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Eleanor Audley, the actress who voiced the animated Maleficent also voiced Lady Tremaine (aka the Evil Stepmother) in Cinderella and Madame Leota in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion attraction.

The name "Maleficent" is a derivative of the Latin word maleficentia, meaning "evil-doing."

Audley acted out her scenes in costume, which inspired the final design for her character.

And unsurprisingly, her horns were based right off the devil "so she would frighten everybody half to death."

Angelina Jolie had a HUGE role in developing Maleficent's on-screen look for the live-action movie. Her horns were made by artisans who specialize in fetishware.

One version of the horns was magnetic and could pop off Jolie's head.

Lady Gaga's look in her music video for "Born This Way" inspired the prosthetic cheekbones Jolie wore for the film.

Jolie developed her voice for the role while giving her children a bath.

And two of her other children, Pax and Zahara, have cameos in the christening scene as young royalty.