https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/jane-baer-disney-great-dies-at-91-258949.html>By Jamie Lang | 02/19/2026 7:51 am>Jane Baer, a pioneering animator, producer, studio founder, and a founding member of Women in Animation (WIA), who worked continuously at the highest levels of American animation from the 1950s through the 1990s, died February 16, 2026, at her home in Van Nuys, California. She was 91.>Baer’s career traced a rare, uninterrupted arc through animation history: from the hand-inked fine art of Disney’s mid-century features, through television’s production-line years, and into the rapidly evolving hybrid era that peaked with Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a film on which she was intimately involved.>Along the way, she quietly became a guardian of classical early-Disney-era technique, an animator trusted not only with drawing, but with organization, supervision, and the translation of tradition into new production contexts, working in all sorts of roles across the production pipeline.>Born Jane Shattuck in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Baer showed artistic aptitude early and followed her father into illustration. She trained at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and, in 1955, entered Walt Disney Productions as an assistant animator. Her timing could not have been better, as Disney was deep into production on Sleeping Beauty, a film that demanded unprecedented graphic control and precision for its time.>Working alongside members of the legendary Nine Old Men, Baer was trained to the studio’s highest standards of draftsmanship and performance-based animation. Sleeping Beauty (1959), now widely recognized as one of the most formally rigorous animated features ever produced, served as her apprenticeship in a system that prized clarity, discipline, and expressive restraint.>Though her name would rarely appear before the title, Baer was part of a generation of artists who formed the backbone of Disney animation during its transitional decades.
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Damn, RIP.
>>152557297>cut her teeth on Sleeping BeautyActually very impressive.
>>152557297Wow, RIP legend.
Sticky, please?
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>>152557297who
>>152557297>a founding member of Women in Animation (WIA)Did she ruin the industry?
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>>152557297https://animationscoop.com/jane-shattuck-takamoto-baer-1934-2026/>In 1984, Jane went on to establish her own animation company – Baer Animation – with her then husband, Dale Baer. One of the most successful independent animation houses in Hollywood, Baer Animation created the entire Toontown sequences for the landmark, animated film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Jane’s talents and direction established Baer Animation’s reputation for their high-quality standards and renowned expertise for the fine tradition of classic animation, as well as the integration of live action with animation in the three dimensional “Roger-Rabbit” style.>The camera teams at Baer Animation shot major portions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989) and The Prince and the Pauper, as well as the animated features, Rover Dangerfield (1991), Fern Gully – the Last Rain Forest (1990), The Swan Princess (1994), and a variety of projects for Warner Brothers Animation and Hanna-Barbera Studios. Following Dale’s departure in the early 1990s, Jane continued to successfully run the company and create award winning animated content for national and international clients until her retirement in the early-2000s. >Jane’s personal work highlights include: Supervising Character Animator of Bennie the Cab, and the Toontown sequences for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). She was also the Animation Producer on Fletch Lives (1989), and the Animation Supervisor on Rover Dangerfield (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and Animation Producer on The Beautician and the Beast (1997). Jane was also the Writer and Executive Producer on Annabelle’s Wish (1997).Also mentioned: she assisted Milt Kahl on Medusa and before Dale Baer had married Iwao Takamoto. What a career!
Sleeping Beauty really was a work of art. Had no idea there was anyone still around who worked on it.
>>152557462Don Bluth was on SB
>>152557297>CartoonBrewNot a good sign
>>152557297RIP
>>152557297Damn, she worked on some kino.
Wait wasn't the old guy in the 100 year anniversary film picked because he was the last living one to work alongside Walt
>>152557297Damn... I remember when her husband Dale passed during covid
>>152557297NOOOOOOOO NOT SHIGERU MIYAMOTO!!!!
>>152557297never heard of her before today but RIP
>>152557297Damn... :-(
>>152557297And canadian too! Rip to a queen.
>>152558206Is that the dog from FEAST there?
>>152557297Shit. Rest in peace, animation lady.
>>152560071>all that work for a single bushAmazing. I almost hate seeing stuff like this knowing it is more or less a lost art.
>>152557424>Worked in sleeping beauty, the most beautifully animated disney film ever made>But also that garbage.Rest in peace but also good riddance you fucking bitch lmao
>>152557454>she assisted Milt Kahl on Medusa and before Dale Baer had married Iwao Takamoto.RICED
>>152557297Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney film ever. RIP, you earned your rest.
>>152557297RIP to a real one
>>152557297Wonder what year that middle pic was posted. RIP!We are gonna loose the last of the old golden generation of animators within the next 5-10 years.Keep your eyes peeled for Bluth and Bakshi, both in their late 80s currently.>>152558206Quite the age gap between them. Must have been awful for her, she likely thought she's go first.
>>152557297>women in animation So she's responsible.
>>152557297No sticky?
>>152557297Rest in Peace. Eternal rest grant unto her o Lord.
>>15255729791 years, what a life. RIP.
>>152557297well that sucks
>>152557297>>152558206Actual animators. RIP>>152560071Neat.
>>152560071Glad Walt wasn't like "Nah... I don't feel it."
