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Walt Disney Born December 5, 1901 Died December 15, 1966 Three brothers (Herbert, Raymond, Roy) One sister (Ruth) Cartoonist for School Paper In 1918-1919 Walt joined the American Ambulance Corps. In France

Facts Mother died in 1938 from faulty furnace, blamed himself because he had bought the house for her When first announced, Snow White was called “Disney’s Folly”. First animated movie in colour, made $1.2 billion Hired Lillian Bounds as an inker in April 1925, married her in July 1926 “I couldn’t afford to pay her, so I married her”. The first animated cartoon with sound was named “Steamboat Willie” and featured Mickey Mouse Always stated his hero was Charlie Chaplin and was the reason he got into films Won a total of 22 Academy Awards Two daughters: Diane and Sharon; Sharon was adopted

Perseverance 1919 – Gets a job at Posman-Rubin Commercial Art Studio 1920 – Forms Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists with Ub Iwerks. Only survives for a month 1920 – Creates films called “Laugh-o-Grams” for Kansas City Slide Company 1922 – Quits Slide Company, creates Laugh-o-Gram Films” 1923 – Declares bankruptcy and moves to California 1924 – Creates “Disney Bros. Studios with brother Roy Eventually to become “Walt Disney Studio” 1940 – Walt Disney Studio has 1000 employees and is a internationally acclaimed company

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