Quasimodo is featured in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Quasimodo ( from Quasimodo Sunday ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ( 1831 ) by Victor Hugo . In 2010 , a British researcher found evidence suggesting there was a real-life hunchbacked stone carver who worked at Notre Dame during the same period Victor Hugo was writing the novel and they may have even known each other . The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American film starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film) . It stars Mexican actor Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) . The plot centers on Quasimodo , the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame , and his struggle to gain acceptance into society .