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Biography. Ruth Irene Tompson was born on July 22, 1910, in Portland, Maine, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. [4] She then moved with her family to Oakland, California, in November 1918 at age eight. [5] She experienced the 1918 influenza pandemic near the end of World War I. [6] In 1924, her parents divorced and her mother, Arlene ...
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- Disney Legend, 2000
- Between 1923 and 1927–1978
- The Walt Disney Company
Oct 12, 2021 · Ruthie Tompson at a screening at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 28, 2018 in Hollywood, California. The legendary Disney animator passed away on Sunday at the age of 111.
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Oct 11, 2021 · Ruthie Tompson, who worked as a painter at the Walt Disney Studios for nearly 40 years and was one of the first three women to join the International Photographers Union, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in California. She was 111 years old and had a long and esteemed career in the animation industry, working on many classic Disney films such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Pinocchio", "Fantasia" and "Robin Hood".
Oct 12, 2021 · Ruthie Tompson at work in an undated photo. Over four decades she worked on nearly every one of Disney’s animated features, from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” released in 1937, to ...
Oct 13, 2021 · As a child growing up in Los Angeles in the 1920s, Ruthie Tompson passed by the first Disney film studio every day on her way to school. Each day, she peered inside the windows and watched the ...
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Oct 12, 2021 · Ruthie Tompson, the last living link to the earliest days of Walt Disney’s animation studio has died aged 111. In a statement, the Walt Disney Company said Tompson had “passed away peacefully ...
Oct 11, 2021 · Ruthie Tompson, who began her career as a painter at The Walt Disney Studios and became a Disney Legend for her contributions to animation, passed away at 111. She worked on Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Mary Poppins and The Rescuers. She was known for her smile, sense of humor and mechanical skills.
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