Quasimodo's mother

Quasimodo's Mother is a minor character of the Disney Animated Film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, portrayed by the late Mary Kay Bergman.

Role in the Film
At the beginning of the film, Quasimodo's parents (gypsies) tried to enter the city of Notre Dame with fellow gypsies, but they are discovered by judge Claude Frollo and his soldiers, she manages to escape but her husband is killed by the soldiers. Frollo, who thought she was carrying stolen gold, chases her through the city. She comes to the cathedral of Notre Dame to get sanctuary but no one heard her. Frollo catches her and takes what she was carrying, pushing her to a stone ladder and killing her. Frollo realizes that it is a deformed baby and tries to kill him. But the Archdeacon arrives just in time and makes Frollo adopting the baby for killing an innocent woman; then the Archdeacon takes the body and gives her a proper burial. 20 years later Quasimodo has grown believing his mother abandoned him for his deformity (Frollo told him that). During the climax of the film, Frollo reveals to Quasimodo that his mother had died trying to save him. Quasimodo avenges her death by making Frollo fall to his death. From that moment, Quasimodo started to have a great respect for his mother.

Personality
She is a very loving mother that tries to save her son from the cruelty of the English Crown, she loved him in spite of his deformity. She is also knowledgable of catholic laws, seeking sanctuary at Notre Dame when she was being chased by Frollo.