Famous People with Name Retta

Retta Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Retta Scott: is notable as the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios.She was hired at Disney in 1938 to work in the Story Dept. on Bambi. Her artistic ability in drawing animals was such that she was selected by Walt Disney and Bambi supervising-director David D. Hand to be mentored by animator Eric Larson so that she could animate the vicious hunting dogs in the sequence where the dogs pursue Faline and fight with Bambi. Retta Scott also animated on the Disney features Fantasia, Dumbo, and Disney's version of The Wind In the Willows, which was shelved during the World War II years and released much later as one part of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In addition, Alberto Becattini's web site of animator credits lists her as an animator on the Donald Duck shorts "Donald’s Snow Fight" and "Donald Gets Drafted" both released in 1942, along with an unnamed Goofy short in 1945.