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March 19: Paul Grimault's Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) premieres after more than 30 years of production. It becomes a critically acclaimed classic.[citation needed]
Hurray for Betty Boop, a compilation film of the Betty Boop franchise, was given a limited theatrical release.[10] Resulting its commercial failure, it remains abandoned after the 1984 VHS release until it was uploaded on social media in 2016.[citation needed]
January 17: Zooey Deschanel, American actress and musician (voice of Lani Aliikai in Surf's Up, Bridget in the Trolls franchise, Mary Spuckler and Quirk Girl in The Simpsons).
June 27: Ben Bocquelet, French-British animator (The Little Short-Sighted Snake), writer (The Hell's Kitchen), producer and director (creator of The Amazing World of Gumball).
July 10: James Rolfe, American filmmaker, actor, producer and internet personality (voice of Bimmy in the Smiling Friends episode "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back").
July 17: Brett Goldstein, British actor, comedian and writer (voice of Tony Stark in the Robot Chicken episode "May Cause Light Cannibalism", himself in the Harley Quinn episode "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special").
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^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 894–895. ISBN978-1476665993.
^Saavedra, Scott (August 2020). "Cartoon Characters for President". RetroFan (10). United States: TwoMorrows Publishing: 13.
^Hollis, Tim; Ehrbar, Greg (2006). Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 85–86. ISBN1-57806-849-5.
^Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. p. 49.
