Walter Disney Research Paper

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Walter "Walt" Disney was born December 5, 1901 to Elias and Flora Disney. He is most famous for being the founder of Walt Disney Productions and his famous character Mickey Mouse. He founded Walt Disney Productions with his brother Roy. It all started when he lived in Missouri and started drawing and selling the drawings to his neighbors. When Disney was only 16 years old he dropped out of high school. The army rejected him so he joined the Red Cross instead and got sent to France. In 1919 he moved back to the United States. In 1925, he met his wife. She worked for him as an ink-and-paint artist. Her name was Lillian Bounds. Eventually Elias and Disney collected all they had and moved to Hollywood. They started off as Disney Brothers studio