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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 [ 2 ] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot , as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
This summer's 'Barbie' was created by Greta Gerwig, but Ruth Handler is the woman who started it all.
Ruth Handler and her husband, Elliot Handler, holding Barbie and Ken dolls in 1959. Bettmann - Getty Images It is in this murky reality that Barbie the film immerses itself, willingly, imperfectly ...
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Isadore Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916 – July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, business magnate, and the co-founder of Mattel. With his wife, Ruth Handler , he developed some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie , Chatty Cathy , Creepy Crawlers , and Hot Wheels .
Officially launched as The National Today Show, [1] Today is Australia's longest running morning breakfast news program. [2] The show premiered on 28 June 1982. The original hosts, Steve Liebmann and Sue Kellaway , spent four years together before Liebmann left to present the evening news for Network Ten in Sydney.
Ruth Handler died at the age of 85 on April 27, 2002 due to complications from colon surgery. Elliot Handler outlived his wife by nine years, and died in 2011 at the age of 95.. Her legacy ...
As expected, the Barbie movie was chock-full of Barbies and Kens -- and even a Skipper, an Allan, and a Midge! However, one cameo fans may not have been expecting came during a climactic chase ...