Mary Blair
Born: 1911-10-21 in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 1978-07-26
Known For: Art
Biography
Blair's career began as a watercolor painter before joining the Walt Disney Studio in 1941. Blair started as a sketch artist before moving into art direction and inspirational sketches. Although a vast majority of her work was thrown out, Blair's fingerprints remain all over the studio's output both in animation and at various Disney Parks. Her signature design piece, It's All Small World After All, debuted at the New York World's Fair in 1964.
Filmography
2025
- Mary Blair's Pigments of Imagination as Self (Archive footage)
2005
- The Art of Mary Blair as Self (archive footage)
1968
- Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow as Self (uncredited)
1967
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ... (Color Designer)
- The Ceramic Mural as Self
1953
- Peter Pan ... (Conceptual Design)
1952
- The Little House ... (Art Direction)
- Susie, the Little Blue Coupe ... (Art Direction)
1951
- Alice in Wonderland ... (Conceptual Design)
1949
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ... (Conceptual Design)
1948
- Melody Time ... (Conceptual Design)
- So Dear to My Heart ... (Conceptual Design)
- Once Upon a Wintertime ... (Story)
1946
- Song of the South ... (Conceptual Design)
- Make Mine Music ... (Art Direction)
1942
- Saludos Amigos as Mary Blair
- Lake Titicaca ... (Color Designer)