Beauty and the Beast (1991) Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

November 22, 1991

Distributor

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Genre

Animation

Rating

Budget

$25,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$218,967,620 + $186,043,788 = $424,967,620

Cast

Angela Lansbury, Paige O'Hara, Kath Soucie, Mary Kay Bergman, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Jo Anne Worley, Robby Benson, Bradley Pierce, Tony Jay, Hal Smith, Kimmy Robertson, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart

1925-2022

Angela Lansbury

as Mrs. Potts

Paige O'Hara

as Belle

Kath Soucie

as Bimbette

1961-1999

Mary Kay Bergman

as Bimbette

1935-2004

Jerry Orbach

as Lumière

1942-2018

David Ogden Stiers

as Cogsworth

Jo Anne Worley

as the Wardrobe

Robby Benson

as Beast

Bradley Pierce

as Chip

1933-2006

Tony Jay

as Monsieur D'Arque

1916-1994

Hal Smith

as Philippe

Kimmy Robertson

as the Featherduster

Richard White

as Gaston

Jesse Corti

as Lefou

1920-2000

Rex Everhart

as Maurice

About Beauty and the Beast (1991)

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

About

The original version of the classic Disney musical fantasy about a young woman who takes the place of her imprisoned father under the watch of a terrifying beast unaware that her captor is actually a prince. It was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Trivia

The story is based on a French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont as well as some ideas from the 1946 French film of the same name directed by Jean Cocteau. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.