Disney Legends

Established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes people who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The honor is awarded annually during a special ceremony.
Recipients are chosen by a selection committee, formerly appointed and chaired by the late Disney Legend Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney's nephew, former vice chairman, and director emeritus of The Walt Disney Company. The committee consists of long-time Disney executives, historians, and various other authorities. Roy Disney died on December 16, 2009. Disney's corporate headquarters in Burbank, California features a plaza honoring the recipients outside Team Disney - The Michael D. Eisner Building. Each honoree is represented by a bronze plaque; the plaque features the recipient's hand prints and signature if they were living when named a Disney Legend.
Artist Andrea Favilli created the Disney Legends award, which is handcrafted from bronze each year. The award depicts the arm of Mickey Mouse holding a star-tipped wand.
Disney describes the award as follows:
The Disney Legends award has three distinct elements characterizing the contributions made by each talented recipient.
#The Spiral ... stands for imagination, the power of an idea.
#The Hand ... holds the gifts of skill, discipline, and craftsmanship.
#The Wand and the Star ... represent magic: the spark that is ignited when imagination and skill combine to create a new dream.
When Disney opened its hall of fame, all the then-major Hollywood studios considered opening their own halls of fame, but (as of 2008) Disney remains the only major Hollywood studio to have one.
==Recipients==
===1987===
*Fred MacMurray - Film
===1989===
*Les Clark - Animation
*Marc Davis - Animation & Imagineering
*Ub Iwerks - Animation & Imagineering
*Ollie Johnston - Animation
*Milt Kahl - Animation
*Ward Kimball - Animation & Imagineering
*Eric Larson - Animation
*John Lounsbery - Animation
*Wolfgang Reitherman - Animation
*Frank Thomas - Animation
All except Iwerks were Disney's "Nine Old Men".
===1990===
*Roger Broggie - Imagineering
*Admiral Joe Fowler - Attractions
*John Hench - Animation & Imagineering
*Richard Irvine -Imagineering
*Herb Ryman - Imagineering
*Richard Sherman - Music
*Robert B. Sherman - Music
===1991===
*Ken Anderson - Animation & Imagineering
*Julie Andrews - Film
*Carl Barks - Animation & Publishing
*Mary Blair - Animation & Imagineering
*Claude Coats - Animation & Imagineering
*Don DaGradi - Animation & Film
*Sterling Holloway - Animation—Voice
*Fess Parker - Film & Television
*Bill Walsh - Film & Television
===1992===
*Jimmie Dodd - Television
*Bill Evans -Imagineering
*Annette Funicello - Film & Television
*Joe Grant - Animation
*Jack Hannah - Animation
*Winston Hibler - Film
*Ken O'Connor - Animation & Imagineering
*Roy Williams - Animation & Television
===1993===
*Pinto Colvig - Animation—Voice
*Buddy Ebsen - Film & Televisio
*Peter Ellenshaw - Film
*Blaine Gibson - Animation & Imagineering
*Harper Goff - Film & Imagineering
*Irving Ludwig - Film
*Jimmy MacDonald - Animation—Voice
*Clarence Nash - Animation—Voice
*Donn Tatum - Administration
*Card Walker - Administration
===1994===
*Adriana Caselotti - Animation—Voice
*Bill Cottrell - Animation & Imagineering
*Marvin Davis - Film & Imagineering
*Van France - Attractions
*David Hand - Animation
*Jack Lindquist - Attractions
*Bill Martin - Imagineering
*Paul Smith - Music
*Frank Wells - Administration
===1995===
*Wally Boag - Attractions
*Fulton Burley - Attractions
*Dean Jones - Film
*Angela Lansbury - Film
*Edward Meck - Attractions
*Fred Moore - Animation
*Thurl Ravenscroft - Animation—Voice
*Wathel Rogers - Imagineering
*Betty Taylor - Attractions
===1996===
*Bob Allen - Attractions
*Rex Allen - Film & Television
*X Atencio - Animation & Imagineering
*Betty Lou Gerson - Animation—Voice
*Bill Justice - Animation & Imagineering
*Bob Matheison - Attractions
*Sammy McKim - Imagineering
*Bob Moore - Animation & Film
*Bill Peet - Animation—Story
*Joe Potter - Attractions
===1997===
*Lucien Adés - Music
*Angel Angelopoulos - Publishing
*Antonio Bertini - Character Merchandise
*Armand Bigle - Character Merchandise
*Gaudenzio Capelli - Publishing
*Roberto de Leonardis - Film
*Cyril Edgar - Film
*Wally Feignoux - Film
*Didier Fouret - Publishing
*Mario Gentilini - Publishing
*Cyril James - Film & Merchandise
*Horst Koblischek - Character Merchandise
*Gunnar Mansson - Character Merchandise
*Arnoldo Mondadori - Publishing
*Armand Palivoda - Film
*Poul Brahe Pederson - Publishing
*André Vanneste - Character Merchandise
*Paul Winkler - Character Merchandise
===1998===
*James Algar - Animation & Film
*Buddy Baker - Music
*Kathryn Beaumont - Animation—Voice
*Virginia Davis - Animation
*Roy E. Disney - Film, Animation, & Administration
*Don Escen - Administration
*Wilfred Jackson - Animation
*Glynis Johns - Film
*Kay Kamen - Character Merchandise
*Paul Kenworthy - Film
*Larry Lansburgh - Film & Television
*Hayley Mills - Film
*Al Milotte and Elma Milotte - Film
*Norman "Stormy" Palmer - Film
*Lloyd Richardson - Film
*Kurt Russell - Film
*Ben Sharpsteen - Animation & Film
*Masatomo Takahashi - Administration
*Vladimir "Bill" Tytla - Animation
*Dick Van Dyke - Film
*Matsuo Yokoyama - Character Merchandise
===1999===
*Tim Allen - Television, Film, & Animation-Voice
*Mary Costa - Animation—Voice
*Norman Ferguson - Animation
*Bill Garity - Film
*Yale Gracey - Animation & Imagineering
*Al Konetzni - Character Merchandise
*Hamilton Luske - Animation
*Dick Nunis - Attractions
*Charlie Ridgway - Attractions
===2000===
*Grace Bailey - Animation
*Harriet Burns - Imagineering
*Joyce Carlson - Animation & Imagineering
*Ron Dominguez - Parks & Resorts
*Cliff Edwards - Animation—Voice
*Becky Fallberg - Animation
*Dickie Jones - Animation—Voice
*Dodie Roberts - Animation
*Retta Scott - Animation
*Ruthie Tompson - Animation
===2001===
*Howard Ashman - Music
*Bob Broughton - Film
*George Bruns - Music
*Frank Churchill - Music
*Leigh Harline - Music
*Fred Joerger - Imagineering
*Alan Menken - Music
*Marty Sklar - Imagineering
*Ned Washington - Music
*Tyrus Wong - Animation
===2002===
In honor of the opening of the Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris, all 2002 inductees are of European origin. The ceremony was held in the Animation building at the new park on opening day.
*Ken Annakin - Film
*Hugh Attwooll - Film
*Maurice Chevalier - Film
*Phil Collins - Music
*Sir John Mills - Film
*Robert Newton - Film & Television
*Sir Tim Rice - Music
*Robert Stevenson - Film
*Richard Todd - Film & Television
*David Tomlinson - Film
===2003===
Following a dispute between Roy E. Disney and the company that resulted in Disney departing, Robert Iger, the company's then-president and COO co-presented with Michael Eisner.
*Neil Beckett - Merchandise
*Tutti Camarata - Music
*Edna Francis Disney
*Lillian Disney
*Orlando Ferrante - Imagineering
*Richard Fleischer - Film
*Floyd Gottfredson - Animation
*Buddy Hackett - Film & Television
*Harrison "Buzz" Price - Research Economist. Located sites for Disneyland and Disney World.
*Al Taliaferro - Cartoonist
*Ilene Woods - Music—Voice
===2004===
*Bill Anderson - Film, Television, & Administration
*Tim Conway - Film
*Rolly Crump - Imagineering
*Alice Davis - Imagineering
*Karen Dotrice - Film & Television
*Matthew Garber - Film
*Leonard H. Goldenson - Television
*Bob Gurr - Imagineering
*Ralph Kent - Imagineering & Attractions
*Irwin Kostal - Music
*Mel Shaw - Animation
===2005===
In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary in 2005, all recipients are related to either Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and/or Walt Disney Imagineering, and nearly all have had some connection with Disneyland. Roy E. Disney again co-presented the awards, after a two-year hiatus and a return to the company.
*Chuck Abbott - Parks & Resorts
*Milt Albright - Parks & Resorts
*Hideo Amemiya - Parks & Resorts
*Hideo Aramaki - Parks & Resorts
*Charles Boyer - Parks & Resorts
*Randy Bright - Imagineer
*James Cora - Parks & Resorts
*Robert Jani - Parks & Resorts
*Mary Jones - Parks & Resorts
*Art Linkletter - Parks & Resorts
*Mary Anne Mang - Parks & Resorts
*Steve Martin - Parks & Resorts
*Tom Nabbe - Parks & Resorts
*Jack Olsen - Parks & Resorts
*Cicely Rigdon - Parks & Resorts
*William Sullivan - Parks & Resorts
*Jack Wagner - Parks & Resorts
*Vesey Walker - Parks & Resorts
===2006===
*Tim Considine - Television & Film
*Kevin Corcoran - Television & Film
*Al Dempster - Animation
*Don Edgren - Imagineering
*Paul Frees - Television, Film, & Parks
*Peter Jennings - Television
*Sir Elton John - Music
*Jimmy Johnson - Music
*Tommy Kirk - Television & Film
*Joe Ranft - Animation
*David Stollery - Television & Film
*Ginny Tyler - Television & Film
===2007===
*Roone Arledge - Television
*Art Babbitt - Animation
*Carl Bongirno - Imagineering
*Marge Champion - Animation
*Dick Huemer - Animation
*Ron Logan - Parks and Resorts
*Lucille Martin - Administration
*Tom Murphy - Administration
*Randy Newman - Music
*Floyd Norman - Animation
*Bob Schiffer - Film Production
*Dave Smith - Archives
===2008===
*Wayne Allwine - Animation (voice)
*Bob Booth - Attractions
*Neal Gallagher - Attractions
*Frank Gifford - Television
*Burny Mattinson - Animation
*Walter Peregoy - Animation
*Dorothea Redmond - Designer
*Russi Taylor - Animation (voice)
*Barbara Walters - Television
*Oliver Wallace - Music
===2009===
*Tony Anselmo - Animation (voice)
*Harry Archinal - Film
*Beatrice Arthur - Film & Television
*Bill Farmer - Animation (voice)
*Estelle Getty - Film & Television
*Don Iwerks - Film
*Rue McClanahan - Film & Television
*Leota Toombs - Attractions
*Betty White - Film & Television
*Robin Williams - Film, Animation (voice)
===2011===
*Regis Philbin - Television
*Jim Henson - Film, Puppetry
*Jodi Benson - Animation (voice)
*Paige O'Hara - Animation (voice)
*Lea Salonga - Animation (voice)
*Linda Larkin - Animation (voice)
*Anika Noni Rose - Animation (voice)
*Jack Wrather - Parks & Resorts
*Bonita Wrather - Film
*Guy Williams - Television
*Bo Boyd - Consumer Products
*Raymond Watson - Administration
===2013===
*Ed Wynn - Film & Animation (voice)
*Glen Keane - Animation
*Steve Jobs - Administration
*Tony Baxter - Imagineering
*John Goodman - Film & Animation (voice)
*Billy Crystal - Film & Animation (voice)
*Dick Clark - Television
*Collin Campbell - Imagineering
===2015===
*George Bodenheimer - Administration & Television
*Andreas Deja - Animation
*Johnny Depp - Film
*Eyvind Earle - Animation
*Danny Elfman - Music
*George Lucas - Imagineering & Parks and Resorts
*Susan Lucci - Television
*Julie Reihm Casaletto - Parks and Resorts
*Carson Van Osten - Consumer Products
===2017===
*Carrie Fisher - Film
*Clyde Geronimi - Animation
*Jack Kirby - Publishing
*Whoopi Goldberg - Film & Television
*Manuel Gonzales - Publishing
*Mark Hamill - Film
*Wayne Jackson - Imagineering
*Stan Lee - Film & Publishing
*Garry Marshall - Film & Television
*Julie Taymor - Theatrical
*Oprah Winfrey - Film & Television
===2019===
*Christina Aguilera - Music & Television
*Wing Chao - Parks and Resorts
*Robert Downey Jr. - Film
*Jon Favreau - Film
*James Earl Jones - Film & Television
*Bette Midler - Film & Television
*Kenny Ortega - Film & Television
*Barnette Ricci - Parks and Resorts
*Robin Roberts - Television
*Diane Sawyer - Television
*Ming-Na Wen - Film, Television, and Animation (voice)
*Hans Zimmer - Film & Television
===2022===
*Anthony Anderson - Film & Television
*Kristen Bell - Film, Television, and Animation (voice)
*Chadwick Boseman - Film
*Rob't Coltrin - Imagineering
*Patrick Dempsey - Film & Television
*Robert Price "Bob" Foster - Parks and Resorts
*Josh Gad - Film, Television, and Animation (voice)
*Jonathan Groff - Film, Theatrical, and Animation (voice)
*Don Hahn - Animation
*Doris Hardoon - Imagineering, Parks, and Resorts
*Idina Menzel - Film, Theatrical, and Animation (voice)
*Chris Montan - Music
*Ellen Pompeo - Television
*Tracee Ellis Ross - Television
===2024===
*Colleen Atwood - Costume Design
*Angela Bassett - Film and Television
*Martha Blanding - Parks and Resorts
*James L. Brooks - Television
*James Cameron - Film
*Jamie Lee Curtis - Film
*Miley Cyrus - Television and Music
*Steve Ditko - Publishing
*Harrison Ford - Film
*Mark Henn - Animation
*Frank Oz - Films and Television
*Kelly Ripa - Television
*Joe Rohde - Imagineering
*John Williams - Music
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