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Mary Kathleen Costa is a retired American opera singer and actress, who provided the voice of Aurora in Disney's 1959 animated feature film Sleeping Beauty.

In 1952, she auditioned for the starring role of Aurora in the then-upcoming Disney film Sleeping Beauty. Walt Disney called her personally within hours of the audition to inform her that the part was hers. Her role in Sleeping Beauty remains her most successful, renowned and critically acclaimed film role to date. She continues to do promotional appearances for Disney, most recently for the Blu-ray release of Sleeping Beauty.

Outside of Disney, she has appeared in over 44 operatic roles on stages throughout the world, including Jules Massenet's Manon, Verdi's in La Traviata, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Norman Dello Joio's Blood Moon, Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, and Leonard Bernstein's Candide.

In November 1999, she received the prestigious Disney Legends award, and her handprints are now a permanent part of the Disney Legends Plaza at the entrance to Disney Studios. In 2021, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

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