The Oakland Museum of California will host Margaret Kerry, the original Tinker Bell live-action reference model for Disney's film Peter Pan, on Sunday, July 9, 1–4 p.m., as part of its BEHIND THE MAGIC—50 YEARS OF DISNEYLAND exhibition.
Margaret Kerry is the actress/dancer/mime chosen by Disney animator/designer Marc Davis in 1951 to portray the iconic fairy. On Sunday, July 9, she will be available to chat with visitors, do informal storytelling, and sign autographs. Kerry, 77, will also show two short films from the making of Peter Pan and hand out surprises from her Tinker Bell Tent.
July 9 falls on one of the museum's free Second Sundays. A visit with Tinker Bell is included in the separate admission for the BEHIND THE MAGIC show. For more information, call 510/238-2200 or visit www.museumca.org. Advance tickets are available at www.museumca.org/tickets.
Kerry began her career in the "Our Gang" comedies and has done lead character voice-overs in more than 600 cartoons, including "The New Three Stooges" and the "Clutch Cargo" TV cartoons. She is now working on Disney's forthcoming Tinker Bell, due in 2007. Kerry travels widely to meet her public and loves interacting with children, who still clap their hands and believe in fairies 50 years after Tinker Bell first flew with Peter Pan.
