 Paige O 'Hara as Belle – A bibliophilic and beautiful young girl who seeks adventure , and offers her own freedom to the Beast in return for her father 's . In their effort to enhance the character from the original story , the filmmakers felt that Belle should be " unaware " of her own beauty and made her " a little odd . " Wise recalls casting O 'Hara because of a " unique tone " she had , " a little bit of Judy Garland , " after whose appearance Belle was modeled . James Baxter and Mark Henn served as the supervising animators for Belle . 
