Good Morning America Chatted with Kim Irvine, a second generation Imagineer with over 40 years of magic making with the Disney Company.
In the video she speaks of her mother, Leota Toombs (The face of Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion Attraction) and her life as an Imagineer. In the video is her daughter Ali, who is also a part of this family legacy.
Her Father, Harvey, was an animator, one of the first few brought from Missouri by Walt himself for work on his first feature. Her mother Leota was also an animator at the time and that is how they met. Leota became an Imagineer in the company after a short hiatus to raise her children. It was only a matter of time before Kim became a part of that legacy as an Executive Creative Director for Walt Disney Imagineering. She has described herself in other interviews as a “Disney Brat”…which I was delighted to hear someone else say, because I myself have had that title as well, if it runs in the family, you embrace it! Kim describes her role as a “second generation Imagineer.” Her daughter, Ali Irvine, has joined the company as a third generation Imagineer Set Decorator” for Walt Disney Imagineering.
See the video below for more about these incredible and inspiring women!
Source: Good Morning America
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