 1998 trivia video game is among the licensed works that named the prince 'Adam'?

The film itself never names him.

In the Kingdom Hearts video game, the Beast's castle is attacked by the Heartless led by which villain?

They take Belle captive.

Gaston's supervising animator based his handsome looks on what?

Andreas Deja created a grotesque version of Prince Charming.

Gaston replaced which originally planned villain in early drafts of the Disney film?

He evolved from a non-threatening aristocrat into a relentless suitor.

What does LeFou's name mean in French?

It is also a phonetic play on 'The Fool'.

Chip was originally written with how many lines before Bradley Pierce impressed the filmmakers?

His expanded role replaced a mute Music Box character.

The Wardrobe is known by what name in the stage musical?

She was originally a more integral character named 'Madame Armoire'.

What is the name of Belle's horse?

Hal Smith voiced him in his final film.

The castle's dog-turned-footstool is named what?

Frank Welker provided the voice.

The Featherduster is named Babette on stage and what in the 2017 remake?

Belle's Magical World called her Fifi.

Monsieur D'Arque, whom Gaston bribes, is the warden of what institution?

Tony Jay voiced the sadistic warden.

The trio of village maidens who fawn over Gaston are known as what?

On stage they are the 'Silly Girls'.

The Beast's arms and body were modelled on which animal?

His legs and tail came from a wolf and his mane from a lion.

Which storyboard artist drafted early Beast designs based on birds, insects and fish?

He later co-directed Lilo & Stitch.

Linda Woolverton based Belle on Katharine Hepburn's portrayal of which literary character?

She refused to watch Cocteau's 1946 film for reference.

Which two writers scripted the 2017 remake?

Chbosky had directed Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Where was the 2017 film mainly shot?

Filming ran from May to August 2015.

What was the estimated production budget of the 2017 remake?

Disney spent another $140 million on marketing.

Where did the 2017 film hold its world premiere on February 23, 2017?

The US premiere followed at the El Capitan in Hollywood.

The 2017 film was nominated for Oscars in which two categories?

It grossed $1.27 billion, second-highest of 2017.

Which Disney studio chairman made Emma Watson his first and only choice for Belle?

He had run Warner Bros. during the Harry Potter films.

Emma Watson was paid how much upfront for the 2017 film?

Her take could rise to $15 million if the film matched Maleficent's gross.

Which actor also auditioned for Gaston in the 2017 film?

Luke Evans won the role.

The 2017 film's village set was named Villeneuve after whom?

It was inspired by the town of Conques in southern France.

Which French château inspired the castle in the 2017 film?

Bill Condon cited the Waldorf-Astoria's International Debutante Ball for the ballroom scene.

Dan Stevens played the Beast in a forty-pound grey suit on what?

He learned to waltz on them for the ballroom scene.

In the 2017 film, Maurice makes what for a living?

In the 1991 film he was an inventor of odd machines.

Which 2017 character is a neurotic composer turned into a harpsichord?

Stanley Tucci played him; he is Madame de Garderobe's husband.

Who played the enchantress Agathe, living incognito in Belle's village, in the 2017 film?

She also narrates the prologue.

How did Belle's mother die in the 2017 film's backstory?

Zoë Rainey played her; the loss is revealed through an enchanted book.

The 2017 film's footstool Frou-Frou is what breed of dog?

He belongs to Cadenza and Madame de Garderobe.

Which stage-musical song appears as an instrumental when Belle enters her room in the 2017 film?

Menken otherwise wrote four new songs rather than reuse stage numbers.

Who sang the 2017 remake of the title song as a duet?

Their video premiered on Freeform in March 2017.

Who sings 'Evermore' over the 2017 film's closing credits?

Dan Stevens performs it in the film itself.

Which actor sings 'How Does a Moment Last Forever' as Maurice in the 2017 film?

Belle later reprises it and Celine Dion sings a pop version over the credits.

The 2017 teaser trailer set a record with how many views in 24 hours?

The full trailer later drew 127.6 million.

The 2017 'gay moment' involved LeFou briefly waltzing with which of Gaston's friends?

Bill Condon called the fuss 'overblown'.

Which country gave the 2017 film a 16+ rating after a politician pushed for a ban?

Vitaly Milonov lobbied the culture minister.

A 2023 jury ordered Disney to pay $600,000 for using whose motion-capture software on the Beast?

The MOVA Contour system was at issue.

What was the title of the shelved Disney+ series about Gaston and LeFou?

It nodded to the lyrics of 'Belle'; Luke Evans said in 2024 it was 'not on the table'.

Which Disney CEO was encouraged by critics to take Beauty and the Beast to Broadway?

Critics had hailed the film as one of the finest musicals in years.

How old was Susan Egan when cast as Broadway's original Belle?

She thought putting 'a cartoon on Broadway' was a terrible idea and hadn't seen the film.

Terrence Mann, Broadway's first Beast, had earned a Tony nomination as which Les Misérables character?

He auditioned before a theatre full of Disney executives on 42nd Street.

Gary Beach accepted the role of Broadway's Lumière only at the insistence of which comedian?

He had prior commitments to her upcoming show.

Which new Broadway song was Gaston's, alongside 'Me'?

He sings it with LeFou and Monsieur D'Arque.

Which song was written in 1998 specifically for Toni Braxton when she joined the Broadway cast?

An intoxicated Tim Rice had promised her a new song over dinner.

How much did Belle's yellow ballgown for the Broadway show weigh?

Ann Hould-Ward based it on historic portraits.

Before Broadway, the musical premiered in November 1993 in which city?

Theatre Under The Stars co-produced it at the Music Hall.

The Broadway show opened at the Palace Theatre and closed in 2007 at which theatre?

It holds the longest-running record at both houses.

The Broadway production closed in 2007 to make way for which Disney princess musical?

Disney feared two princess shows would split audiences.

Who directed the original Broadway production?

Matt West choreographed.

Who played Gaston in the original Broadway cast and later reprised it in the West End?

The West End production opened at the Dominion Theatre in 1997.

The 1996 CBS ice special starred which Olympic champion as Belle?

Scott Hamilton skated as Lumière.

The West End production won which award at the 1998 Olivier Awards?

It beat Enter the Guardsman, The Fix and Lady in the Dark.

Which Doctor Who and Torchwood star played the Beast as a West End replacement?

Michelle Gayle was among the replacement Belles.

Which two performers met on the first US national tour and married?

He played Lumière and she played Babette.

Roughly how many people saw the first three US national tours?

They visited 137 venues in 90 cities.

Which actress played Belle opposite Jean Marais in the 1946 French film?

Jean Marais was the Beast.

In the 1946 French film, Belle's father is sentenced to death for what?

Belle offers to go to the Beast in his place.

In the 1946 film, the Beast says he will die of grief if Belle does not return within what period?

He proposes marriage to her nightly.

Jean Marais, Cocteau's Beast, had become the director's lover in which year?

Cocteau considered him his muse.

Philip Glass's 1994 opera La Belle et la Bête is set to whose 1946 screenplay?

It is the second of his Cocteau trilogy, between Orphée and Les Enfants terribles.

In the 1987 CBS series, Vincent and Catherine share what kind of connection?

He senses her emotions and becomes her guardian.

Ron Perlman won which award for playing Vincent in the 1987 CBS series?

He later played Hellboy.

The 2012 CW series Beauty & the Beast starred Jay Ryan and which Smallville actress?

It ran four seasons and was filmed in Toronto.

Christophe Gans's 2014 French film starred which actress as Belle?

Vincent Cassel played the Beast.

The 2011 film Beastly relocated the fairy tale to which modern setting?

Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer starred.

Which real-life married couple starred in the 1976 Hallmark TV film Beauty and the Beast?

Fielder Cook directed.

The 1962 US film Beauty and the Beast featured monster make-up by which legendary artist?

It was the first English-language live-action adaptation.

The Russian version of the tale, The Scarlet Flower, was written by whom?

In Russia the story is known mostly through his retelling.

The 1978 Czechoslovak film Panna a netvor translates literally as what?

Juraj Herz directed the Gothic horror take.

Which Australian actress played Belle in ABC's Once Upon a Time?

She had played Claire on Lost.

Rose Daughter (1997) was Robin McKinley's second retelling of the tale; what was the first called?

McKinley won the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown.

Angela Carter's Beauty and the Beast retellings appear in which 1979 story collection?

'The Courtship of Mr Lyon' and 'The Tiger's Bride' are both versions of the tale.

Stevie Nicks's song 'Beauty and the Beast' closes which 1983 album?

A live version later became a UK B-side.

The 1740 author of Beauty and the Beast, Villeneuve, was influenced by which fairy-tale writers?

She was born and died in Paris.

Beaumont, who wrote the best-known 1756 version, worked as what before her literary career?

She left convent teaching for Metz and a court in Lunéville.

Petrus Gonsalvus, a possible inspiration for the Beast, was notable for which condition?

He served in the court of Henry II of France.

Petrus Gonsalvus was born around 1537 on which island?

He is the first definitely recorded European case of hypertrichosis.

Grétry's 1771 opera Zémire et Azor was first performed by the Comédie-Italienne where?

It includes the coloratura showpiece La Fauvette.

Which Italian tale in Straparola's Facetious Nights (c.1550) influenced Beauty and the Beast?

Cupid and Psyche was another ancient antecedent.

Researchers at a university in which city traced the tale's antecedents back about 4,000 years?

Variants are known across Europe.

Andrew Lang retold Beauty and the Beast in which 1889 collection?

It was the first of his coloured Fairy Books.

The direct-to-video Enchanted Christmas sold how many VHS tapes in 1997?

Its main story is a flashback to Belle and the Beast's first Christmas.

In The Enchanted Christmas, Forte's piccolo minion is named what?

Forte promises him a solo for sabotaging Belle and the Beast.

The castle's decorator in The Enchanted Christmas was transformed into what?

Her name is Angelique.

Belle's Magical World (1998) was assembled from episodes of what?

It was the third and final animated Beauty and the Beast film.

In the 1995 series Sing Me a Story with Belle, Belle runs what in her village?

She narrates vintage Disney shorts to visiting children.

Which singer played Belle in ABC's 2022 special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration?

Jon M. Chu produced and Hamish Hamilton directed.

The 30th Celebration special marked the anniversary of what milestone?

It aired on ABC on December 15, 2022.

Be Our Guest Restaurant is located in which Magic Kingdom land?

It resembles the Beast's Castle and opened with the 2012 expansion.

The Disney Renaissance, which Beauty and the Beast helped cement, spanned which years?

Ten features from The Little Mermaid to Tarzan are associated with it.

Which Disney film's underperformance made Beauty and the Beast the crucial test of the studio's revival?

Its success confirmed the Disney Renaissance.

Which American actor and opera singer voices Gaston in the 1991 animated film?

His first audition was recorded on audio cassette; the character was written as an arrogant hunter embodying hypermasculinity.

Which Disney animator supervised Gaston, the studio's first attempt at a handsome villain?

Both Disney and Deja initially struggled with the idea of animating a good-looking antagonist, something the studio had never tried.

Why did 'Be Our Guest' have to be entirely rewritten during production?

It was first intended as a welcome for Belle's father; the finished Broadway-style number became a show-stopper performed by the enchanted objects.

Whom did Disney first recruit, alone, to record a radio-friendly version of the title song in 1991?

The studio worried the then-newcomer wouldn't draw a big enough US audience, so a duet partner was added; it became the soundtrack's only single.

Who plays Gaston in the 2017 live-action film?

His Gaston is a narcissistic veteran of the French Royal Army; Stevens played the Beast through motion capture.

Which actor plays the candelabra Lumière in the 2017 film?

Ian McKellen plays Cogsworth the mantel clock, and Audra McDonald the wardrobe Madame de Garderobe.

Which enchanted object does Audra McDonald play in the 2017 film?

Her character is a world-renowned opera singer married to a neurotic composer who has become a harpsichord.

In which US city was lyricist Howard Ashman born?

The son of an ice cream cone manufacturer, he wrote the songs for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin as well as Beauty and the Beast.

How many Tony Awards did Angela Lansbury, the voice of Mrs. Potts, win in her career?

She also won six Golden Globes and an Olivier Award, earned three Oscar nominations, and was made a Dame in 2014.