<Li> In 1984, Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre aired "Beauty and the Beast", starring Klaus Kinski and Susan Sarandon . The script, sets, makeup, and costumes were based on the 1946 film . </Li> <Li> Beauty and the Beast, a television series which owed as much to detective shows and fantasy fiction as to the fairy tale, was originally broadcast from 1987 to 1989 . This was centered around the relationship between Catherine (played by Linda Hamilton), an attorney who lived in New York City, and Vincent (played by Ron Perlman), a gentle but lion - faced "beast" who dwells in the tunnels beneath the city . Wendy Pini created two issues of a comic - book adaptation of the TV series . The series was cancelled when ratings fell after Hamilton decided to leave the show at the end of the second season . </Li> <Li> Beauty and the Beast was featured in Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics . In this version, the Beast had an ogre - like appearance and appeared at the Merchant's house when his time to give him Beauty came . Outside of Beauty breaking the spell on the Beast enough to turn him back into a prince, the two of them sent birds to carry messages of their marriage . The narrator commented that he learned of this story because "a little birdie told" him . </Li> <Li> A version of "Beauty and the Beast" was featured in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child . The story is set in Africa and features the voices of Vanessa L. Williams as the Beauty, Gregory Hines as the Beast, Debbie Allen as Precious, Terrence C. Carson as the Tree, and Paul Winfield as the Father . </Li>

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