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Great Women Animators

Ongoing international directory of historical and contemporary female* animators

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Great Women Animators

Category: 1950s Animation

Alison de Vere

1927-2001, British hand-drawn animator (career spanning 1950s-1990s)

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Alma Duncan

1917-2004, Canadian painter, designer and stop-motion animator practicing in

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation Canadian Animation Stop Motion Animation

Christine Jollow

b.1926-?, traditional animator for Halas and Batchelor Studios

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Claire Parker

1906-1981, American engineer and animator known for her contribution

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Elizabeth Case Zwicker

1930-2006, 1950's Disney animator and artist

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation American Animation Studio Animation

Eunice Macaulay

b.1923, Canadian Academy Award winning animator and producer.

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Evelyn (Eve) Lambart

1914-1999, Canadian stop-motion animator and technical director at the

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Faith Hubley

1924-2001, traditional hand-drawn and experimental American animator, known for

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Hermína Týrlová

1900-1993, Czech stop-motion animator practicing 1920s-1980s.

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Joy Batchelor

1914-1991, British-American traditional animator whose career spanned 1930s-1980s

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LaVerne Harding

1905-1984, American pioneer animator who worked for Walter Lantz

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Lotte Reiniger

1899-1981, German pioneer silhouette animator, best known for her

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Martha Sigall

1917-2014, American studio animator and cel painter for Schlesinger

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Mary Ellen Bute

1906-1983, Pioneer American experimental sound, visual and film artist

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Mildred (Millie) Goldsholl

1920-2012, American animator and producer (active 1950s-70s)

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Ruthie Tompson

b.1910, Disney studio animator known for her work on

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Shirley Silvey

1927-2010, American studio animator known for her work on

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The Brumberg Sisters

Valentina (1899-1975) and Zinaida Brumberg (1900-1983), pioneers of early

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Tissa David

1921-2012,  Romanian-born traditional animator with a career spanning over

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Vera Linnecar

b.1923, traditional British studio animator

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Wally Crook

1914-1961, British studio animator with Halas and Batchelor

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