ADVISORY/Photos of Mark Davis are available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/ City Desks/Entertainment Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW2 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.011300/bw2 Photo caption reads: Marc Davis This article is about the Disney animator. For other uses, see Marc Davis (disambiguation). Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. , one of the grand masters of Disney animation and a celebrated member of Walt Disney's trusted inner circle known as the "nine old men," passed away on Wednesday (1/12) at Glendale Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He was 86 years old. Davis was regarded as one of the top talents ever to work in the animation medium and one of Disney's all-time greatest animators and Imagineers. He earned a reputation for being Disney's "ladies' man" because of his memorable female character creations that included Cinderella, Alice, Tinker Bell Tinker Bell fairy friend of Peter Pan. [Br. Lit.: J. M. Barrie Peter Pan] See : Fairy Tinker Bell fairy saved by the faith of the audience after she drinks a lethal potion. [Br. Drama: J. M. , Briar Rose, Maleficent ma·lef·i·cent adj. Harmful or evil in intent or effect. Adj. 1. maleficent - harmful or evil in intent or effect and Cruella De Vil. Top photo: Mark Davis with Mary Costa, voice of "Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty sleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty] See : Enchantment Sleeping Beauty enchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss. ". Bottom left photo: Mark Davis Bottom right photo: Mark Davis with Kathryn Beaumont, voice of "Alice". See BW346 (OBIT/MARC-DAVIS) that ran earlier today for more information. |
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