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 inker Bell is the jealous pixie who glows brightest
for Peter Pan. Her voice sings like a tinkling bell and a sprinkle
of her pixie dust can make you fly. But this sprite can turn
spiteful if she suspects that Peter's attentions are diverted to
anyone but herself. It's bad enough that she has to compete with
Never Land's other adoring females (the mermaids and Princess Tiger
Lily), but now Peter's brought back this Wendy person from London.
Tink would lay down her life for Peter, but he's too busy playing
Wendy's hero to care. Somehow she'll find a way to settle the
score, even if it takes eliminating the competition. |
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In Sir James M. Barrie's original play, Tinker Bell is
traditionally staged as a flying point of light beamed from
offstage. Animator Marc Davis' personification of her as a winged
pixie with a very womanly figure was widely criticized as too
sexually suggestive by Barrie purists, especially after it was
rumored that she was modeled after actress Marilyn Monroe. Tink was
actually modeled after Margaret Kerry, the actress who performed
her live-action reference. |
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The popular Miss Bell went on to a second career as TV hostess for
Disney's anthology series ("Disneyland®," "Walt Disney
Presents," "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," and "The
Wonderful World of Disney"), and Tinker Bell still flies through
the sky over Disneyland every night in the summer to herald the
evening fireworks.
Film: "Peter Pan" (1953)
Live Action Model: Margaret Kerry |
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