{"id":475289,"date":"2026-02-18T06:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475289\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:01:09","slug":"jane-baer-dead-sleeping-beauty-animator-was-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475289\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Baer Dead: ‘Sleeping Beauty’\u00a0Animator Was 91\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer<\/a>, whose long career in animation included working on films including \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d and \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit,\u201d died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif.. She was 91.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe longtime animator, producer and industry pioneer first got her start in 1955 as an assistant animator on Walt Disney\u2019s \u201cSleeping Beauty,\u201d where she worked alongside Walt Disney Animation\u2019s legendary \u201cNine Old Men.\u201d She continued as an animator at Ed Graham Animation before joining Pantomime Studios in their layout department where she worked on \u201cSkyhawks\u201d and \u201cSpeed Racer.\u201d Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer then moved to Filmation Studios, where she worked on \u201cAquaman\u201d and \u201cJourney to the Center of the Earth.\u201d She returned to Disney in 1975, working for the legendary animator Milt Kahl on \u201cThe Fox & The Hound,\u201d \u201cMickey\u2019s Christmas Carol\u201d and \u201cThe Black Cauldron,\u201d and as an assistant animator on Medusa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1984, Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer and her then-husband, Dale Baer, started Baer Animation, their own animation company, which would go on to become one of the most successful independent animation houses in Hollywood. Together, they created the entire Toontown sequence for \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit.\u201d The company covered every face of animation production, including digital ink & paint, compositing, recording and effects. Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer also expanded these services to include a camera team that shot major portions of\u00a0\u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d \u201cThe Prince and the Pauper,\u201d \u201cRover Dangerfield,\u201d \u201cFernGully: The Last Rain Forest,\u201d \u201cThe Swan Princess\u201d and a variety of projects for Warner Brothers Animation and Hanna-Barbera Studios. She successfully ran Baer Animation until her retirement in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

\n\tShattuck-Takamoto-Baer also worked on a number of commercials, including Coca Cola\u2019s \u201cDisney Christmas,\u201d Pamper\u2019s \u201cDisney Babies,\u201d Charmin\u2019s \u201cPrincess\u201d and Snapper Lawn Mower\u2019s \u201cLawn Toy\u201d amongst many others. She received many awards for her work, including a Gold Award for Best Animation at the Houston International Film Festival for \u201cPrincess\u201d and a Clio Award for Best Animation for \u201cDisney Babies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGrowing up in Winnipeg, Canada, Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer\u2019s artistic talents were evident from an early age. She followed in her father\u2019s path (also an illustrator) and trained at the Art Center in Pasadena. She was a founding member of Women in Animation and later served on its Advisory Board. She was also a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Animation Guild and Women in Film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tShattuck-Takamoto-Baer is survived by her son Michael and his partner Beth and her brother and his family.<\/p>\n

\n\tDonations may be made in Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer\u2019s name to the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center <\/a>in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer, whose long career in animation included working on films including \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d and \u201cWho Framed Roger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,220158,206],"class_list":["post-475289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-jane-shattuck-takamoto-baer","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}