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The Handlers had two children: daughter Barbara, born in 1941, and son Kenneth, born in 1944. Handler and her husband Elliot founded their toy company, Mattel, in 1945.
A decade later, Ruth Handler was walking along the streets of Switzerland with her 15-year-old daughter, Barbara, when they spotted Bild Lilli, a gag gift doll of sorts, in a store window ...
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.
When Handler's daughter Barbara married Allan Segal, they created Allan, Ken's friend. The 1965 talking doll Baby Cheryl was named after the Handlers' first grandchild, and the Todd doll in the Barbie line was named after their grandson. [8] [9] Handler was primarily responsible for two additional Mattel product lines.
Ruth Handler and her husband, Elliot Handler, holding Barbie and Ken dolls in 1959. ... And by including Ruth’s IRL, still-living daughter Barbara as a separate cameo in the movie, ...
Barbie creator Ruth Handler with an assortment of Barbie and Mattel products (1961) Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy dolls were representations of infants.
She named the toy after her daughter, Barbara Handler. (Ruth shared Barbara and son Kenneth — the name behind the Ken doll — with husband Elliot Handler, who died in 2011.)
Kenneth Robert Handler (March 22, 1944 – June 11, 1994) was an American screenwriter, director, and film composer. He was the son of Mattel founders Elliot Handler and Ruth Handler, creators of the Barbie and Ken doll, the latter of which is named after him. [1] He directed Delivery Boys and A Place Without Parents.