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Lillian Disney

Wife of Walt Disney (1899–1997)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Lillian Marie Disney was an American ink artist and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from high school in Lapwai before moving to Lewiston to attend college. She left Idaho in 1923 to move to Southern California, where she met future husband Walt while working as a secretary for his company.

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The public source identifies “Lillian Disney” as wife of Walt Disney (1899–1997). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lillian, Disney and Wife.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 1966, 1923—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lillian, Disney and Wife providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lillian Disney” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.