The Women of Disney Animation Online Quiz

Amy Smeed served as the co-head of animation alongside Hyrum Osmond for the 2016 Disney film Moana, making her the first female Head of Animation in the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios. She has also contributed to other major Disney hits like Tangled and Frozen.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, along with her husband Robert Lopez, wrote the highly successful soundtracks for both Frozen and Frozen 2, winning an Academy Award for the hit song Let It Go. Their collaborative work also includes songs for Pixar's Coco.

Princess Tiana, introduced in the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog, is Disney's first African American princess. She was voiced by Tony Award-winning actress and singer Anika Noni Rose.

Jennifer Lee, the writer and director of Frozen, was named Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2018, succeeding John Lasseter. Under her leadership, the studio continued to produce major hits and expand its creative direction.

Ilene Woods provided the speaking and singing voice for the title character in Disney's 1950 animated classic Cinderella. She was selected for the role out of over 300 candidates after Walt Disney heard her demo recordings of the film's songs.

Kathryn Beaumont provided both the voice and the live-action reference modeling for Alice in the 1951 film "Alice in Wonderland" and Wendy Darling in the 1953 film "Peter Pan". The other actresses voiced different Disney characters, such as Paige O'Hara voicing Belle and Jodi Benson voicing Ariel.

Mary Blair is famous for her influential concept art and color styling on Disney classics like "Cinderella", "Alice in Wonderland", and "The Three Caballeros". While she contributed to many package films of the 1940s, her distinctive style was not a primary influence on "Fun and Fancy Free".

Sylvia Holland was hired in 1938 as the second woman in Disney's story department, where she made significant artistic contributions to "Fantasia", particularly the "Nutcracker Suite" and "Pastoral Symphony" segments. The other options include voice actresses like Adriana Caselotti (Snow White) and Mary Costa (Sleeping Beauty), who were not story artists.

Bianca Majolie, a former classmate of Walt Disney, was hired in 1935 as the first female story artist at the studio, paving the way for other women in the department. Lucille La Verne and Eleanor Audley were voice actresses known for playing Disney villains, while Sylvia Holland was the second woman hired in the story department.

Retta Scott was the first woman to receive an official screen credit as an animator at Disney, recognized for her exceptional work animating the hunting dogs in "Bambi" (1942). Mary Blair was a concept artist and color stylist, while Ruthie Tompson worked primarily in the Ink and Paint department before becoming a scene planner.