List of fictional princesses
Film -- Live action
Table:
Princess

Film

Notes

Princess Parisa

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The daughter of the Sultan of Chandra. Portrayed by Kathryn Grant.

Princess Kanza Omar

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Portrayed by Alma M. Pappas (uncredited).

Princess Fatima

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens

Portrayed by Bella Cortez.

Princess Miriam

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Portrayed by June Lang.

Princess Aouda

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 film based on the famous novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Portrayed by Shirley MacLaine.

Princess Selenia

Arthur and the Invisibles;
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard;
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds

Daughter of Emperor Sifrat XVI and older sister of Prince Betameche. Based on the French Arthur book series by Luc Besson. Portrayed by Madonna (original) and Selena Gomez (sequels).

Neytiri of the Omaticaya Na'vi

Avatar

Portrayed by Zoe Saldana, the character of Neytiri may well be considered a princess. Although she is never actually called by this title in the film, her status as both the daughter of a tribal chieftain and the heir to a high priestly office that is usually held by the women of her family means that she is commonly referred to as one by both real-world commentators and fans alike.

Princess Natalya Petrovna

Balalaika

Based on the 1936 musical of the same name by Eric Maschwitz. Portrayed by Zeffie Tilbury.

Princess Gretchen

Barbarian

The daughter of King Kandor. 2003 film that is almost considered a remake from Deathstalker. Portrayed by Irina Grigoryeva.

Princess Taramis

Barbarian Queen

Portrayed by Dawn Dunlap.

Belle

La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)

French film adaptation of the fairy-tale of the same name, known in English as Beauty and the Beast. Belle is portrayed in the film by Josette Day.

Shuri

Black Panther

Princess of Wakanda, daughter of the late King T'Chaka and sister of King T'Challa. Portrayed by Letitia Wright.

Princess Teresa

The Brigand

Portrayed by Jody Lawrance.

Princess Jana

Captain Sindbad

Princess of Baristan. Portrayed by Heidi Brühl.

Princess Emily

A Christmas Prince;
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding;
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

Princess Emily of Aldovia; younger sister of King Richard. Portrayed by Honor Kneafsey.

Princess Jehnna

Conan the Destroyer

She is the niece of Queen Taramis of Shadizar. Portrayed by Olivia d'Abo.

Princess Mirska

Conquest

Based on the novel Pani Walewska by Wacław Gąsiorowski. Portrayed by Betty Blythe (uncredited).

Empress Phoenix

Curse of the Golden Flower

Portrayed by Li Gong.

Princess Ling Moy

Daughter of the Dragon

Portrayed by Anna May Wong.

Princess Maria

Death Takes a Holiday

Portrayed by Kathleen Howard.

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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 1958 Technicolor heroic fantasy adventure film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Kerwin Mathews , Torin Thatcher , Kathryn Grant , Richard Eyer , and Alec Mango . It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and produced by Charles H. Schneer . It was the first of three Sinbad feature films from Columbia , the later two from the '70s being The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ( 1973 ) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger ( 1977 ) . All three Sinbad films were conceptualized by Ray Harryhausen using Dynamation , the full color widescreen stop-motion animation technique that he created . While similarly named , the film does not follow the storyline of the tale The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor but instead has more in common with the Third and Fifth voyages of Sinbad . The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was selected in 2008 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant .
Kathryn Crosby ( born November 25 , 1933 ) is an American retired actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff .
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Maria Montez and Jon Hall . The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but its story departs greatly from the tale of the same name and includes an actual historic event . The film is one of series of exotic tales released by Universal during the war years ; others include Cobra Woman , Arabian Nights and White Savage .
Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens ( Italian : Sindbad contro i sette saraceni , also known as Sinbad Against the 7 Saracens ) is a 1964 Italian adventure film written and directed by Emimmo Salvi and starring Gordon Mitchell . The film was released straight to television in the United States by American International Television in 1965 .
Bella Cortez ( born Alicia Paneque , also known as Bella Cortese ) is a Cuban actress and dancer known for her work in Italian sword-and-sandal films of the 1960s .
Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor , Tony Martin , and Roland Young . Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius Al Babson , who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights . He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan ( Young ) . He organizes work programs , taxes the rich , and abolishes the army , in a spoof of Roosevelt 's New Deal . The cast also includes Gypsy Rose Lee , using the stage name of Louise Hovick , as the Sultana . The Raymond Scott Quintette also appears , performing Twilight In Turkey .
June Lang ( born Winifred June Vlasek , May 5 , 1917 - May 16 , 2005 ) was an American film actress .
Aouda ( औद / Auda ) , a character in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne , is an Indian-European princess accompanied by Phileas Fogg and Passepartout . The daughter of a Bombay Parsi merchant , she was married against her will to the Hindu ruler of Bundelkhand , an Indian princely state . At the death of her husband , she is about to be sacrificed by Hindu monks as a sati at her husband 's funeral pyre . At first , Fogg attempts simply to deliver her to relatives along the way on his trip . However , when that proves impossible , she is their permanent companion who becomes more and more attracted to the intriguing and noble Fogg as she shares in the adventures . When they finally reach Britain and appear to have arrived too late to meet the deadline , Aouda fears that she ruined Fogg by causing him delays in his journey , although he firmly denies she was a problem . Now in love with the gentleman and also wishing to help him in his impoverishment , Aouda proposes to Fogg , and he joyously accepts . As it turns out , this gesture by Aouda saves the day for them all for it prompts Passepartout to discover that by traveling east , they inadvertently arrived in London a day early and now have just enough time to sprint to the Reform Club to win the wager . The company set off for the club and arrive just in time . Afterward , Aouda offers to end the engagement since the original motivation has been removed . However , Fogg , deeply in love and grateful for all Aouda is and has done for him , will not hear of it and they are happily married with Passepartout given the honor of giving her away at the wedding .
Around the World in 80 Days ( sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days ) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring Cantinflas and David Niven , produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists . The epic picture was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd , with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers . The screenplay , based on the classic novel of the same name by Jules Verne , was written by James Poe , John Farrow , and S. J. Perelman . The music score was composed by Victor Young , and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography ( shot in Technicolor ) was by Lionel Lindon . The film 's six-minute-long animated title sequence , shown at the end of the film , was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass . The film won 5 Academy Awards , including Best Picture . In 2004 , the movie was remade with the same title .
Around the World in Eighty Days ( French : Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours ) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne , first published in French in 1872 . In the story , Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager ( £2,242,900 in 2019 ) set by his friends at the Reform Club . It is one of Verne 's most acclaimed works .
Jules Gabriel Verne ( /vɜːrn/ ; French : [ ʒyl gabʁjɛl vɛʁn ] ; 8 February 1828 - 24 March 1905 ) was a French novelist , poet , and playwright . Verne 's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires , a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth ( 1864 ) , Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ( 1870 ) , and Around the World in Eighty Days ( 1873 ) . Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe , where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism . His reputation was markedly different in Anglophone regions where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children 's books , largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed ( until the 1980s , when his literary reputation . began to improve ) . Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979 , ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare . He has sometimes been called the Father of Science Fiction , a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback .
Shirley MacLaine ( born Shirley MacLean Beaty ; April 24 , 1934 ) is an American film , television , and theater actress , singer , dancer , activist , and author . An Oscar winner , MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012 , and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013 . She is known for her New Age beliefs , and has an interest in spirituality and reincarnation . She has written a series of autobiographical works that describe these beliefs , document her world travels , and describe her Hollywood career . Her first film was Alfred Hitchcock 's The Trouble With Harry in 1955 . A six-time Academy Award nominee , MacLaine received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for The Other Half of the Sky : A China Memoir ( 1975 ) , and Best Actress nominations for Some Came Running ( 1958 ) , The Apartment ( 1960 ) , Irma la Douce ( 1963 ) , and The Turning Point ( 1977 ) , before winning Best Actress for Terms of Endearment ( 1983 ) . She twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress , for Ask Any Girl ( 1959 ) , and The Apartment ( 1960 ) ; and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special for the 1976 TV special , Gypsy In My Soul . She has also won five competitive Golden Globe Awards , ( from nineteen nominations ) , and received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 1998 ceremony .
Arthur and the Invisibles ( French : Arthur et les Minimoys ) is a 2006 French adventure comedy fantasy animated/live-action film adaptation of the 2002 children 's book Arthur and the Minimoys , and the 2003 sequel Arthur and the Forbidden City , written by filmmaker Luc Besson , who also directed the film . It premiered in limited release in France on 29 November 2006 , and received wide releases in a number of countries in the following weeks . With a budget of €60 million , Arthur and the Invisibles was briefly the most expensive French film production until surpassed by Astérix at the Olympic Games . The film received negative reviews from critics , and under-performed in the United States . It was nevertheless successful enough in France and in the rest of the world to generate two sequels , Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard and Arthur 3 : The War of the Two Worlds . The film received the Imagina Award in the category Prix du Long-Métrage . The movie 's soundtrack album was released on 9 January 2007 .
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard ( French : Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard ) is a 2009 English-language French animated/live-action feature film co-written , co-produced and directed by Luc Besson , based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow . EuropaCorp produced the film , which is the second in Besson 's Arthur series , following Arthur and the Invisibles . The film received generally negative reviews by critics . It was a success in France but , due to its predecessor 's failure at the American box office , was released direct-to-video in the United States . It performed disappointingly in the rest of the world . As a result , the film and its sequel , Arthur 3 : The War of the Two Worlds , generated huge money losses for EuropaCorp .
Arthur 3 : The War of the Two Worlds ( French : Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes , also known in North America as Arthur and the Invisibles 3 or simply Arthur 3 ) is a 2010 English-language French animated/live-action feature film co-written , co-produced and directed by Luc Besson , based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and the other actors that reprise for the movie . EuropaCorp produced the film , which is the third and final installment in Besson 's Arthur series , following Arthur and the Invisibles and continuing Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard , The film begins with nothing left to lose , Arthur must begin to grow back to his normal size and faces Maltazard in massive final battle as Maltazard threatens to take over the entire universe .
The Arthur series refers to a series of fantasy novels for children written by Luc Besson , a film director and producer , and published from 2002 to 2005 in France , the United States and the United Kingdom . This term also refers to the feature films based on them , which Besson wrote , produced and directed . The films were made and released from 2006 to 2010 , in France , the UK and the US . The series has also been produced in video game format .
Luc Paul Maurice Besson ( French : [ lyk bɛsɔ̃ ] ; born 18 March 1959 ) is a French film director , screenwriter , and producer . He directed or produced the films Subway ( 1985 ) , The Big Blue ( 1988 ) , and La Femme Nikita ( 1990 ) . Besson is associated with the Cinéma du look film movement . He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon : The Professional and The Messenger : The Story of Joan of Arc . He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element ( 1997 ) . He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film Lucy and the 2017 space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . In 1980 , he founded his own production company , Les Films du Loup , and , later , Les Films du Dauphin , which were superseded in 2000 by his co-founding EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator , Pierre-Ange Le Pogam [ fr ] . As writer , director , or producer , Besson has so far been involved in the creation of more than 50 films .
Madonna Louise Ciccone ( /tʃɪˈkoʊni/ , Italian : [ tʃikˈkoːne ] ; born August 16 , 1958 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and businesswoman . Referred to as the Queen of Pop since the 1980s , Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries of songwriting in mainstream popular music and for the imagery she uses onstage and in music videos . She has frequently reinvented her music and image while maintaining autonomy within the recording industry . Her works have been praised by music critics and have sparked controversy . Madonna is often cited as an influence by other artists . Born and raised in Michigan , Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance . After performing as a drummer , guitarist , and vocalist in the rock bands Breakfast Club and Emmy , Madonna signed with Sire Records in 1982 and released her eponymous debut album the next year . She followed it with a series of successful albums , including global bestsellers Like a Virgin ( 1984 ) and True Blue ( 1986 ) as well as Grammy Award winners Ray of Light ( 1998 ) and Confessions on a Dance Floor ( 2005 ) . Many of her songs have reached the top of record charts worldwide , including Like a Virgin , La Isla Bonita , Like a Prayer , Vogue , Take a Bow , Frozen , Music , Hung Up , and 4 Minutes . Madonna 's popularity was further enhanced by her roles in films such as Desperately Seeking Susan ( 1985 ) , Dick Tracy ( 1990 ) , A League of Their Own ( 1992 ) , and Evita ( 1996 ) . While Evita earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress , many of her other films received poor reviews . As a businesswoman , Madonna founded an entertainment company called Maverick ( including the label Maverick Records ) in 1992 .
Selena Marie Gomez ( born July 22 , 1992 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and television producer . After appearing on the children 's television series Barney & Friends ( 2002-2004 ) , she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place , which aired from 2007 until 2012 . Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story ( 2008 ) , Princess Protection Program ( 2009 ) , Wizards of Waverly Place : The Movie ( 2009 ) , Ramona and Beezus ( 2010 ) , and Monte Carlo ( 2011 ) . Thereafter , she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers ( 2012 ) , Getaway ( 2013 ) , The Fundamentals of Caring ( 2016 ) , and The Dead Do n't Die ( 2019 ) . She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise , and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why ( 2017-present ) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented ( 2019 ) . With her former band Selena Gomez & the Scene , she attained the gold certified top-ten albums Kiss & Tell ( 2009 ) , A Year Without Rain ( 2010 ) and When the Sun Goes Down ( 2011 ) on the US Billboard 200 . In 2012 , the band went on hiatus , and Gomez focused work on her debut album as a solo artist . The pop and dance influenced Stars Dance ( 2013 ) became her first number-one album on the Billboard 200 , and included Come & Get It , which became her first top-ten entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 . To finish out her contract with Hollywood Records , she released the compilation album For You ( 2014 ) . It included the single The Heart Wants What It Wants , which became her second top-ten entry . After signing with Interscope Records in late 2014 , she released her second studio album , Revival ( 2015 ) . It became her second consecutive number-one regular album on the Billboard 200 , with the highest first week sales of her career .
Avatar ( marketed as James Cameron 's Avatar ) is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed , written , produced , and co-edited by James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington , Zoe Saldana , Stephen Lang , Michelle Rodriguez , and Sigourney Weaver . The film is set in the mid-22nd century when humans are colonizing Pandora , a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system , in order to mine the mineral unobtanium , a room-temperature superconductor . The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi - a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora . The film 's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora . Development of Avatar began in 1994 , when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film . Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron 's 1997 film Titanic , for a planned release in 1999 , but , according to Cameron , the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film . Work on the language of the film 's extraterrestrial beings began in 2005 , and Cameron began developing the screenplay and fictional universe in early 2006 . Avatar was officially budgeted at $ 237 million . Other estimates put the cost between $ 280 million and $ 310 million for production and at $ 150 million for promotion . The film made extensive use of new motion capture filming techniques , and was released for traditional viewing , 3D viewing ( using the RealD 3D , Dolby 3D , XpanD 3D , and IMAX 3D formats ) , and for 4D experiences in select South Korean theaters . The stereoscopic filmmaking was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology . Avatar premiered in London on December 10 , 2009 , and was released in the United States on December 18 to positive reviews , with critics highly praising its groundbreaking visual effects .
Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario ( born June 19 , 1978 ) is an American actress . Following her performances with the theater group Faces , Saldana made her screen debut in a 1999 episode of Law & Order . Her film career began a year later with Center Stage ( 2000 ) , where she played a struggling ballet dancer . She had played the role of Neytiri , the female lead and one of the main protagonists of James Cameron 's sci-fi film Avatar . Saldana became known for her work in science fiction films , beginning in 2009 with her first of multiple appearances as Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek film series and her first appearance as Neytiri in the Avatar film series . She has also played Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy ( 2014 ) . Due to her appearances in some of the highest-grossing films of all time , such as Avatar and Avengers : Endgame , Saldana is the second highest-grossing film actress of all time , as of 2019 [ update ] . Her films have collectively grossed more than $ 11 billion worldwide .
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom .
The term high priest or high priestess usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest , or to one who is the head of a religious caste .
Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name . Produced by Lawrence Weingarten and directed by Reinhold Schunzel , it starred Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey . The film follows the romance of Prince Peter Karagin and Lydia Pavlovna Marakova , a singer and secret revolutionary , in Imperial Russia on the eve of World War I. Douglas Shearer was nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording .
Balalaika is a musical play in three acts with book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz , music by George Posford and Bernard Grun . It opened in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 22 December 1936 , starring Muriel Angelus , Roger Treville , Clifford Mollison and Betty Warren , and ran for 569 performances . A love story between a young nobleman and a ballerina set mostly in Russia during World War I and the Russian Revolution , it begins and ends in 1924 at a Montmartre night-club called the Balalaika , telling the lovers ' story through a series of flashbacks . Itself a revised version of an earlier London musical play called The Great Hussar , which opened at the Adelphi Theatre on 19 October 1933 , Balalaika formed the basis for the 1939 MGM movie of the same name starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey .
Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE ( 10 June 1901 - 27 October 1969 ) , sometimes credited as Holt Marvell , was an English entertainer , writer , editor , broadcaster and broadcasting executive .
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury ( November 20 , 1863 - July 24 , 1950 ) was an English actress .
Barbarian , also known as Kane the Barbarian , is an American sword and sorcery action direct-to-video film released in 2003 . It can almost be considered a remake from the 1983 film Deathstalker . It stars the American bodybuilder , wrestler and actor Michael O'Hearn and Martin Kove , and also R & B singer Cassie Ventura had a bit part in the film .
Deathstalker ( Cazador de muerte ) is a 1983 fantasy adventure film directed by James Sbardellati ( credited as John Watson ) and starring Rick Hill , Barbi Benton , Bernard Erhard , and Lana Clarkson . An international co-production of Argentina and the United States , it was the first in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures , and the first of ten movies that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s .
Barbarian Queen ( also known as Queen of the Naked Steel ) is a 1985 American-Argentine fantasy film starring Lana Clarkson , directed by Héctor Olivera and written by Howard R. Cohen . The film premiered in April 1985 in the United States . It was executive produced by Roger Corman .
Dawn Dunlap ( born May 17 , 1963 ) is an American actress best known for her appearance as Laura in David Hamilton 's Laura . She quit the film industry in 1985 and moved back to her home state of Texas .
Beauty and the Beast ( French : La Belle et la Bête - also the UK title ) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau . Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast , it is an adaptation of the 1757 story Beauty and the Beast , written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology . The plot of Cocteau 's film revolves around Belle 's father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast 's garden . Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father 's place . Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses . Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast , who tests her by letting her return home to her family and telling her that if she does n't return to him within a week , he will die of grief . Beauty and the Beast is now recognized as a classic of French cinema .
Beauty and the Beast ( French : La Belle et la Bête ) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins ( The Young American and Marine Tales ) . Its lengthy version was abridged , rewritten , and published first by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants ( Children 's Collection ) and by Andrew Lang in the Blue Fairy Book of his Fairy Book series in 1889 , to produce the version ( s ) most commonly retold . It was influenced by some earlier stories , such as Cupid and Psyche , The Golden Ass written by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis in the 2nd century AD , and The Pig King , an Italian fairytale published by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola around 1550 . Variants of the tale are known across Europe . In France , for example , Zémire and Azor is an operatic version of the story , written by Marmontel and composed by Grétry in 1771 , which had enormous success well into the 19th century ; it is based on the second version of the tale . Amour pour amour ( Love for love ) , by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , a 1742 play based on de Villeneuve 's version . According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon , the story originated around 4,000 years ago .
Josette Day ( Paris , July 31 , 1914 - Paris , June 27 , 1978 ) was a French film actress . Born Josette Noëlle Andrée Claire Dagory , she began her career as a child actress in 1919 at the age of five . When she was 18 , Day was the mistress of Paul Morand and later was in a relationship with famous French writer and director Marcel Pagnol , whom she met in January 1939 and lasted part of World War II . She did not marry him In 1946 , she played her best-known role , alongside Jean Marais , as Belle in Jean Cocteau 's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast . Her films include Allo Berlin ? Ici Paris ! ( 1932 ) , The Merry Monarch ( based on Les Aventures du roi Pausole ) ( 1933 ) , Lucrèce Borgia ( 1935 ) , L'homme du jour ( 1937 ) , Accord final ( 1938 ) , La Belle et la Bête ( 1946 ) and Les Parents terribles ( 1948 ) . Despite numerous parts in famous French films , Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old . She retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman Maurice Solvay ( descendant of Ernest Solvay , founder of the notable Solvay company ) . In February 1959 , while on cruise in the Pacific , she and Solvay met a Tahitian girl at a Papeete market named Hinano Tiatia , whom the couple took under legal guardianship and who was the center of Solvay 's inheritance dispute having not been adopted at the time of his sudden death in 1960 .
Shuri is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer Reginald Hudlin and artist John Romita Jr. , first appearing in Black Panther vol . 4 # 2 ( May 2005 ) . Shuri is a princess of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda . She is the daughter of T'Chaka and sister of T'Challa , who is the king of Wakanda and the Black Panther , an earned title and rank given to the chief of the nation . As T'Challa recovers from battle wounds , Shuri is tested and found suitable for the role of Black Panther and ruler of Wakanda . She possesses all the enhanced abilities given to the Black Panther via ancient Wakandan ritual , is a skilled martial artist , allowed access to extensive advanced technologies and wealth , and uses learned transmorphic capabilities .
Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name . Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , it is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . The film is directed by Ryan Coogler , who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole , and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther , alongside Michael B. Jordan , Lupita Nyong ' o , Danai Gurira , Martin Freeman , Daniel Kaluuya , Letitia Wright , Winston Duke , Angela Bassett , Forest Whitaker , and Andy Serkis . In Black Panther , T'Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father 's death , but he is challenged by Killmonger ( Jordan ) who plans to abandon the country 's isolationist policies and begin a global revolution . Wesley Snipes expressed interest in working on a Black Panther film in 1992 , but the project did not come to fruition . In September 2005 , Marvel Studios announced a Black Panther film as one of ten based on Marvel characters and distributed by Paramount Pictures . Mark Bailey was hired to write a script in January 2011 . Black Panther was officially announced in October 2014 , and Boseman made his first appearance as the character in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) . By 2016 , Cole and Coogler had joined ; additional cast joined in May , making Black Panther the first Marvel film with a predominantly black cast . Principal photography took place from January to April 2017 at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in the Atlanta metropolitan area , and Busan , South Korea . Black Panther premiered in Los Angeles on January 29 , 2018 , and was released theatrically in the United States on February 16 . The film received praise from critics for its direction , screenplay , acting ( particularly that of Boseman , Jordan , and Wright ) , costume design , production values , and soundtrack , though the computer-generated effects received some criticism .
Wakanda ( /wəˈkændə , -ˈkɑːn-/ ) is a fictional country located in Sub-Saharan Africa , created by Marvel Comics . It is home to the superhero Black Panther . Wakanda first appeared in Fantastic Four # 52 ( July 1966 ) , and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . Wakanda has appeared in comics and various media adaptations , including the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) , Black Panther ( 2018 ) , Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 ) , and Avengers : Endgame ( 2019 ) .
T'Chaka is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is the father of T'Challa and Shuri . He was the king of Wakanda and Black Panther before T'Challa ; who inherited both titles following the death of his father , T'Chaka . John Kani portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) and Black Panther ( 2018 ) while Kani 's son Atandwa portrayed a younger version of the character .
Black Panther is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Jack Kirby , first appearing in Fantastic Four # 52 ( cover-dated July 1966 ) in the Silver Age of Comic Books . Black Panther 's real name is T'Challa , king and protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda . Along with possessing enhanced abilities achieved through ancient Wakandan rituals of drinking the essence of the heart-shaped herb , T'Challa also relies on his proficiency in science , rigorous physical training , hand-to-hand combat skills , and access to wealth and advanced Wakandan technology to combat his enemies . Black Panther is the first superhero of African descent in mainstream American comics , having debuted years before early black superheroes such as Marvel Comics ' the Falcon ( 1969 ) , Luke Cage ( 1972 ) and Blade ( 1973 ) or DC Comics ' John Stewart in the role of Green Lantern ( 1971 ) . In one comic book storyline , the Black Panther mantle is handled by Kasper Cole , a multiracial New York City police officer . Beginning as an impersonator , Cole would later take on the moniker of White Tiger and become an ally to T'Challa . The role of Black Panther and leadership of Wakanda is also given to T'Challa 's sister Shuri for a short time . Black Panther has made numerous appearances in various television shows , animated films and video games . Chadwick Boseman portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) , Black Panther ( 2018 ) , Avengers : Infinity War , and Avengers : Endgame ( 2019 ) . Boseman will return in the upcoming sequel to Black Panther ( 2022 ) . In 2011 , Black Panther was ranked 51st overall on IGN 's Top 100 Comic Books Heroes list .
Letitia Michelle Wright ( born 31 October 1993 ) is a Guyanese-English actress . Beginning her professional career in 2011 , she has played roles in several British TV series , including Top Boy , Coming Up , Chasing Shadows , Humans , the Doctor Who episode Face the Raven and the Black Mirror episode Black Museum ; for the latter she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits for her role in the award-winning film Urban Hymn . In 2018 , she achieved global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther . She reprised the role in Avengers : Infinity War and Avengers : Endgame , the latter of which is the highest-grossing film of all time . In 2019 , she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award .
The Brigand is a 1952 romantic adventure filmed in Technicolor and directed by Phil Karlson . It is the second film that Anthony Dexter made for producer Edward Small for Columbia Pictures after his debut in Valentino .
Jody Lawrance ( October 19 , 1930 - July 10 , 1986 ) , sometimes known by the surname Lawrence , was an American actress who starred in many Hollywood films during the 1950s through the early 1960s .
Captain Sindbad is a 1963 independently made fantasy and adventure film , produced by Frank King and Herman King ( King Brothers Productions ) , directed by Byron Haskin , that stars Guy Williams ( Disney 's Zorro and future Lost in Space star ) and Heidi Brühl . The film was shot at the Bavaria Film studios in Germany and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The screenplay was rewritten by Guy Endore , then rewritten again by co-producer Frank King a week before filming began in order to reduce production expenses ; the film was reedited again prior to release . Haskin also shot some of the film 's special effects sequences for an MGM Television television pilot , but no network picked it up .
Heidi Rosemarie Brühl ( 30 January 1942 in Gräfelfing , Upper Bavaria - 8 June 1991 in Starnberg ) was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had a prolific career in film and television . She was also a successful recording artist , and is known for her participation in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest .
A Christmas Prince is a 2017 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Alex Zamm , written by Karen Schaler and Nathan Atkins and stars Rose McIver , Ben Lamb , Tom Knight , Sarah Douglas , Daniel Fathers , Alice Krige and Tahirah Sharif . The film was released on Netflix on November 17 , 2017 . A sequel , titled A Christmas Prince : The Royal Wedding , was released in 2018 and another one in 2019 , A Christmas Prince : The Royal Baby .
A Christmas Prince : The Royal Wedding is a 2018 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by John Schultz from a screenplay by Robin Bernheim and Nathan Atkins , based on characters created by Karen Schaler . The film stars Rose McIver , Ben Lamb , Sarah Douglas , Alice Krige and Tahirah Sharif . It is a sequel to the 2017 film A Christmas Prince . It was followed in 2019 by A Christmas Prince : The Royal Baby . It was released on November 30 , 2018 , by Netflix .
A Christmas Prince : The Royal Baby is a 2019 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by John Schultz from a screenplay by Nate Atkin , based on characters created by Karen Schaler . The film stars Rose McIver , Ben Lamb and Sarah Douglas . It is a sequel to the 2017 film A Christmas Prince and the 2018 film A Christmas Prince : The Royal Wedding . It was released on December 5 , 2019 , by Netflix . Filming took place between March 2019 and June 2019 with the filming once again taking place in Romania .
Honor Kneafsey ( born 2004 ) is a British actress . In 2014 , Kneafsey played June Mottershead in the BBC1 drama Our Zoo . She has made numerous television , film and West End stage appearances .
Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 American sword and sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mako Iwamatsu reprising their roles as Conan and Akiro the wizard , respectively . The cast also includes Grace Jones , Wilt Chamberlain , Tracey Walter , and Olivia d'Abo . It is the sequel to Conan the Barbarian . The film grossed $ 31 million in the US .
Queen Taramis is a character in the Conan the Barbarian universe , featured in the novella A Witch Shall Be Born . She is an Askhauri from Khauran in the Hyborian era .
Olivia Jane d'Abo ( /ˈdɑːboʊ/ ; born 22 January 1969 ) is an English-American actress , singer , and songwriter . She is known for her role as Karen Arnold , Kevin Arnold 's rebellious teenage hippie sister in the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years ( 1988-93 ) , and recurring villain Nicole Wallace in Law & Order : Criminal Intent .
Conquest ( also called Marie Walewska ) is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska , who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland . It stars Greta Garbo , Charles Boyer , Reginald Owen , Alan Marshal , Henry Stephenson , Leif Erickson , Dame May Whitty , George Zucco , and Maria Ouspenskaya . The movie was adapted by S.N . Behrman , Samuel Hoffenstein , Helen Jerome and Salka Viertel from the novel Pani Walewska by Wacław Gąsiorowski . It was directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatý ( uncredited ) . It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Charles Boyer ) and Best Art Direction ( Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning ) . Its worldwide gross amounted to $ 2,141,000 . But its massive budget led to a loss of $ 1,397,000 .
Betty Blythe ( born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter ; September 1 , 1893 - April 7 , 1972 ) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba ( 1921 ) . She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 talking pictures ( known as talkies ) over the course of her career . She is famous for being one of the first actresses to appear on film in the nude , [ citation needed ] or nearly so , during the Roaring Twenties . She is reported to have said , A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off . [ better source needed ]
Curse of the Golden Flower ( Chinese : 满城尽带黄金甲 ; pinyin : Mǎnchéngjìndàihuángjīnjiǎ ) is a 2006 Chinese epic wuxia drama film written and directed by Zhang Yimou . The Mandarin Chinese title of the movie is taken from the last line of the Qi Dynasty poem written by the rebel leader Emperor Huang Chao who was also the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty that was at war against the Later Tang Dynasty . With a budget of US $ 45 million , it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date , surpassing Chen Kaige 's The Promise . It was chosen as China 's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2006 ; but did not receive the nomination . The film was , however , nominated for Costume Design . In 2007 it received fourteen nominations at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards and won Best Actress for Gong Li , Best Art Direction , Best Costume and Make Up Design and Best Original Film Song for 菊花台 ( Chrysanthemum Terrace ) by Jay Chou . The plot is based on Cao Yu 's 1934 play Thunderstorm ( 雷雨 pinyin : Léiyǔ ) , but is set in the Imperial court in ancient China . The plot could also be based on King Lear , but set in Tang Dynasty China instead of Ancient Europe .
Gong Li ( born 31 December 1965 ) is a Chinese-born Singaporean actress . One of the most famous actresses of China 's Fifth Generation cinema , she starred in three of the four Academy Award for Best International Feature Film-nominated Chinese-language films . Gong was born in Shenyang , Liaoning , and grew up in Jinan , Shandong . She enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing , from where she graduated in 1989 . While a student at the Academy , she was spotted by director Zhang Yimou and debuted in Zhang 's Red Sorghum in 1987 . Gong and Zhang 's professional and personal relationship received much media attention in the Chinese-speaking world , as they continued to collaborate on a string of critically acclaimed movies , including the Oscar-nominated features Ju Dou ( 1990 ) and Raise the Red Lantern ( 1991 ) . For her role in the Zhang-directed The Story of Qiu Ju ( 1992 ) , Gong won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival . Gong also starred in the Chen Kaige-directed Oscar-nominated Farewell My Concubine ( 1993 ) , for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards . Other notable appearances include Breaking the Silence ( 2000 ) , Zhou Yu 's Train ( 2003 ) , 2046 ( 2004 ) , Memoirs of a Geisha ( 2005 ) , Curse of the Golden Flower ( 2006 ) , and Coming Home ( 2014 ) . Gong was head of jury at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and the 2002 Venice Film Festival , the first Chinese to hold such position at both events . Throughout her career , Gong has won three Hundred Flowers Awards , two Golden Rooster Awards , and honourary awards at the Berlin and Cannes film festivals . She was appointed a Commander ( Commandeur ) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France in 2010 .
Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan , released by Paramount Pictures , and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy , Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee , and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu ( for his third and final feature appearance in the role , excluding a gag cameo in Paramount on Parade ) . The film was made to capitalize on Sax Rohmer 's then current book , The Daughter of Fu Manchu , which Paramount did not own the rights to adapt .
Anna May Wong ( born Wong Liu Tsong ; January 3 , 1905 - February 3 , 1961 ) was an American actress , considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star , as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition . Her varied career spanned silent film , sound film , television , stage , and radio . Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Toisonese Chinese-American parents , Wong became infatuated with the movies and began acting in films at an early age . During the silent film era , she acted in The Toll of the Sea ( 1922 ) , one of the first movies made in color , and in Douglas Fairbanks ' The Thief of Bagdad ( 1924 ) . Wong became a fashion icon and had achieved international stardom in 1924 . Frustrated by the stereotypical supporting roles she reluctantly played in Hollywood , Wong left for Europe in the late 1920s , where she starred in several notable plays and films , among them Piccadilly ( 1929 ) . She spent the first half of the 1930s traveling between the United States and Europe for film and stage work . Wong was featured in films of the early sound era , such as Daughter of the Dragon ( 1931 ) , Daughter of Shanghai ( 1937 ) , and with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg 's Shanghai Express ( 1932 ) . In 1935 , Wong was dealt the most severe disappointment of her career , when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the leading role of the Chinese character O-Lan in the film version of Pearl S. Buck 's The Good Earth , choosing instead the white actress Luise Rainer to play the leading role . Wong spent the next year touring China , visiting her family 's ancestral village and studying Chinese culture . In the late 1930s , she starred in several B movies for Paramount Pictures , portraying Chinese and Chinese Americans in a positive light . She paid less attention to her film career during World War II , when she devoted her time and money to help the Chinese cause against Japan .
Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March , Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing . It is based on the 1924 Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella ( 1891-1957 ) , as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris .
Kathleen Howard ( July 27 , 1884 - April 15 , 1956 ) was a Canadian-born American opera singer , magazine editor , and character actress from the mid-1930s through the 1940s .