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  1. Barbera was born in an Italian-American family. His parents were barbershop-owner Vincent Barbera (1889-1965) and Francesca Calvacca (1875-1969), both Italian immigrants from Sicily. Vincent was from the farming town of Castelvetrano, while Francesca was from the spa town of Sciacca (founded as the ancient Greek colony of Thermae).

  2. Dec 19, 2006 · Hanna died in 2001 at 90. Born March 24, 1911, in New York City to immigrant parents, Joseph Roland Barbera displayed an early aptitude for drawing. Although he graduated from the American ...

  3. Dec. 18, 2006, 3:39 PM PST / Source: The Associated Press. Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the ...

  4. Nov 20, 2017 · Bill and Joe grabbed a bunch of their MGM colleagues, and promptly opened Hanna-Barbera on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. By the early '60s, Hanna-Barbera 'toons like Huckleberry Hound and Yogi were household words. The Flintstones, don't forget, was prime time. They sold the studio in 1967.

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  6. 5 Videos. 10 Photos. Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner William Hanna. Barbera was born in an Italian-American family. His parents were barbershop-owner Vincent Barbera (1889-1965) and Francesca Calvacca (1875-1969 ...

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    • March 24, 1911
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    • December 18, 2006
  7. Hanna and BarberaWilliam Hanna (1910-2001) and Joseph Barbera (1911-2006) are the single most successful producing/directing team in animation history. For nearly two decades, their work on MGM's Tom & Jerry cartoons rocked movie houses with laughter. However, when the duo brought their knack for sight gags and sure sense of parody to ...

  8. AWN's editor in chief Sarah Baisley with Mr. Barbera in the late 1980s. When I got the news in 2001 that legendary animator William Hanna had died, I dreaded the day the other shoe would drop. That day finally came, Dec. 12, 2006, when Hanna's lifelong collaborator -- the ultimate animation pitchman -- Joseph Barbera passed away.

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