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Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white gloves.
Lillian suggested that he rename his character "Mickey Mouse", a name which has since become synonymous with the Disney brand. Walt Disney died from lung cancer on December 15, 1966, after which Lillian remarried, to John L. Truyens (a Southern California real estate developer) from 1969 until his death in 1981.
Growing up in Southern California, Burgess started performing at age five, which included dancing, singing and playing the accordion.At the age of 13, in 1955, he was selected as one of the original Mouseketeers by Walt Disney to appear on his new ABC television series, The Mickey Mouse Club, giving young Burgess his first taste of celebrity. [4]
Cheryl Lynn Holdridge (née Phelps; June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009) [1] was an American actress, best known as an original cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club. [ 2 ] Early life
Mouse Notes continued to appear in the Oregon Statesman through fall 1943, and notices about Mickey Mouse Club meetings appeared as late as spring 1944. Spatz said she knows of a club in Florida ...
Nov. 3—Mickey Mouse is held up as a grinning American symbol of carefree entertainment, childhood innocence, and fairy-tale vacations — ironically, luxuries well out of reach for millions of ...
Funicello as a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club (1956). Funicello took dancing and music lessons when she was a child in order to overcome her shyness. In 1955, the 12-year-old was discovered by Walt Disney when she performed as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake at a dance recital at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank, California.
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