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Don DaGradi

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American screenwriter (1911-1991)

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Don DaGradi was an American writer for Disney who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955.

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Mary Poppins1964 · ★ 7.5
Lady and the Tramp1955 · ★ 7.1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971 · ★ 7.0
The Love Bug1968 · ★ 6.6
The Love Bug1997 · ★ 5.7
Blackbeard's Ghost1968 · ★ 6.7
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.1966
Scandalous John1971

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1991Disney Legends

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Don DaGradi was an American writer for Disney who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. DaGradi lived in Friday Harbor, WA with his wife Betty and two children.

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United States
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Directors
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Movie Director
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Lived 1911 to 1991 · aged 80
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