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 Old Men,” a famed a group of animators at Walt Disney Productions.
Baer later worked as an animator at Ed Graham Animation before moving over to Pantomime Studios, where she joined their layout department and worked on “Skyhawks” and “Speed Racer.
