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Kerry answered an audition call during the planning stages of the film. The audition, supervised by Disney animator Marc Davis, required her to pantomime the motions that would eventually be animated as Tinker Bell, such as preening in a mirror at her feet. She won the audition and spent the next six months at the Disney Studios on a mostly empty soundstage pantomiming the role on film. The studios provided props as well, notably a giant keyhole mounted on a stand as well as a pair of giant scissors, later used in the scene in which Tinker Bell became trapped in a jewelry box. Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 - January 12, 2000) was one of the most talented artists at and a main animator for Disney Studios. ... Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ...

Kerry also provided the basis of the red-haired mermaid in the Neverland lagoon scenes. The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ... Neverland is the fictional island featured in J. M. Barries play Peter Pan and subsequent novel Peter and Wendy. ...

Since Disney released the film at about the time Marilyn Monroe had begun to make an impact, an urban legend immediately sprung up attributing the role to her. Marilyn Monroe ( 1 June 1926 - 5 August 1962 ) was a 20th centurymovie star, sex symbol and pop icon. ... Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ...

Early history

While working under her given name as a dancer and actor in the Our Gang comedy shorts, she came to the attention of Eddie Cantor who cast her in the role of his teenaged daughter in the film If You Knew Susie as well as bestowing her stage name on her. She graduated high school with honors while working on the film and later graduated cum laude from Los Angeles City College. A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ... Eddie Cantor in the 1920s Eddie Cantor (born September, 1892 on the Jewish New Year; died October 10, 1964) was a comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, and one of the most popular entertainers in the United States of America in the early and middle 20th century. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Los Angeles City College is a community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. ...

Television work

While still a teen, Margaret Kerry gained a role as "Sharon" in one of the very first network sitcoms, The Charlie Ruggles Show on ABC-TV. The show's farewell episode after its five-year run featured Sharon's wedding and honeymoon, a major media event. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. ... The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ...

A voiceover talent with a repertoire of twenty-one dialects and forty-eight character voices, Kerry provided the voices (and lips) for characters on 279 episodes of the groundbreaking children's television show, Clutch Cargo, including major characters "Paddlefoot" and "Spinner". She also provided numerous voices and live-action lead-ins for The New 3 Stooges and Space Angel animated series for Cambria Productions. A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... Clutch Cargo was an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning in March 1959. ... The New Three Stooges was a TV series that ran from 1965-1966 starring those hard-boiled eggheads, the Three Stooges, of course, with That Little Old Bomb Maker as its first episode. ...

Today

Since 1992, Margaret Kerry has worked as producer, writer and host of "What's Up Weekly" on KKLA Los Angeles, the world's most listened-to Christian radio station. As the station's community services director, she heads an outreach program that connects to more than 200 non-profit service agencies. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... KKLA 99. ... Commercial Christian radio is a radio format that plays popular music styles with a focus on the Christian message and associated politically-motivated topics. ...

Margaret Kerry's web site is www.tinkerbelltalks.com where she sells autographed photos and much more.