Princess Aurora is the title character of Disney's Sleeping Beauty. She is also known as Briar Rose. One day on her birthday when she was a baby, the evil sorceress Maleficent put a curse on her saying that when she pricked her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, she would die. Luckily, Prince Phillip with the help of the three good fairies, saved her. She is the third Disney Princess in the official lineup. Princess Aurora is the titular character of Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. She is the daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. She has been voiced by Mary Costa, Erin Torpey, Jennifer Hale and Kate Higgins.