Diane Disney Miller
Diane Marie Disney-Miller (December 18, 1933 – November 19, 2013)[1] was the daughter and only biological child of Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney.[2] Diane co-founded the Walt Disney Family Museum alongside her family. She was president of the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Family Foundation.[3]
Diane Disney Miller
Early life and marriage[edit]
Diane Marie Disney was born in Los Angeles on December 18, 1933. She attended Los Feliz Grammar School before moving to Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles) for junior high school and high school.[4] Disney went on to study English at the University of Southern California.[5]
When she was 20 years old, Disney was introduced to 21-year-old University of Southern California student Ron Miller, a member of the USC Trojans football team, on a blind date after a University of California–USC game. They married in a small Episcopal church ceremony in Santa Barbara on May 9, 1954.[6] Together, the couple had seven children: Christopher (b. 1954), Joanna (b. 1956), Tamara (b. 1958), Jennifer (later Miller-Goff; b. 1960), Walter (b. 1962), Ronald (b. 1964), and Patrick (b. 1966). Her husband then served in the Army and played professional football before Walt Disney convinced him to work for the Walt Disney Studios, and ascended from film directing and production to president and CEO of what is now The Walt Disney Company.
Death and dedication[edit]
Miller died on November 19, 2013, at age 79 (less than one month short of her 80th birthday) from medical complications that developed after a fall.[19]
The film Saving Mr. Banks is dedicated to her memory; Miller died shortly before it opened theatrically.[20]
Ron and Diane Disney Miller received a special thank you in Inside Out (2015).[21]