
11/08/2023
Remembering...
August 8, 1925:
Disney Legend Ginny Tyler is born Merrie Virginia Erlandson in Washington.
A graduate of the University of Washington drama school, Tyler started out on radio before hosting a children's television show in Seattle. By the late 1950s, she had moved to Los Angeles and was soon narrating albums for Disneyland Records. Her voice work included narrating vinyl versions of "Peter Pan," "Bambi," and "Cinderella." In Disney films, she voiced the two amorous female squirrels in "The Sword in the Stone" (1963) and sang the parts of several barnyard animals in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence of "Mary Poppins" (1964). At Disneyland, she hosted daily 15-minute live segments for the re-edited version of "The Mickey Mouse Club." There was a time her chilling cackle could be heard everyday in Disneyland & Disney World... in the Snow White's Scary Adventure dark ride!
Named a Disney Legend in 2006, Tyler passed away at age 86 in 2012.
http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/Aug08.html