Changes: 1959

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Original Sleeping Beauty Poster — *Sleeping Beauty*

200px-Matterhorn Bobsleds Poster — The Matterhorn Bobsleds open.

Donaldinmathmagicland1 — *Donald in Mathmagic Land*

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1959.

Theatrical releases

Character debuts

January 8 - Buena
January 29 - Aurora, Prince Phillip, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, Maleficent, Diablo, King Stefan, Queen Leah, King Hubert, Forest Animals, Samson, Maleficent's Goons, Minstrel
February 26 - Anita Cabrillo
March 19 - Wilby Daniels, Moochie Daniels, Buzz Miller
June 26 - Darby O'Gill, Katie O'Gill, Michael MacBride, King Brian, Pony Sugrue, Sheelah Sugrue, Lord Fitzpatrick, Father Murphy, Phadrig Oge, Paddy Scanlon, Molly Malloy, Tom Kerrigan, Banshee, Dullahan
September 2 - Donald's Son

Theme parks

June 14 - Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail System, and the Submarine Voyage all open in an event referred to as "The Second Opening of Disneyland"
September - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland due to security concerns

Business events

Nintendo licenses characters from Walt Disney Productions to use on playing cards.

People

Births

January 1 - Anthony DeRosa (animator)
January 5 - Clancy Brown (actor and voice actor)
February 4 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
February 22 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
March 1 - Laura Karpman (composer)
March 7 - Donna Murphy (actress and singer)
March 15 - Fabio Lanzoni (fashion model, spokesperson, author, and actor)
March 23 - Catherine Keener (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
March 28 - Joel McNeely (composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, and record producer)
April 3 - David Hyde Pierce (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
April 4 - Phil Morris (actor, voice actor, comedian, and director)
April 10 - Brian Setzer (guitarist and singer-songwriter)
April 15
- Emma Thompson (actress, voice actress, comedian, screenwriter, author, and activist)
- Thomas F. Wilson (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, painter, and podcaster)
April 20 - Clint Howard (actor and voice actor)
April 21 - Robert Smith (singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer)
April 22 - Ryan Stiles (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, and director)
April 27 - Sheena Easton (singer, songwriter, producer, actress, voice actress, and designer)
May 4 - Randy Travis (singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor)
May 5 - Gary Dubin (actor and voice actor)
May 12 - Ving Rhames (actor and voice actor)
May 16 - Mare Winningham (actress and singer-songwriter)
May 19 - Jim Ward (actor and voice actor)
May 20 - Bronson Pinchot (actor and voice actor)
June 6 - Paul Germain (animation screenwriter, television producer, director, and voice director)
June 7 - Mark Zaslove (writer, director, and producer)
June 11 - Hugh Laurie (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, author, musician, singer, director, and producer)
June 18 - Joe Ansolabehere (animation writer, television producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, and producer)
June 27 - Janusz Kamiński (cinematographer and film director)
June 29 - Gary Rydstrom (sound designer, director, and editor)
June 30 - Vincent D'Onofrio (actor, director, producer, writer, and singer)
July 7 - Billy Campbell (actor)
July 16
- Bob Joles (actor, voice actor, and musician)
- Sherri Stoner (actress, animator, and writer)
July 26 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
July 30 - Karen Prell (puppeteer and animator)
August 2 - Victoria Jackson (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
August 3 - John C. McGinley (actor, voice actor, author, and former comedian)
August 14 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
August 22
- Holly Hawkins (actress)
- Mark Williams (actor, presenter, and screenwriter)
August 29 - Rebecca De Mornay (actress and producer)
September 10 - Jim Meskimen (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and impressionist)
September 21 - Dave Coulier (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, impressionist, and television host)
September 23 - Jason Alexander (actor, comedian, singer, director, and voice artist)
September 24 - Steve Whitmire (puppeteer)
September 28 - Steve Hytner (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
October 3 - Greg Proops (actor, stand-up comedian, voice artist, and television host)
October 10
- Julia Sweeney (actress, voice actress, comedian, and author)
- Bradley Whitford (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
October 13 - Marie Osmond (actress, singer, screenwriter, and doll designer)
October 22 - Marc Shaiman (composer and lyricist)
October 23
- "Weird Al" Yankovic (singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist)
- Sam Raimi (director, producer, writer, and actor)
October 29 - Finola Hughes (actress, voice actress, television host, entrepreneur, author, dancer, director, and producer)
November 19 - Allison Janney (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
December 9 - Steve Mackall (voice actor and comedian)
December 29 - Paula Poundstone (stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator)
December 30 - Tracey Ullman (actress, comedian, singer, dancer, director, author, and screenwriter)
December 31
- Val Kilmer (actor)
- Ronnie del Carmen (writer, story artist, story supervisor, and production designer)

Deaths

September 20 - Taylor Holmes (actor)

Artists joined

Sylvia Mattinson

1959

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 [[File:Original Sleeping Beauty Poster.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'']]
-[[File:200px-Matterhorn Bobsleds Poster.png|thumb|250px|[[Matterhorn Bobsleds]]]]
-[[File:Donaldinmathmagicland1.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Donald in Mathmagic Land]]'']]
 [[File:The Shaggy Dog.png|thumb|250px|''[[The Shaggy Dog]]'']]
+[[File:200px-Matterhorn Bobsleds Poster.png|thumb|250px|The [[Matterhorn Bobsleds]] open.]]
+[[File:Donaldinmathmagicland1.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Donald in Mathmagic Land]]'']]
 [[File:NoahsArk1959TitleCard.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Noah's Ark]]'']]
+An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year '''1959'''.
 ==Theatrical releases==
 ===Feature films===
-*[[January 29]] - ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' premiered in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
+*[[January 29]] - ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])
 *[[February 17]] - ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' ([[New York City]], [[New York]])
 *[[March 19]] - ''[[The Shaggy Dog]]''
 *[[June 26]] - ''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' (Los Angeles, California)
 *[[June 29]] - ''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' (New York City, New York)
-*[[July 10]] - ''[[Old Yeller]]''
 *[[August 4]] - ''[[The Big Fisherman]]''
 *[[November 10]] - ''[[Third Man on the Mountain]]''
-*[[December 24]] - ''[[Dumbo (1941 film)|Dumbo]]'' (re-release)
+*[[December 24]] - ''[[Dumbo (1941 film)|Dumbo]]'' (re-issue)
-*[[December 25]] - ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''
 ===Shorts===
@@ Line 25: / Line 24: @@
 *[[November 10]] - ''[[Noah's Ark]]''
 *[[December 16]] - ''[[Mysteries of the Deep]]''
-*? - ''[[Donald's Penguin]]'' (re-release)
 ===Disneyland Episodes===
@@ Line 31: / Line 29: @@
 ==Character debuts==
+*[[January 8]] - [[Buena]]
-*[[January 29]] - [[Aurora]], [[Prince Phillip]], [[Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather]], [[Maleficent]], [[Diablo]], [[King Stefan]], [[Queen Leah]], [[King Hubert]], [[Forest Animals (Sleeping Beauty)|Forest Animals]], [[Samson]], [[Goons]], [[Minstrel]]
+*[[January 29]] - [[Aurora]], [[Prince Phillip]], [[Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather]], [[Maleficent]], [[Diablo]], [[King Stefan]], [[Queen Leah]], [[King Hubert]], [[Forest Animals (Sleeping Beauty)|Forest Animals]], [[Samson]], [[Maleficent's Goons]], [[Minstrel]]
+*[[February 26]] - [[Anita Cabrillo]]
 *[[March 19]] - [[Wilby Daniels]], [[Moochie Daniels]], [[Buzz Miller]]
 *[[June 26]] - [[Darby O'Gill]], [[Katie O'Gill]], [[Michael MacBride]], [[King Brian]], [[Pony Sugrue]], [[Sheelah Sugrue]], [[Lord Fitzpatrick]], [[Father Murphy]], [[Phadrig Oge]], [[Paddy Scanlon]], [[Molly Malloy]], [[Tom Kerrigan]], [[Banshee (Darby O'Gill and the Little People)|Banshee]], [[Dullahan]]
+*[[September 2 ]] - [[Donald's Son]]
 ==Theme parks==
@@ Line 43: / Line 44: @@
 ==People==
 ===Births===
+*[[January 1]] - [[Anthony DeRosa]] (animator)
 *[[January 5]] - [[Clancy Brown]] (actor and voice actor)
-*[[January 31]] - [[Kelly Lynch]] (actress)
 *[[February 4]] - [[Pamelyn Ferdin]] (actress)
 *[[February 22]] - [[Kyle MacLachlan]] (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
+*[[March 1]] - [[Laura Karpman]] (composer)
 *[[March 7]] - [[Donna Murphy]] (actress and singer)
-*[[March 8]] - [[Aidan Quinn]] (actor)
 *[[March 15]] - [[Fabio Lanzoni]] (fashion model, spokesperson, author, and actor)
 *[[March 23]] - [[Catherine Keener]] (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
 *[[March 28]] - [[Joel McNeely]] (composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, and record producer)
 *[[April 3]] - [[David Hyde Pierce]] (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
-*[[April 4]] - [[Phil Morris]] (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
+*[[April 4]] - [[Phil Morris]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, and director)
 *[[April 10]] - [[Brian Setzer]] (guitarist and singer-songwriter)
 *[[April 15]]
 **[[Emma Thompson]] (actress, voice actress, comedian, screenwriter, author, and activist)
 **[[Thomas F. Wilson]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, painter, and podcaster)
-*[[April 17]] - [[Sean Bean]] (actor)
 *[[April 20]] - [[Clint Howard]] (actor and voice actor)
+*[[April 21]] - [[Robert Smith]] (singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer)
 *[[April 22]] - [[Ryan Stiles]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, and director)
 *[[April 27]] - [[Sheena Easton]] (singer, songwriter, producer, actress, voice actress, and designer)
+*[[May 4]] - [[Randy Travis]] (singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor)
 *[[May 5]] - [[Gary Dubin]] (actor and voice actor)
 *[[May 12]] - [[Ving Rhames]] (actor and voice actor)
@@ Line 68: / Line 71: @@
 *[[May 19]] - [[Jim Ward]] (actor and voice actor)
 *[[May 20]] - [[Bronson Pinchot]] (actor and voice actor)
-*[[May 29]] - [[Rupert Everett]] (actor, voice actor, and writer)
+*[[June 6]] - [[Paul Germain]] (animation screenwriter, television producer, director, and voice director)
 *[[June 7]] - [[Mark Zaslove]] (writer, director, and producer)
-*[[June 11]] - [[Hugh Laurie]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
+*[[June 11]] - [[Hugh Laurie]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, author, musician, singer, director, and producer)
+*[[June 18]] - [[Joe Ansolabehere]] (animation writer, television producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, and producer)
 *[[June 27]] - [[Janusz Kamiński]] (cinematographer and film director)
 *[[June 29]] - [[Gary Rydstrom]] (sound designer, director, and editor)
 *[[June 30]] - [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] (actor, director, producer, writer, and singer)
 *[[July 7]] - [[Billy Campbell]] (actor)
-*[[July 8]] - [[Robert Knepper]] (actor)
 *[[July 16]]
 **[[Bob Joles]] (actor, voice actor, and musician)
-**[[Sherri Stoner]] (actress, model, and writer)
+**[[Sherri Stoner]] (actress, animator, and writer)
 *[[July 26]] - [[Kevin Spacey]] (actor)
-*[[August 2]] - [[Jim Doughan]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and director)
+*[[July 30]] - [[Karen Prell]] (puppeteer and animator)
+*[[August 2]] - [[Victoria Jackson]] (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
 *[[August 3]] - [[John C. McGinley]] (actor, voice actor, author, and former comedian)
 *[[August 14]] - [[Marcia Gay Harden]] (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
+*[[August 22]]
-*[[August 17]] - [[Chika Sakamoto]] (Japanese voice actress)
+**[[Holly Hawkins]] (actress)
+**[[Mark Williams]] (actor, presenter, and screenwriter)
 *[[August 29]] - [[Rebecca De Mornay]] (actress and producer)
 *[[September 10]] - [[Jim Meskimen]] (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and impressionist)
 *[[September 21]] - [[Dave Coulier]] (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, impressionist, and television host)
-*[[September 23]] - [[Jason Alexander]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, and director)
+*[[September 23]] - [[Jason Alexander]] (actor, comedian, singer, director, and voice artist)
 *[[September 24]] - [[Steve Whitmire]] (puppeteer)
 *[[September 28]] - [[Steve Hytner]] (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
+*[[October 3]] - [[Greg Proops]] (actor, stand-up comedian, voice artist, and television host)
 *[[October 10]]
-** [[Julia Sweeney]] (actress, voice actress, comedian, and author)
+**[[Julia Sweeney]] (actress, voice actress, comedian, and author)
-** [[Bradley Whitford]] (actor and comedian)
+**[[Bradley Whitford]] (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 *[[October 13]] - [[Marie Osmond]] (actress, singer, screenwriter, and doll designer)
 *[[October 22]] - [[Marc Shaiman]] (composer and lyricist)
 *[[October 23]]
-**[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] (<span>singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist</span>)
+**[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] (singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist)
 **[[Sam Raimi]] (director, producer, writer, and actor)
-*[[October 25]] - [[Lani Minella]] (voice actress, voice director, and producer)
+*[[October 29]] - [[Finola Hughes]] (actress, voice actress, television host, entrepreneur, author, dancer, director, and producer)
-*[[October 29]] - [[Finola Hughes]] (actress, voice actress, television host, enterepreneur, author, dancer, director, and producer)
-*[[November 5]] - [[Bryan Adams]] (singer-songwriter, musician, photographer, actor, record producer, social activist)
-*[[November 10]] - [[Mackenzie Phillips]] (actress, voice actress, and singer)
-*[[November 14]] - [[Paul McGann]] (actor)
 *[[November 19]] - [[Allison Janney]] (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
-*[[November 20]] - [[Sean Young]] (actress)
-*[[November 24]] - [[Akio Ōtsuka]] (Japanese actor and voice actor)
 *[[December 9]] - [[Steve Mackall]] (voice actor and comedian)
+*[[December 29]] - [[Paula Poundstone]] (stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator)
 *[[December 30]] - [[Tracey Ullman]] (actress, comedian, singer, dancer, director, author, and screenwriter)
-*[[December 31]] - [[Val Kilmer]] (actor)
+*[[December 31]]
+**[[Val Kilmer]] (actor)
+**[[Ronnie del Carmen]] (writer, story artist, story supervisor, and production designer)
+===Deaths===
+*[[September 20]] - [[Taylor Holmes]] (actor)
 ===Artists joined===
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 [[es:1959]]
 [[fr:1959]]
+[[pt-br:1959]]
 [[ru:1959]]
 [[Category:Years in Disney history]]
+[[Category:1950s]]