Evelyn Venable

Evelyn Venable was an American actress. In addition to starring in several films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disneys Pinocchio . She was the original model for the personification of Columbia in the Columbia Pictures logo.

Evelyn Venable was born on Saturday, October 18, 1913, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only child of her expecting parents Emerson and Dolores Venable. She graduated from Walnut Hills High School , where her father and grandfather William Henry Venable taught English. She performed in several plays at Walnut Hills, such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the Dream Child in Dear Brutus and Rosalind in As You Like It. She attended Vassar College for a short time before returning to the University of Cincinnati. She performed in Walter Hampdens touring productions, including Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and Ophelia in Hamlet.

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