Disney Afternoon Avenue

Disney Afternoon Avenue Special Fantasyland promotion at Disneyland from March 15 to November 10, 1991. Featured Baloo’s Dressing Room. The area in front of “it’s a small world” was decorated with building fronts modeled after those on the Disney animated television shows, and costumed characters interacted with guests. The adjacent Fantasyland Autopia and Motor Boat …

Disney Afternoon, The

Disney Afternoon, The Two hour package of animated television series; beginning September 10, 1990. The contents varied from year to year, as follows: 1990-91: Duck Tales, The Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tale Spin. 1991-92: Duck Tales, Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers, Tale Spin, Darkwing Duck 1992-93: Chip ‘n’ Dale’s …

Disney, Walter Elias

Disney, Walter Elias Founder of the Disney empire, Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, son of Elias and Flora Call Disney. Elias decided a few years later to move his family to a farm at Marceline, Missouri, and it was here that the young Walt grew up and got his …

Disney•ABC Cable Networks Group

Disney•ABC Cable Networks Group Manages The Walt Disney Company’s interest in global television businesses, including 24 wholly-owned international Disney Channels and the company’s majority interest in the international Jetix (formerly Fox Kids) channels, plus Disney- and Jetix-branded programming (formerly known as Fox Kids programming) around the world. In addition, the group manages Disney’s equity interest …

Disney, Sharon M.

Disney, Sharon M. Second daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, born on December 31, 1936. She married first Robert B. Brown, who died shortly after Walt, and later William Lund. She had three children. She was one of the founders of Retlaw Enterprises. Sharon was elected to the board of directors of The Walt Disney …

Disney, Ruth F.

Disney, Ruth F. Walt Disney’s sister, the youngest in the family, born in Chicago on December 6, 1903. Ruth eventually moved to Portland, Oregon, where she married Theodore Beecher. Ruth was a connoisseur of organ music, purchasing and outfitting an old theater organ at her home. She died on April 7, 1995.

Disney•ABC Television Group

Disney•ABC Television Group Formed in 2004, Disney•ABC Television Group is home to The Walt Disney Company’s worldwide (non-sports) media networks and encompasses the ABC-TV network, Disney Channel Worldwide, ABC Family, Jetix (formerly Fox Kids), SOAPnet, Toon Disney, Touchstone Television, Walt Disney Television Animation, Buena Vista Television and Buena Vista International Television.

Disney, Roy Oliver

Disney, Roy Oliver Older brother of Walt Disney, who founded the Disney company in partnership with Walt in 1923. Born June 24, 1893; died December 20, 1971. Served as president of Walt Disney Productions from 1945 to 1968 and chairman of the board from 1964 until 1971. Roy was recuperating in Los Angeles from tuberculosis …

Disney, Lillian Bounds

Disney, Lillian Bounds Wife of Walt Disney. She was born in Idaho in 1899 and came to work for Walt as a secretary shortly after he founded the Disney company. He married her in 1925, and they had two children, Diane and Sharon. After Walt’s death, she married John L. Truyens in 1969 but survived …

Disney, Roy Edward

Disney, Roy Edward Son of Roy O. Disney and nephew of Walt Disney; born in 1930. Roy began working for the company in 1954 as an assistant film editor on the True-Life Adventure films. He helped write narration for animal-related television shows from 1957 to 1971, and also directed (1973 to 1978) and produced (1968 …