Overview
- Margaret Kerry served as the live-action reference for Tinker Bell in Disney’s 1953 Peter Pan, with the character modeled directly on her performance.
- Kerry recently tap-danced on stage at the Mayberry Days celebration, underscoring her continued public appearances at age 96.
- She recalls the pre-digital process using 35mm film, with key frames selected by Marc Davis and in-betweeners drawing frames entirely by hand.
- Kerry says the reference filming spanned nine months of silent pantomime with props, contributing to what she estimates as 650,000 pieces of art for the movie.
- She credits herself with giving Tinker Bell dancer-like, balletic movement and notes a late-life milestone of marrying Robert Boeke on Valentine’s Day 2020.