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Poster for Jules Massenet's Cendrillon (based on Perrault's Cinderella) showing the titular character's fairy godmother.. In fairy tales, a fairy godmother (French: fée marraine) is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies.
The poster is also interesting for making the Fairy Godmother rather than Cinderella (Cendrillon) the center of attention. The role of the Fairy Godmother in Massenet's opera was created by Georgette Bréjean-Gravière, a favourite singer of his. I can see that poster being useful in an eventual article about her as well.
With help from Cinderella and her animal friends, they reunite and attend Cinderella's ball together, where she thanks Cinderella for her help. In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, she finds the Fairy Godmother's wand, setting into motion Tremaine's plot to destroy Cinderella's "happily ever after" and gain a rich lifestyle at the palace. Though ...
Cinderella alums Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber and Jason Alexander are not expected to return; Whitney Houston, who memorably played Cinderella's fairy godmother, died in 2012.
Everyone knows the age-old story: Cinderella's fairy godmother turns a pumpkin into a carriage, three mice into horses, and takes Cinderella's regular waist and uses magic* to make it very, very tiny.
Fauna is the middle fairy, dressed in a green gown, a green hat, and a green cape clipped with a green triangle. She is shown to be a bit flighty, but is the kindest of the three and the most sensitive. Her gift to Aurora is the gift of song. She is voiced by Barbara Jo Allen.
In anticipation of Amazon's new "Cinderella" film, Billy Porter talked to TODAY Show for an exclusive interview on the film.