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A Short Biography of Walt Disney

Author Name:

Walt Disney

Born As:

Walter Elias Disney

Other Names:

Walter Elias Disney

Born:

5 Dec 1901

Died:

15 Dec 1966




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Producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator and businessman                          
                          
Mother Flora Call
Father Elias Disney, five children.
Wife Lilly, two daughters Diane Marie and Sharon Mae.                          
                          
In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he branded Herbert Sorrell, David Hilberman and William Pomerance, former animators and labor union organizers, as Communist agitators. All three men denied the allegations. Archives of the Soviet Union released by the Russian government implicate Sorrell as a Communist spy. Disney accused the Screen Actors Guild of being a Communist front, and charged that the 1941 strike was part of an organized Communist effort to gain influence in Hollywood.