Ruthie Tompson dead: Disney animator, aged 111, from Sleeping Beauty and Dumbo dies

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Ruthie Tompson was one of the earliest Disney animators, who worked on classic movies including “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio,” and “Dumbo.”Tompson first met Walt Disney and his brother Roy when she was a child who lived near them, then she began working for them as a young woman. She started at the Walt Disney Company as an inker at age 18, working on their groundbreaking 1937 animated film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Tompson went on to work in a variety of positions in animation over a 40-year career at Disney, with a hand in films including “Fantasia,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Mary Poppins,” “Robin Hood,” and “The Rescuers.” She also worked on Disney-produced training films for the U.S.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday.Born on July 22, 1010 in Portland, Maine, Thompson moved from Boston, to Oakland, California and, ultimately, Los Angeles in 1924. In a twist of fate, her family would just so happen to move-in down the block from Disney studio founders Walt and Roy, who were lived with their uncle Robert Disney when they first arrived in LA.Their homes were in close proximity to the original Disney Bros.

Disney animator Ruthie Tompson has died at the age of 111.The American artist worked on a number of Disney hits including Snow White and the Seven Dawrfs, Pinnochio, Dumbo and Sleeping Beauty. Ruthie's death was confirmed by Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Bob Iger.

The animation world has lost a legend, with pioneer Ruthie Tompson passing away at 111 years of age.Tompson, who started her career at Disney as an ink and paint artist on Disney's first animated feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, passed peacefully at her home at theMotion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, California on Sunday (via Variety).She also worked on Disney classics such as Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi and Sleeping Beauty, while also becoming one of the first three women to join theInternational Photographers Union, Local 659 of the IATSE, in 1952.

Disney animator Ruthie Thompson has died at the age of 111.She passed away on Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills.Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Bob Iger released a statement today that read: “Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers — remain beloved classics to this day."While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all.”Ruthie was a part of the studio from its earliest days and in the 1920s, she lived near the Disney Bros.

“Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers —- remain beloved classics to this day,” said Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Bob Iger in a statement today. “While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all.”

Katie Song Ruthie Tompson, who began her career at the Walt Disney Studios as a painter in the Ink and Paint Department during the first golden age of Disney animation, died peacefully in her sleep at her home at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Sunday.