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    Joseph Barbera

    American animator and cartoonist (1911–2006)

    Joseph Barbera

    Barbera in 1993

    Born

    Joseph Roland Barbera


    (1911-03-24)March 24, 1911

    New York City, U.S.

    DiedDecember 18, 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 95)

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.

    Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
    Other namesJoe Barbera
    Occupations
    Years active1930–2006
    Spouses

    Dorothy Earl

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    (m. 1935; div. 1963)​

    Sheila Holden

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    (m. 1963)​
    Children4

    Joseph Roland Barbera (bar-BAIR-ə;[1][2]Italian:[barˈbɛːra]; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known as the co-founder of the animation studio Hanna-Barbera.

    Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1927 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936.[3] In 1937, he mov

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    Joseph Barbera

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    Joseph Barbera was co-founder of the powerhouse animation studio Hanna-Barbera. He got his start drawing at his Catholic grade school, Holy Innocents, in Brooklyn, where the sisters noted his artistic talents. Eventually he made cartoons and animation his career, landing at Metro Goldwyn Mayer. At MGM he teamed up with William Hanna on the Tom and Jerry series, which was an overnight sensation. Tom and Jerry won a record seven Oscars from a record 14 nominations. When MGM shut down its animation studio, the two partnered to found Hanna-Barbera studios. Through Hanna-Barbera they created some of the most important cartoons of the 20th century, including Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Johnny Quest, The Jetsons, Snagglepuss, Superfriends, The Smurfs, Scooby Do, and many others. Through their groundbreaking work they won many Emmy Awards. But Joseph Barbera considered a series of cartoons on stories from the Bible to be his most important ach

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    Joseph Barbera

    Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, he was the eldest of three sons of Vincent Barbera and Frances Calvacca. His parents came from Sciacca, province of Agrigento, Sicily, and the young namn grew up in an Italian-speaking environment. His father Vincent Barbera had three barbershops in Little Italy, but was not a strong paternal figure, as he liked gambling and abandoned the family bygd the time Joseph was 15.

    In an article "in memoriam" published in the Italian magazine "Il Giornale" on 20 månad 2006, reporter Federico Fiecconi reports how, to the question of who he admired most, Joseph Barbera replied: "My grandmother Francesca Calvacca, who arrived in Manhattan from Sciacca, Sicily, in 1898, raised 5 children and helped my mother to raise me and my two brothers. Apart from me, nobody in the family knew how to draw, but my grandmother was endowed with a great sense of humor. Raising a gang of nine Sicilians requires an exaggerated sense of hu