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Lillian Friedman Astor – First Woman Animator in a Major American Studio [Nina Paley]

By Bbenzon @bbenzon

Here are her offer letters from Fleischer from 1933. pic.twitter.com/uUTWcSSPr0

— Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) April 20, 2022

And here's a sample of her work: "Betty Boop: Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow" from 1937. She gets animation credit with Myron Waldman.https://t.co/g2QHxdmHSt

— Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) April 20, 2022

Nice photo of her in her studio on her Wikipedia page. https://t.co/OnlhEeWBpD pic.twitter.com/7W4LU2OPj5

— Aaron Astor (@AstorAaron) April 20, 2022

LOL!
Dibble, dabble, boil and bubble,
Our ears are burning
And you're in trouble.

— Bill Benzon, aka The Danish Space Laser (@bbenzon) April 21, 2022

This post says a little about what women did in Disney's studios at the time and how very difficult it was, In Praise of Women's Hands.


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