Marjorie Ralston

Marjorie Elizabeth "Marge" Norton Ralston was the first female voice of Minnie Mouse, replacing Walt Disney.
Marjorie began her career as an inker at the Walt Disney Studio in 1929, Walt's thirteenth employee and the fifth female employee. She was chosen by Walt after all employees auditioned (including Walt's sister-in-law, who was then Head Inker). Marjorie voiced her in only three cartoons (Wild Waves being the first) before she begged to stop out of shyness and recommended newly-hired Marcellite Garner to Walt after hearing Marcellite talking and giggling as Minnie at work (Marcellite then became Minnie for the next decade).
She worked for Disney for 12 years until 1941, finishing as head inker, until she retired to raise her two sons, Bob (who later became a musician and was featured on The Lawrence Welk Show) and Rick (founder of Crazy Shirts in Honolulu, Hawaii). Her and husband divorced later on and she worked as a nurse.
Her great-grandson is actor/musician Field Cate, who was the voice of Buddha in Disney's Space Buddies and Santa Buddies and portrayed Young Ned in the ABC drama/comedy series Pushing Daisies.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role/Position(s)
1929	The Plowboy 	Minnie Mouse - uncredited
1929	Wild Waves 	Minnie Mouse - uncredited
1929	El Terrible Toreador	Lady
1929	The Karnival Kid 	inker - uncredited
1940	Pinocchio 	ink and paint artist - uncredited
1942	Bambi 	ink and paint artist - uncredited
==Role==
Minnie Original.png|Minnie Mouse(1929)
==References==
Category:Females
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Category:1990s deaths
Category:Deceased
Category:People from California
Category:American people
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Artists
Category:Actresses
Category:Minnie Mouse
Category:Pinocchio
Category:Bambi