- Born
- Died
- Laverne Harding was born on October 10, 1905 in Louisiana, USA. She is known for Journey Back to Oz (1972), The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972) and Treasure Island (1973). She died on September 25, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Believed to be the first woman to earn the title of "animator."
- Employed at the Walter Lantz animation studio from 1932 to 1960, initially hired as an inker. She became a full animator in 1934, eventually specialising in Woody Woodpecker cartoons. She actually designed the character in use between 1950 and 1999. Aside from working at Lantz, she enjoyed brief sojourns at Hanna-Barbera, Warners and DePatie-Freleng. She was a recipient of the Windsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Her oilman-lumber baron uncle J.K. Wadley founded the Wadley Research Institute in Texas.
- Studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Pasadena in the early 1930's.
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