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'''Anastasia Tremaine''' is the [[red hair|redheaded]] older, ugly [[daughter]] of [[Lady Tremaine]]. She appears in [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Cinderella II: Dreams Come True]]'', and ''[[Cinderella III: A Twist in Time]]''. She is voiced by [[Lucille Bliss]] in the original film<ref>Tim Hollis, Greg Ehrbar, ''Mouse tracks: the story of Walt Disney Records'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2006), [http://books.google.com/books?id=rw-Rffdqb1IC&pg=PA69&dq=Anastasia+%22Lucille+Bliss%22&ei=GZITSqj9AqKuzAS99oGjCw 69].</ref> and [[Tress MacNeille]] in the sequels.<ref>"[http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=19008 ''Cinderella III'' Twists Its Way to DVD]," ''Animation World Network'' (February 06, 2007).</ref> Though following the original story's depiction of the ugly and cruel stepsister in the first film, Anastasia becomes a more sympathetic character in later Disney sequels, depicted as struggling to find genuine love and follow her conscience despite her mother and sister's negative influence and scheming. Pat Williams, James Denney, and Jim Denney report that actress "Lucille Bliss was the voice of Cinderella's stepsister, Anastasia, an experience that remains one of her fondest memories." The actress explains, "I was just a teenager when I got the part...I read that Walt had personally selected me for the part of Anastasia."<ref>Pat Williams, James Denney, and Jim Denney, ''How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life'' (HCI, 2004), [http://books.google.com/books?id=lSJIngvkCsAC&pg=PA161&dq=Anastasia+%22Lucille+Bliss%22&ei=GZITSqj9AqKuzAS99oGjCw 161].</ref>
In ''Cinderella'', Anastasia is portrayed just as awkward, clumsy, foolish, and bossy as her sister, Drizella. During their music lesson, Anastasia plays the [[flute]] as Drizella sings but in the sequals she has a beautiful singing voice. Anastasia quarrels with her sister often, though they are united in their jealousy of and contempt for Cinderella. Anastasia's most common [[dress]] attire is the [[magenta]] coloured dress which she wears with a [[gold]] coloured [[headpiece]] and [[purple]] slippers. Her [[hairstyle]] is in multiple long [[curls]] which run down her [[back]] and sway when she moves. During the first film, she was seen as physically ugly, however in the sequels, she blossomed into a
In ''Cinderella II'', Anastasia is portrayed as a more sympathetic character. She falls in love with a working-class [[baker]] and wants to get close to him, but her mother refuses to allow her to because of her own prejudices towards the baker's social standing. [[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]] reassures Anastasia that the baker is a good man, regardless of what Lady Tremaine thinks, and encourages Anastasia to follow her heart. With the help of Cinderella, Anastasia gets a make-over and becomes beautiful. With help from Cinderella and her animal friends, Anastasia and the baker are reunited and reconciled, they attend Cinderella's [[ball]], where Anastasia thanks her.
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