Walt Disney

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Walt Disney was an American animator, film producer, and entrepreneur who co-founded The Walt Disney Company and became a pioneering figure in the history of animation and family entertainment.


Statements (61)
Predicate Object
instanceOf animator
business executive
entrepreneur
film producer
human
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Academy Honorary Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States
causeOfDeath lung cancer
child Diane Disney Miller
Sharon Mae Disney
coFounded The Walt Disney Company
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
created Mickey Mouse
dateOfBirth 1901-12-05
dateOfDeath 1966-12-15
ethnicGroup English American
Irish American
familyName Disney
fieldOfWork animation
family entertainment
founded Walt Disney Productions
fullName Walter Elias Disney
givenName Walter
influenced American animation industry
marriageStart 1925-07-13
notableWork Bambi
Cinderella
Disneyland
Fantasia
Mickey Mouse
Pinocchio
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney World Resort
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 22
numberOfAcademyHonoraryAwardsWon 4
occupation animator
entrepreneur
film producer
studio executive
voice actor
parent Elias Disney
Flora Call Disney
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States
politicalAlignment anti-communism
recordHeld most Academy Awards won by an individual
religion Congregationalism
residence Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Marceline, Missouri, United States
servedIn American Red Cross
sibling Herbert Arthur Disney
Raymond Arnold Disney
Roy O. Disney
Ruth Flora Disney
signature Walt Disney signature logo
spouse Lillian Disney
voiced Mickey Mouse

Referenced by (79)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)
Bambi (1942 film)
Cinderella (1950 film)
Fantasia
Fun and Fancy Free
Hockey Homicide
How to Play Football
Lady and the Tramp
Make Mine Music
Melody Time
Old Yeller
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Peter Pan
Saludos Amigos
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
The Three Caballeros
producer
California Institute of the Arts
Disney
Disneyland Resort
The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
foundedBy
Disneyland Monorail System
Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round
Homer Brightman
Oliver Wallace
associatedWith
Herbert Arthur Disney
Raymond Arnold Disney
Roy O. Disney
Ruth Flora Disney
sibling
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse franchise
creator
Elias Disney
Flora Call Disney
child
Disneyland Park
The Walt Disney Company
founder
Elias Disney
Herbert Arthur Disney
influenced
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney World Resort
namedAfter
Elias Disney
Herbert Arthur Disney
relative
Fun and Fancy Free
Mickey Mouse
voiceActor
Sharon Mae Disney
adoptiveFather
Ted Sears
affiliatedWith
Marceline, Missouri
associatedWithPerson
Roy O. Disney
businessPartner
Sherman Brothers
collaboratedWith
Sleeping Beauty Castle
commissionedBy
DIS
companyFoundedBy
EPCOT
conceptCreatedBy
Disneyland Railroad
designer
Diane Disney Miller
father
Pinocchio
filmProducers
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons
frequentEarlyWinner
Walt Disney ("Walter Elias Disney")
fullName
Flora Call Disney
hasInfluenceOn
Walt Disney World Railroad ("Walter E. Disney")
hasLocomotive
Lillian Disney
hasRelative
Tivoli Gardens
inspired
The Walt Disney Company
keyPerson
Walt Disney Pictures ("Walt Disney signature")
logoCharacter
Saving Mr. Banks
mainCharacter
Lillian Disney
marriedTo
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States
notableBurialsInclude
Raymond Arnold Disney
notableFamilyMember
Flora Call Disney
notableRelative
Sharon Mae Disney
parent
Lillian Disney
partnerInBusinessOrPhilanthropy
Pinocchio
producedBy
Lillian Disney
spouse
Erdman Penner
workedFor

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