Babar's Mother / Misfortune — Babar: King of the Elephants Character Profile

About Babar's Mother / Misfortune

Babar's loving mother who raises him in the Great Forest until her death by a poacher. The same actress also voices Misfortune, a wicked demon gazelle that threatens Babar during his nightmare.

Character Facts

Played by

Ellen-Ray Hennessy

Appears in

Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Babar's Mother / Misfortune — mother — Young Babar (Kristin Fairlie)
• Babar's Mother / Misfortune — Family Mother — Young Arthur / Alexander (Kyle Fairlie)

  Maternal bond between the elephant matriarch and the young elephants.

• Babar's Mother / Misfortune — Narrative Storyteller — Marabou / Sales Manager (Wayne Robson)

  Meta-narrative role where Marabou introduces the protagonist's origins.

• Babar's Mother / Misfortune — Social Forest Peer — Cornelius (Chris Wiggins)

  Shared history as original forest dwellers.

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More characters from Babar: King of the Elephants

• Zephir (Philip Williams)
• Marabou / Sales Manager (Wayne Robson)
• Cornelius (Chris Wiggins)
• Young Babar (Kristin Fairlie)
• King Babar (Dan Lett)
• Queen Celeste (Janet-Laine Green)
• Young Arthur / Alexander (Kyle Fairlie)
• Madame (Elizabeth Hanna)
• Elevator Boy / Tailor (Paul Haddad)
• Young Celeste (Jennifer Martini)
• Pom (Cody Jones)
• Uncle Arthur (Amos Crawley)