Snow White (Disney character)
Originally, Disney could not find what they thought was a suitable voice for Snow White. Around 150 girls auditioned for the role of Snow White, including well-known actresses such as Deanna Durbin, whose voice seemed too old to Disney. One assistant to Disney called music teacher Guido Caselotti, complaining that Hollywood had no singing girls. Caselotti wanted to offer to send their best to listen to the students, but it turned out that his 20-year-old daughter Adriana overheard a conversation on another phone in the house, and she began to sing in a young girl's voice. Her father was confused and told his daughter to get away from the phone, but the casting director liked her voice and invited her to audition. After Walt Disney heard her, he immediately gave her the role. The studio signed a multi-page contract with Adriana Caselotti: she was forbidden to sing in a movie or on the radio before or after the movie premiered because Walt Disney did not want the voice of Snow White to be heard anywhere else. Instead, she received $970 (now worth approximately $).
Sylvia Holland
Sylvia Moberly-Holland was born in Ampfield, Great Britain. She worked for a time as a sketch artist for Universal Studios. After seeing Walt Disney's animated film "Snow White", she decided she wanted to work for Disney, and in 1938 became the second woman hired into their story department, following Bianca Majolie (up until then, women had only been hired to do inking and painting). Her responsibilities at Disney included story direction, concept art, color studies, timing, and supervising other artists.