Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney 's Pinocchio (1940).

Evelyn Venable. Actress: Death Takes a Holiday. Lovely and ethereal in looks, and quite unassuming in nature, 1930s actress Evelyn Venable was born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she grew up and received her schooling. Both her father, Emerson Venable, and grandfather were writers/teachers.

Evelyn Venable. Actress: Death Takes a Holiday. Lovely and ethereal in looks, and quite unassuming in nature, 1930s actress Evelyn Venable was born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she grew up and received her schooling. Both her father, Emerson Venable, and grandfather were writers/teachers.

Evelyn Venable Mohr, who died in 1993 at age 80, was a star in two realms — the movies and the classroom. Her 20-plus years as a UCLA instructor of languages turned out to be a stellar engagement in which she changed countless lives.

Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress. She performed as the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, a 1940 movie. She also played the mother of Shirley Temple in the movie The Little Colonel. Venable was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died from cancer in Idaho, aged eighty.

Nov 26, 1993 · Evelyn Venable, Shakespearean actress and later a professor of classics who played ingenue film roles in the 1930s and was believed to be the model for Columbia Pictures’ statuesque movie...

Nov 30, 1993 · Evelyn Venable, an actress whose films include "Death Takes a Holiday" with Fredric March, died on Nov. 16 in Post Falls, Idaho. She was 80. Miss Venable was born in Cincinnati.

Evelyn Venable, a Shakespearean actress and later a professor of classics, played ingenue film roles in the 1930s and was believed to be the model for Columbia Pictures'...

Known for being cast in wholesome roles, Evelyn Venable was the voice of the Blue Fairy in “Pinocchio” (1940), and some say she was the model for the art, as well. In the mid-1930s, she modeled for the Columbia Pictures logo, a corporate version of the Statue of Liberty.

Nov 16, 1993 · A delicately lovely leading lady who, after brief stage experience with Walter Hampden's Shakespearean stock company, Evelyn Venable was signed by Paramount and made her debut in director Mitchell Leisen's first film, the sensitive "Cradle Song" (1933). Generally cast as sweet, demure types,...