She had two husbands, Robert Borgfeldt Brown and William S. Lund and had a child with Robert called Victoria and two with William called Bradley Lund and Michelle Lund. In the early 1970s, the couple purchased a vineyard in Napa Valley, California. Diane was a noted philanthropist. Sharon Disney interesting facts, biography, family, updates, life, childhood facts, information and more: Victoria Brown (Daughter), Brad Lund (Son), Michelle Lund (Daughter). As the girls grew up, he frequently brought them on his business trips — they visited the British sets of films such as Treasure Island and The Sword and the Rose, and Sharon even accompanied Walt to Alaska in 1947 as he checked in on the progress of the nature photography being done there that would result in the first True-Life Adventure, Seal Island (1948). Sharon Mae Disney was the adopted daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney who was born on December 31, 1936 and died on February 16, 1993. Sharon Disney's mother, Lillian Disney, died on December 16, 1997 as she was 98 years old. Born Lillian Marie Bounds in Spalding, Idaho, she grew up in nearby Lapwai on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, where her father Willard worked as a blacksmith and federal marshal. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. (1948). Jeff Kurtti is one of the leading authorities on The Walt Disney Company and its history.

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Her film career includes work as an ink artist on the film Plane Crazy. After graduation from Lapwai High School, Bounds and her mother moved down to Lewiston; she attended a year of business college then moved to southern California in 1923 to live with her sister Hazel's family. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. She had, however, an adopted sister, Sharon Mae Disney, who was three years younger and died on February 16, 1993. We were out here sitting around the pool. Sharon died of lung cancer on February 16, 1993.

She died on February 16, 1993 in Santa Monica, California. Diane Marie Disney Miller was the only biological child of Walt and Lillian Disney. She was married to Robert Brown and William Lund. Sharon Disney's sister : Sharon Disney's sister, Diane Disney, died on November 19, 2013 as he was 79 years old. Sharon Disney was born on December 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Sharon Mae Disney.
Diane has long been active in supporting and perpetuating the ideals and legacy of her father, most recently with the founding of The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. She died on February 16, 1993 in Santa Monica, California. Sharon Disney's father, Walt Disney, died on December 15, 1966 as he was 65 years old. She was married to Robert Brown and William Lund. The author of more than 25 books, Kurtti worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme park design division of The Walt Disney Company, and then for the Corporate Special Projects department of Disney.

Sharon Disney - Biography. "[citation needed]. She was married to Robert Brown and William Lund.

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The couple had two daughters, Diane Marie Disney (1933–2013) and Sharon Mae Disney (1936–1993), the latter of whom was adopted. And I forget how old she was when I was making Bambi, she was about 10 or 11 and had read the book. His cause of death was lung cancer. Lillian Bounds and Walt Disney married on July 13, 1925,[6][7] in Idaho at her brother’s home, officiated by the rector of Lewiston's Episcopal Church of the Nativity. She was 79. And afterwards she said to me, ‘Daddy, why did you have to kill Bambi’s mother?’ And I said, ‘Well, it was in the book, dear.’ She said, ‘There were plenty of things in the book that you changed, why couldn’t you have changed that?’ She had me.”. In 1936, Sharon Mae Disney was adopted by Walt and Lilly (Lillian had several miscarriages before and after Diane’s birth, so they decided to adopt). After her death, a gift from her Foundation endowed the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at California Institute of the Arts. Sharon Disney was born on December 21, 1936 and died on February 16, 1993. Miller was CEO of Walt Disney Productions until 1984, when Diane's cousin, Roy E. Disney, supported Miller's ouster in favor of Michael Eisner and Frank Wells. Walt became a father on December 18, 1933 when Diane Marie Disney was born to Walt and Lillian. Disney had ten grandchildren: seven by Diane and her husband (Ron W. Miller), and three by Sharon and her two husbands, Robert Brown and William Lund. Sharon Disney was born on December 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Sharon Mae Disney. She had two husbands, Robert Borgfeldt Brown and William S. Lund and had a child with Robert called Victoria and two with William called Bradley Lund and Michelle Lund. After her death, a gift from her Foundation endowed the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at California Institute of the Arts. As her own father was deceased, her uncle, who was chief of the Lewiston Fire Department, gave the bride away. The eldest and only living daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, Diane Disney Miller, died today at her home in Napa, California. Sharon's cause of death was breast cancer. Sharon Mae Disney was born 31 December 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States to Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) and Lillian Marie Bounds (1899-1997) and died 16 February 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States of Breast Cancer. Disney is credited with having named her husband's most famous character, Mickey Mouse, during a train trip from New York to California in 1928. Disney suffered a stroke on December 15, 1997, which was exactly 31 years after the death of her first husband, Walt. When I finished the picture, I brought it home and ran it—and she cried. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Sharon_Disney_Lund?oldid=4233724. She’s a fast reader, a very fast reader. “Though it bears my name before the ‘as told to Pete Martin,’ the book was wholly written by Mr. Martin, based on hours of taped interviews with my dad, Walt Disney.”). Diane died on November 19, 2013, one month shy of her 80th birthday, at her home in Napa, California, after succumbing to injuries from a fall she suffered in September.

In celebration of Father’s Day, we remember Walt in one of his favorite roles: that of an involved and dutiful dad. Sharon passed away on February 16, 1993 at the age of 56 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for One Hour in Wonderland (1950). She died on February 16, 1993 in Santa Monica, California. Home movies show a delighted Walt presenting his girls with a Snow White-inspired playhouse, Diane and Sharon in carefree bicycle rides around the Burbank Studio lot, and sharing laughter on family vacations. Sharon Disney's sister, Diane Disney, died on November 19, 2013 as he was 79 years old. During one of those interviews, Walt confessed to Martin that he used his elder daughter for a bit of on-the-spot “market research” regarding his plans for Disneyland.

Sharon briefly pursued a modeling and acting career in the late 1950’s, and even had a small, uncredited role in Johnny Tremain (1957) as Dorcas, a young friend of Johnny and Priscilla Lapham. Both daughters intersected with their father’s work. [9], At the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney named his 1:8-scale live steam locomotive the "Lilly Belle" in his wife's honor. My daughter, Diane, was quite a reader when she was very young, I think she was under 12. Diane Marie Disney Miller was the only biological child of Walt and Lillian Disney. She died on February 16, 1993 in Santa Monica, California. Most recently he was creative director, content consultant, and media producer for the cornerstone exhibit at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California. (“First, I must announce that I did not write this book,” Diane wrote in a preface to a 2005 reprinting. She was married to Robert Brown and William Lund. [10] Walt Disney Imagineering created "The Empress Lilly", a paddle steamer replica, at Walt Disney World in Disney Springs and Disney christened it on May 1, 1977. She also helped fund the founding of The California Institute of the Arts. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.