Mary Costa

Acting

Mary Costa

Born 1930-04-05 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Mary Kathleen Costa is a retired American opera singer and actress. Her most notable film credit is as the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty. She was named a Disney Legend in 1999. Costa is an operatic soprano. Costa is a recipient of the 2020 National Medal of Arts.

Acting credits

Sleeping Beauty poster
6.9

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

Sleeping Beauty

1959

The Big Caper poster
6.3

A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.

The Big Caper

1957

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party poster
8.0

It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can sing along with all her favorite Disney Princesses as they perform their best-loved songs. Plus, she'll be the belle of the ball as she learns wonderful dance moves and sings karaoke-style too!

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

2005

A Christmas Carol poster
6.7

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol

1954

Marry Me Again poster
8.0

Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a home and babies, with himself as the sole source of income on his $65 a week. Doris has to find a way to make him change his mind.

Marry Me Again

1953

Disney's DTV Valentine poster
8.0

A Valentine's Day special featuring rock and roll music set to scenes from Disney animation.

Disney's DTV Valentine

1986

The Merry Widow poster
6.0

Television version of the Lehar operetta.

The Merry Widow

1968

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream poster
9.0

Sound the trumpets and prepare for the ultimate celebration of magic, music and dreams come true! Introduce your little princess to the one special collection that features all her favorite Disney Princesses performing their most cherished songs from Disney's award-winning classics

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

2004

The Great Waltz poster
7.0

A musical based on the life and music of Johann Strauss, Jr.

The Great Waltz

1972

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas poster
6.0

Bing Crosby hosts this music holiday special featuring performances by Mary Costa, Robert Goulet, the Mitchell Boys Choir and the Crosby family.

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

1971

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' poster
8.0

Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

1997

Drugs: The Children Are Choosing Drugs In Our Culture poster
NR

Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the sequence. ALSO: Good hippie sequence in Haight-Ashbury.

Drugs: The Children Are Choosing Drugs In Our Culture

1969

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies poster
NR

Surrounded by a mix of talented ladies, host Frank Sinatra does his thing.

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies

1960