Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Who Founded Baer Animation, Dies at 91

Jane Baer, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Animator, Dies at 91

Animator Jane Baer, whose over six decade career included work on “Sleeping Beauty” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif. She was 91. The industry pioneer, who later founded Baer Animation with her second husband Dale Baer, notably got her start on the 1959 Walt Disney classic, “Sleeping Beauty,” where she worked as an uncredited clean-up artist on the film, per her IMDB. She also worked alongside the “Nine O…

Jane Baer Dies: Longtime Disney Animator & Indie Studio Exec Who Created Toontown Scenes For ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Was 91

Jane Baer, a pioneering animator who worked at Disney on films ranging from Sleeping Beauty to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and also ran her own animation production company, died Monday in her sleep at her home in Van Nuys, CA. She was 91. Her longtime friend Mindy Johnson confirmed the news. During her long career, […]

Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Who Founded Baer Animation, Dies at 91

Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer, whose long career in animation included working on films including “Sleeping Beauty” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif.. She was 91.   The longtime animator, producer and industry pioneer first got her start in 1955 as an assistant animator on Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” where she […]

Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘The Rescuers’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ Dies at 91

Jane Baer, whose half-century in animation included work on Sleeping Beauty, The Rescuers and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died. She was 91.