<Li> Beauty and the Beast (1987), a television series which centers around the relationship between Catherine (played by Linda Hamilton), an attorney who lives in New York City, and Vincent (played by Ron Perlman), a gentle but lion - faced "beast" who dwells in the tunnels beneath the city . </Li> <Li> Beauty & the Beast (2012), a reworking of the 1987 TV series starring Jay Ryan and Kristin Kreuk . </Li> <Li> Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics episode "Beauty and the Beast" (The Story of the Summer Garden and the Winter Garden (1988), in which the Beast has an ogre - like appearance . </Li> <Li> Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995), episode "Beauty and the Beast", featuring the voices of Vanessa L. Williams and Gregory Hines . The Beast is depicted as having a rhinoceros head, a lion - like mane and tail, a humanoid body, and a camel - like hump . </Li>

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