Lila is a very minor female character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. Snoopy was once her pet and spent some of his early days in her house, until she was forced to return Snoopy to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm by the landlord. The character made her first (and only) appearance in the strip on August 24, 1968, as part of a series of strips which originally ran between August 20 and August 31 of that year. The storyline begins with Snoopy receiving another letter from Lila, which he is at first reluctant even to open. When Snoopy finally opens the letter, he discovers that Lila is in the hospital and goes to see her. Charlie Brown, who has no idea who Lila is, finds Snoopy's behavior very confusing. Linus tells his friend that he has done some research and has found out who the girl is. In the strip from August 30, 1968, Linus reveals that Lila was Snoopy's original owner, having bought the young beagle at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. Lila loved Snoopy very much but her family, who lived in an apartment building, decided that they could not keep him. Snoopy was returned to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm and was subsequently bought by Charlie Brown. Lila appears in the second Peanuts movie, Snoopy, Come Home (1972), which itself was an adaptation of the above-mentioned storyline, and in the TV special Snoopy's Reunion (1991). She was voiced by Johanna Baer in 1972 and Megan Parlen in 1991. 30 years after her last appearance, she appears in the TV special Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown, retaining her appearance from the comic strip.
