In 1934, Disney seemed to still be tinkering with its funny animal lineup. There was room for plenty of new characters--some with immense promise, some a bit chuckle-worthy, some earnest duds.

Clara Cluck, an operatic, stage-ham of a chicken, falls somewhere along that spectrum, but her talents seemed to mellow throughout the '30s and into the '40s. She was a friend of Mickey and the gang, elbowing (or winging, as it were) her way into their plays and musicals.

Her voice was provided by Florence Gill and her singing was... well, it was better than the rest of the gang's.

Clara never really made it big, though--on film or in life. Her first appearance was in the Burt Gillett-directed Orphan's Benefit in August of 1934. By 1942, less than ten years after she debuted, she was relegated to the background of Disney's Symphony Hour, and after her performance there, she was gone 'til the '80s. You may have spotted her in Mickey's Christmas Carol or in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?