Diane Disney Miller
Diane Disney Miller (born Diane Marie Disney ; born December 18, 1933 in Los Angeles , California - † November 19, 2013 in Napa , California) was an American patroness .
Life
Diane Marie Disney was born in 1933 as the only biological child of the film producer Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Disney . Her adoptive sister was Sharon Mae Disney (1936-1993).
In 1956 she published the eight-part article series My Dad, Walt Disney in the Saturday Evening Post in collaboration with Pete Martin . A year later appeared with The Story of Walt Disney, a biography of her father again written by her with Pete Martin.
In the 1970s, she and her husband bought their first wineries in the Napa Valley AVA . In 1981 they founded Silverado Vineyards there .
Disney Miller supported the construction of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and was seen as a proponent of Frank Gehry's controversial design .
She was President of the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Family Foundation, which operates the Walt Disney Family Museum .
From 1954 until her death, she was married to the film producer Ron Miller . She died on November 19, 2013 as a result of a fall she suffered in September 2013. She left her husband, seven children and 13 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. The film Saving Mr. Banks , in which Tom Hanks played Walt Disney, was released shortly after her death and is dedicated to her.
Fonts
- with Pete Martin: My Dad, Walt Disney . In: Saturday Evening Post, 1956
- with Pete Martin: The Story of Walt Disney . Holt, 1957, 247 pages
- German: My father Walt Disney . Bertelsmann, 1959, 237 pages
Web links
- Diane Disney Miller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Diane Disney Miller on her Silverado Vineyards website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kathy Merlock Jackson (ed.): Walt Disney: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists). University Press of Mississippi, 2006, ISBN 978-1578067138 , 25
- ↑ History at silveradovineyards.com, accessed on April 26, 2016
- ↑ a b Diane Disney Miller, Philanthropist and Daughter of Walt Disney, Dies at 79 at variety.com, accessed April 26, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Disney Miller, Diane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Disney, Diane Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American patroness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th November 2013 |
| Place of death | Napa , California |