Belle's mother

Belle's Mother was the unnamed deceased maternal figure of Belle, and wife of Maurice in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast. She will appear in the film's 2017 live-action remake.

Background
While the character was removed during the production of the film, Belle's mother is alluded to in other materials surrounding her background. In the musical adaptation, she is mentioned in the song No Matter What where Belle's father compares her to her late mother ("You are your mother's daughter; therefore you are class. ... creme de la creme"), hinting that Belle's mother might have originally been from the upper-classes of high society; further suggesting that Belle's mother was a daughter of a 'vieux riche' family, and went on to marry a (Maurice). Since Belle mentions that her family having not been from the Village originally ("Every morning just the same, since the morning that we came, to this poor provincial town"), it could be argued that Belle's mother had passed away before Belle and Maurice had moved to the village.

In addition, a portrait of her reading to a younger Belle can be seen on the wall inside the replica of Belle's cottage that is a part of the Enchanted Tales with Belle attraction at Magic Kingdom. Also, she was seen with the same book that Belle got from the bookseller, indicating that she was the reason why the book was her favorite.

Beauty and the Beast
In the 1989 version of the original screenplay of the film, Belle's mother was planned to have been mentioned as the deceased mother of two daughters, Belle and Clarice, (this time with Belle as the oldest sister). Where-in after her death, her musicbox (the figurines on-which mirror those in the famous 18th-century painting "The Swing", by Jean Honore-Fragonard) is passed down to Belle on her 17th birthday (said-musicbox being an heirloom that had been passed-down to Belle's mother on her own 17th birthday). But ultimately she was never brought up at all in the final edits of the 1991 original screenplay.

Her passing marked the beginning of a series of misfortunes that would befall her family before her daughter, Belle, willingly exchanged her own freedom for her father's life, and later brakes the curse that plagued the Beast.

Once Upon a Time
She also appeared in the Once Upon a Time episode "Family Business", portrayed by Frances O'Connor. In this version, she was named Colette. She was killed by an Ogre on Ogre Wars while protecting her daughter.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Zoe Rainey has been cast to play her in the 2017 live-action adaptation.