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
| Picture | 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. |
| Angline Ball | A Christmas Carol | 2000 | In this movie, she's called Bella she's the love interest of Eddie Scrooge, at the end she finally marry him and a son named Marley with him. | |
| Christmas Carol: The Movie | 2001 | In the movie, she's a nurse, but does not marry another man and have children with him after breaking up with Scrooge. She reunites her friendship with him 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. | ||
| Voiced by Robin Wright Penn | A Christmas Carol | 2009 | Robin Wright Penn also voices Fan (Scrooge's sister) in this film. |
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