Margaret Kerry, the early sitcom actor and dancer who modeled the movements and expressions for Disney animators as they drew Peter Pan‘s pixie Tinker Bell into being, died of lung cancer on Thursday, ...

Margaret Kerry, Floyd Norman, and Disney artists reunited for a series of forgotten Tinker Bell peanut butter commercials during television's earliest years.

The actress who played the original Tinker Bell in Disney's animated Peter Pan is opening up about what her role entailed — and how the character was modelled directly after her. At the time of the ...

A film crew and illustrator meticulously documented her pirouettes and pouts, giving substance to a character depicted previously as a spotlight onstage. By Alex Traub See more of our coverage in your ...

All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust. And a whole lot of dance! According to Margaret Kerry, who was the model for Disney’s original Tinker Bell, the actress and dancer was ...

Margaret Kerry, the model and actress who served as the inspiration for Disney’s beloved pixie, Tinker Bell, died Thursday at the age of 97. Disney animators designed Tinker Bell — the classic ...