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Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 771,947 ratings · 34,988 reviews · 38,297 distinct works • Similar authors

	Walt Disney's Dumbo (A Little Golden Book) 4.32 avg rating — 27,290 ratings — published 1940 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4.21 avg rating — 27,282 ratings — published 1973 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Little Pigs (A Little Golden Book) by Walt Disney Company, Elizabeth Ross (Adapter), ROFry (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 17,521 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 4.42 avg rating — 16,453 ratings — published 1976 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bambi by Walt Disney Company, Bob Grant (Adapter) 4.27 avg rating — 14,632 ratings — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland by Walt Disney Company, Stella Coker 4.37 avg rating — 11,946 ratings — published 1951 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney Aladdin 4.37 avg rating — 10,498 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella by Walt Disney Company, Bill Lorencz (Illustratior), Ron Dias (illustratior) 4.30 avg rating — 9,223 ratings — published 1974 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians by Walt Disney Company, Justine Korman Fontes, Bill Langley (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 9,140 ratings — published 1961 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jungle Book (Little Golden Book) 4.31 avg rating — 8,710 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Walt Disney Company

Stories from East High (16 books)
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ديزني كوميكس (Disney Comics) (32 books)
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Gravity Falls Comic (5 books)
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Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series (6 books)
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Quotes by Walt Disney Company (?)

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
― Walt Disney Company, Mulan

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“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”
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“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
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Polls

Which Disney heroine has the best singing voice?

Elsa (Idina Menzel)

Frozen (Little Golden Book) (Disney Frozen) by Walt Disney Company

23 votes, 24.0%

Mulan & Jasmine (Lea Salonga)

Mulan (Disney Princess) by Walt Disney Company

Aladdin (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading) by Walt Disney Company

16 votes, 16.7%

Aurora (Mary Costa)

Sleeping Beauty (Disney Princess) (Read-Aloud Storybook) by Catherine Hapka

10 votes, 10.4%

Belle (Paige O'Hara)

Beauty and the Beast (Disney Classic Series) by Walt Disney Company

9 votes, 9.4%

Ariel (Jodi Benson)

The Little Mermaid (Disney Princess, 2) by Walt Disney Company

8 votes, 8.3%

Rapunzel (Mandy Moore)

Disney Tangled (Little Golden Book) by Ben Smiley

8 votes, 8.3%

Pocahontas (Judy Kuhn)

Pocahontas (Classic) by Walt Disney Company

7 votes, 7.3%

Anna (Kristen Bell)

4 votes, 4.2%

Snow White (Adriana Caselotti)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Little Golden Book) by Walt Disney Company

4 votes, 4.2%

Cinderella (Ilene Woods)

Cinderella (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading) by Walt Disney Company

2 votes, 2.1%

Megara & Angel (Susan Egan)

Lady and the Tramp II Scamp's Adventure by Hal Leonard Publishing Company

2 votes, 2.1%

Giselle (Amy Adams)

1 vote, 1.0%

Esmeralda (Heidi Mollenhauer)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Novelisation (Disney Novelisation) by Walt Disney Company

1 vote, 1.0%

Alice & Wendy (Kathryn Beaumont)

Alice In Wonderland (Disney Diecut Classics) by Parragon Publishing

Peter Pan (Disney Classic Series) by Mouse Works

1 vote, 1.0%

Kiara (Liz Callaway)

Simba's Pride (The Lion King II) by Walt Disney Company

0 votes, 0.0%

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