Nine People to Become Disney Legends

Disney Legends will be higher this year with nine people to join at D23.


Before I get started I will explain two words "D23" and "Disney Legends". D23 is an official Disney fan club The Walt Disney Company has started. The D stands for Disney and 23 for 1923, the year TWDC was found. You can join the club if you have a membership and then you can attend special events, get merchandise and read exclusive articles. Disney Legends is a group of Disney workers who has done a great job for TWDC.


This year, D23 will again be available to attend in the summer 2017 at D23 Expo in USA. On 14th July, the man of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger himself will honor the 9 people as Disney Legends to the Disney Legends Award. And in 2017, the Disney Legends Award celebrates their 30th anniversary, from 1987 to 2017.

Let's take a look at the nine people.

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Clyde "Gerry" Geronimi

Gerry joined the Disney Studio back in 1931. He has animated several cartoons with Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies, and Pluto. He has also contributed to movies as The Three Caballeros (1945), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), and 101 Dalmatians (1961).

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah has did a lot of things for Disney during her time. She is known for her role as Eudora in The Princess and the Frog from 2009, and she will co-star as Mrs. Which in Disney's A Wrinkle in Time in 2018.

Garry Marshall

Garry has directed 18 movies and has also produced few shows for ABC as Angie, The Odd Couple, The New Odd Couple, and Blansky's Beauties.

Julie Taymor

Julie is known for her direction of The Lion King musical from 1997 which has became the most successful stage musical of all time. 24 global productions have been seen by more than 90 million people in the world. And the show has played in more than 100 cities in 19 countries. The musical has received 11 Tony Awards.

Wayne Jackson

Wayne began his career as a Walt Disney Imagineer in October 1965. He has helped to develop and install Disney attractions around the world at Disneyland. Some of them are Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion.

Manuel Gonzales

Manuel was one of 33 artists selected from thousands of applicants to join Disney in 1936. He took over the Sunday Mickey Mouse comic strip from the Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson in 1938.

Stan Lee

In 1939 Lee got a job as an office assistant at a comic publisher called Timely Comics - which is known as Marvel later. In 1941, Lee made his debut with a Captain America story. When he was 18, he was promoted to editor. Lee co-created characters as Daredevil, Falcon, Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, and the X-Men.

Carrie Fisher

Carrie is best known as Princess Leia Organa from the Star Wars Saga. She has starred in the SW movies as A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and the newest movie The Last Jedi (2017).

Mark Hamill

Mark is known as his character Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars Saga. He has also performed in the Disney Junior TV series Miles from Tomorrowland and the Disney Channel series Milo Murphy's Law.

The Disney Legends Award has honored 276 as Disney Legends including the 9 in 2017 since 1987.

Sources: Oh My Disney via Oh My Disney Facebook, D23.com

Pictures: D23.com