Walt Disney
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Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoo
Disney in 1946
Disney's childhood home in Chicago
Disney's business envelope featured a self-portrait, c. 1921
Disney with film roll and Mickey Mouse on his right arm in 1935
Lillian Disney
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Lillian Marie Disney was an American ink artist and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from high school in Lapwai before moving to Lew
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…working in his Laugh-O-Gram studio, although the origins of the character are unclear. Disney's original choice of name was Mortimer Mouse, but his wife Lillian thought it too pompous, and suggested Mickey instead. Iwerks revised Disney's provisional sketches to make the character easier to animate. Disney, who…
Disney in 1951
Interior of the Lilly Belle train car at Disneyland