The Duckster is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney in 1952.[1]
Susan Henning (Hayley Mills' body double for The Parent Trap) was presented with a Duckster by Walt Disney inscribed for "Best Unseen Performance by an Actress".[2]
Disney storyman and director Jack Hannah at some point obtained one of the unawarded extra statues from the studio; it was auctioned in 2005 for $4,813.[3] That same year Martha Torge's Duckster was auctioned for $5,701.[4] In 2015 the Duckster awarded to Eddie Fisher was auctioned for $1,565.44.[5]
In 2009 a Duckster was awarded at the D23 Expo to Jennifer Sleeper, the winner of a contest to create the official portrait of Donald Duck for his 75th birthday.[6]
Origin of the word
"Duckster" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Duck" (as in Donald Duck).
List of recipients
- Martha Torge
- Carl Barks
- Clarence Nash
- Bob Karp
- Al Taliaferro
- Susan Henning
- Herb Golden
- Marvin Goldfarb
- Jennifer Sleeper
- Madeleline Wheeler
- Max Westebbe
- Eddie Fisher
See also
References
- ↑ Animation Anecdotes #244
- ↑ Susan Henning biography Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lot #612: 1950's Disney "Duckster" Award from Disney Animator Jack Hannah Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lot #43: The Earliest Known Disney 1952 "Duckster Award" Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Donald Duck "Duckster" Award to Eddie Fisher
- ↑ Mousecars and Ducksters.
External links
- Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists (left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney)
