Which Witch is which? Who is your favourite Disney Witch?

[Deco King]

Wicked Queen/Peddler Woman - Maleficent- Ursula - Mad Madam Mim - Witch Hazel ? All great Witchy heroines or villainesses depending upon your view which Witch is which for you?

I love the Wicked Queen/Peddler Woman but I also love Maleficent and the rest of the gals!

Please post as many pictures of these great characters - I am so looking forward to Sleeping Beauty this October and to Snow White * next year - I can't wait to see those great new transfers!! Please post any screen captures/ plus any great Villain photographs!!

* I love the extra few seconds cut from the Apple Dipping sequence Boil Cauldron Boil , in which the Witch or Peddler Woman stirs the great cauldron of poison brew with a giant bone as skulls float upwards, on the previously issued Laserdisc boxset there was the Pencil test for this sequence as well as the finished footage cut from the final movie version , and so I'm really hoping that this re-appears on the new Platinum Edition of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs in 2009!!!

[slave2moonlight]

My favorite is Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler) from Hocus Pocus.

Of the animated ones only, my fave is probably Madam Mim, though I enjoy Witch Hazel a lot too, and the hag from Snow White is the spookiest.

[MerXAN]

The Sea Witch, URSULA!

[Disney's Divinity]

My favorite is Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler) from Hocus Pocus.

I'm glad someone said that--I always loved that movie. Midler plays the part very well.

But Ursula is my favorite, if you even had to ask. I also like Madam Mim. I'm not too impressed by the others. Still, I like how, with every "sorceress," they give a unique design. Witches can very easily be generic, and Disney's always found a way to give a new interpretation every time.

[jeremy88]

Don't kill me but, Who the heck is Witch Hazel? I have never heared of her before...

Anyways, my favorite would probably be Maleficent...or Mad Madame Mim for her wackiness...

[Deco King]

[quote="jeremy88"]Don't kill me but, Who the heck is Witch Hazel? I have never heared of her before...

Witch Hazel is from Trick or Treat a 1954 Donald Duck short and she's a great character!

[jeremy88]

Oooooooh I remember who she is! Wow I haven't seen that in SOOO LONG! Anyways yeah, from what I remember she's a cool character. Thanks Deco King!

[Chernabog_Rocks]

I third the vote for Winnifred Sanderson

For animated....bit of a hard choice for me, for "good" witches Witch Hazel is probably the only one. For the more villainous I'd go with Maleficent.

But Ursula gets brownie points for her transformation at the end

[The Little Merboy]

Wasn't Maleficent a fairy, not a witch?

But to answer your question, Ursula, hands down

[carolinakid]

Snow White's stepmother is my favorite witchy character.
Maleficent is # 2.

jon

[Siren]

Wasn't Maleficent a fairy, not a witch?

But to answer your question, Ursula, hands down

Yes, Maleficent was a fairy. Fairies are born with magic. Witches must learn to use magic.

My favorite is Ursula. With Winnifred Sanderson a close second.

[Flanger-Hanger]

Winifred Sanderson of course, but no one wants to mention Witch Hazel or Orddu and her sisters?

[PeterPanfan]

My girls.

[Flanger-Hanger]

I just realized, shame on me and everyone else here for not mentioning Miss Eglantine Price. Even though she is just an apprentice witch.

[Wonderlicious]

I would say Maleficant, as she really is a rich character (mind you, so are most of the female Disney villains) . Yes, as people have said, she is technically an evil fairy (in the original fairy-tale by Charles Perrault, at least, and I believe that the Disney Studios intended her to be so), but like all evil fairies, she acts much like a witch and could easily be mistaken for one such creature. So I think that she may as well be included.

I also have just been reminded of Miss Price from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, who deserves a little nod somewhere. And of course, there's also Mombi from Return to Oz. I'd take off my hat for her...perhaps even my head.

[slave2moonlight]

Ah, yes, and don't forget Magica De Spell! (there were also 3 witches in Black Cauldron that were very entertaining).

[buffalobill]

My favorite witch is a tie between Samantha Stevens (Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched) & Gillian (Kim Novak in Bell, Book & Candle).

Edit: Favorite Disney witch is Ursula the Sea Witch (kind of confusing since the original poster lists Witch Hazel as a choice & she is a WB witch not Disney).

[lord-of-sith]

Naturally, my favorite "witch" is Maleficent (she much less fairy-like then Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather). But I also very much love Winifred Sanderson and her sisters! All of those Disney witches are great though!

[candydog]

My favorite witch is a tie between Samantha Stevens (Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched) & Gillian (Kim Novak in Bell, Book & Candle).

I love both of them too!

My favourite Disney Witch? I'd have to say Eglantine Price.
I also love Aggie Cromwell, played by Debbie Reynolds in the Halloweentown movies!

[Wonderlicious]

Edit: Favorite Disney witch is Ursula the Sea Witch (kind of confusing since the original poster lists Witch Hazel as a choice & she is a WB witch not Disney).

There's also a Disney Witch Hazel as well as the Looney Tunes one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Hazel_(Disney)