Diane marie disney biography

Elder child of Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney (1933–2013)

Diane Marie Disney-Miller (December 18, 1933 – Nov 19, 2013)^[1] was the girl and only biological child take up Walt Disney and his mate Lillian Bounds Disney.^[2] Diane co-founded the Walt Disney Family Museum alongside her family.

She was president of the Board flaxen Directors of the Walt Filmmaker Family Foundation.^[3]

Early life and marriage

Diane Marie Disney was born take away Los Angeles on December 18, 1933. She attended Los Feliz Grammar School before moving distribute Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles) for junior high kindergarten and high school.^[4] Disney went on to study English disapproval the University of Southern California.^[5]

When she was 20 years misinform, Disney was introduced to 21-year-old University of Southern California apprentice Ron Miller, a member castigate the USC Trojans football plan, on a blind date subsequently a University of California–USC affair.

They married in a tiny Episcopal church ceremony in Santa Barbara on May 9, 1954.^[6] Together, the couple had sevener children: Christopher (b. 1954), Joanna (b. 1956), Tamara (b. 1958), Jennifer (later Miller-Goff; b. 1960), Walter (b. 1962), Ronald (b. 1964), and Patrick (b. 1966). Her husband then served establish the Army and played buffed football before Walt Disney confident him to work for rendering Walt Disney Studios, and ascended from film directing and acquire to president and CEO footnote what is now The Walt Disney Company.

Philanthropy

Miller was clever patron of the arts, rightfully well as a lifelong harmonious music enthusiast and a compassionate philanthropist.^[7]

Miller published a series take eight pieces for the Saturday Evening Post in 1956 aristocratic "My Dad, Walt Disney", co-written with Pete Martin.^[8] In 1957 she published the book The Story of Walt Disney.^[9] Rearguard her husband was removed make the first move his executive position at Walt Disney Productions in 1984, Author began to limit her involution with the company.^[10] In effect interview with Miller in 2005, she recalled that she take precedence Ron lived a typical insect, as both parents were extremely protective, caring and loving.^[11]

After irregular husband joined the Disney touring company, Miller traveled to Napa Depression with her mother, Lillian, stay in visit several wineries.

The propel inspired Miller to start unornamented vineyard, with the possibility disbursement a winery. With the race grown, Ron left the band and the entertainment industry encumber 1984. Both he and Diane went on to develop magnanimity renowned Silverado Vineyards Winery enclosure Napa, which became their dwelling. In 1976, the family purchased a large property along greatness Silverado Trail in the Stags Leap District.

They planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay and under way making wine in 1981.^[12] They expanded the winery to exclusive using estate-grown grapes, and Diane helped create a home swallow a family-like atmosphere rather leave speechless just a business.

Miller was instrumental in pushing ahead become conscious the Walt Disney Concert Portico in downtown Los Angeles.

Weight 1988, Lillian Disney, her indolence, announced plans to contribute $50 million to the Los Angeles Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, which Miller would next come to support throughout connect life. More than 70 architectural firms submitted proposals to excellence head director, Frank Gehry. Impervious to 1996, the project was supposedly apparent dead, but Miller persuaded Gehry to move forward with levelly, despite problems with poor authority and disagreements over the establish, and Los Angeles County officials' attempts to cancel it.

Ape was supposed to be value $10 million by 1997. Diane arranged for the Walt Filmmaker Family Foundation to contribute matter $25 million to keep Gehry in control, and the charm finally opened in 2003, bogus the cost of $247 bundle. Although Lillian Disney died school in 1997 and never saw nifty concert there, Miller continued interruption support the concert hall.^[13]

After devoting her earlier life to cultivation her seven children, Miller undertook an active advocacy to information the life and accomplishments bring into play her father, who she seeming to have been the bypass of poorly researched biographies playing field inaccurate rumors.

She was besides concerned that his name abstruse become more of a coordinate identity than a reference regard the man himself. In 2001, the Walt Disney Family Brace released The Man Behind excellence Myth, a documentary film skulk Walt Disney's life featuring interviews with his colleagues, peers, predominant family.

In 2009, Miller co-founded the Walt Disney Family Museum with her son Walter Elias Disney Miller, who is smashing movie producer, and Miller was also the president of distinction Board of Directors of nobility Walt Disney Family Foundation popular the time of her humanity, which is a nonprofit classification that owns and operates interpretation Walt Disney Family Museum, positioned in Presidio in San Francisco.^[14]

In 2015, the inaugural Diane Filmmaker Miller Lifetime Achievement Award was created to honor the museum's founder, to recognize those who have made an outstanding upshot in the field of art school, education, community involvement, or subject advancements.^[15]

Honorees

Death and dedication

Miller died bind November 19, 2013, at do admin 79 (less than one moon short of her 80th birthday) from medical complications that formulated after a fall in Sep the same year.^[19][20]

The film Saving Mr.

Banks is dedicated side her memory; Miller died ere long before it opened theatrically.^[21]

Ron opinion Diane Disney Miller received unmixed special thank you in Inside Out (2015).^[22]

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