Joyce Carlson, Artist Behind ‘It’s A Small World’, Dies At 84
(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Joyce Carlson, the artist behind it’s a small world, has passed away at 84. Carlson worked on the coloring of Lady and the Tramp and created many of the doll characters for it’s a small world. She passed away Wednesday at her home in Orlando.
Carlson originally was hired at the Walt Disney Company in 1944 running mail, office supplies and coffee. She later moved into inking films and then to designing models for attractions in the 1964 World’s Fair pavilion then Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris and Tokyo. Additionally she was the first woman at the Walt Disney Company to reach the 50 and 55 year service milestones. She was inducted as a ‘Disney Legend’ and earned a commemorative second-floor shop window at the Magic Kingdom reading ‘Dolls by Miss Joyce, Doll maker for the world.’
