Belle (A 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

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. Later, Wilma fills in for one of the actors playing the charity workers after said actor also gets sick, resulting in a completely ad-libbed scene where Scrooge (played by Fred) tells Belle that he's learned the error of his ways.
	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.
	Robin Wright Penn	Disney's A Christmas Carol	2009	Robin Wright Penn also plays Fan (Scrooge's sister) in this film.

External Links

• Love Interest Wiki: Belle (A Christmas Carol)