Myron Waldman was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studios.
10 Facts About Myron Waldman
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Myron Waldman was a graduate of the Pratt Institute, where he majored in Art.
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Myron Waldman started his first work in 1930 at Fleischer Studio.
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Myron Waldman was head animator on two Academy Award-nominated shorts, Educated Fish and Hunky and Spunky.
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Myron Waldman made the transition when Fleischer Studios was acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942.
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In 1943, Myron Waldman partnered with writer Steve Carlin to produce the Happy the Humbug comic strip.
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In 1986 Myron Waldman received the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award, and in 1997 was given the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime work in the field of animation.
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Myron Waldman made limited edition cel, drawing characters on which he worked, Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman.
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Myron Waldman met his wife, Rosalie, when she was an animation checker at the Fleischer Studio in the early 1940s, and had two sons, Robert and Steve.
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Myron Waldman died of congestive heart failure on February 4,2006, at the age of 97 at a hospital in Bethpage, New York.