Ann Sullivan, Disney Animator Behind 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Lion King,' Dies at 91

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Ann Sullivan, Disney Animator Behind 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Lion King,' Dies at 91
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Ann Sullivan is the third member of the industry retirement home to die as a result of the coronavirus

The Lion KingSullivan died from complications due to COVID-19, her retirement community, the Woodland Hills-based campus of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, confirmed Monday toOriginally from Fargo, North Dakota, Sullivan matriculated at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena — the alma mater of Zack Snyder and Michael Bay, among other famous alums — and, after graduation, entered the workforce in the 1950s as a member of the animation paint lab at The Walt Disney Company.

After taking leave from work to become a mother to four children, Sullivan re-entered the business in 1973, when she started at Filmnation Hanna Barbera. She later returned to Disney, landing credits on studio titles from the late-1980s to the mid-2000s. Sullivan worked in the paint lab on 1988's

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