Ann Sullivan, animator
Ann Sullivan an American animator, who primarily worked for Disney Animation died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13, 2020.
Born Sara Ann McNeese in Fargo, North Dakota, to Thomas and Helen (Kossick) McNeese. Thomas was an accountant, and Helen was a stenographer. She went to a Catholic school and then to North Dakota State University.
She followed her sister to California and enrolled at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.
Upon graduating in the 1950s, she began working in the animation paint lab of Disney Studios on films, including Peter Pan. Later, she took a leave of absence to raise her four children. In 1973, she joined Hanna-Barbera.
Sullivan returned to Disney around 1987, animating such films as Oliver & Company (1988), The Little Mermaid (1...