Daisy Duck as Isabel in Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Wilma Flintstone portrays Belle in A Flintstones' Christmas Carol.
Belle is a character from Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. She is a prominent figure from Ebenezer Scrooge's past.
Role in the story
Belle appears during the sequence where The Ghost of Christmas Past is showing Scrooge his past. Here, we see that Belle was Scrooge's fiancée, but she eventually broke off their engagement due to Scrooge's growing obsession with money. Most adaptions depict the two having met at an office Christmas party when Scrooge was working for Fezziwig.
In the original story, after showing Scrooge the day he and Belle broke up, the Ghost also shows Scrooge that Belle eventually married and found happiness with another man; this scene is often skipped in the adaptations.
Portrayals
| Performer | Production | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrooge | 1951 | This version of the character is named Alice. | |
| Daisy Duck (voiced by Patricia Parris) | Mickey's Christmas Carol | 1983 | This version of the character is named Isabel. |
| Lucy Gutteridge | A Christmas Carol | 1984 | This adaptation notably keeps the scene showing Belle with her family after she left Scrooge. |
| Meredith Braun | The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992 | |
| Wilma Flintstone (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) | A Flintstones' Christmas Carol | 1994 | The part of Belle is originally given to a woman named Maggie. However, Maggie catches the Bedrock Bug before she can perform, so Wilma portrays the role instead. |
| Voiced by Robin Wright Penn | A Christmas Carol | 2009 | Robin Wright Penn also voices Fan (Scrooge's sister) in this computer animated film adaptation. |
| Angline Ball | A Christmas Carol | 2000 | In this movie, she is called Bella and is the love interest of Eddie Scrooge. At the end she and Eddie marry and have a son named Marley. |
| Kate Winslet | Christmas Carol: The Movie | 2001 | In this adaptation, Belle is a nurse. She reunites her friendship with Scrooge after he encountered Jacob Marley's ghost and the three spirits. In fact, Scrooge gives a few of his money to her for the patients (especially children) all around London. |
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