Duckster

The Duckster is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney in 1952.[1]

Susan Henning (Hayley Mills' body double for The Parent Trap) was presented with a Duckster by Walt Disney inscribed for "Best Unseen Performance by an Actress".[2]

Disney storyman and director Jack Hannah at some point obtained one of the unawarded extra statues from the studio; it was auctioned in 2005 for $4,813.[3] That same year Martha Torge's Duckster was auctioned for $5,701.[4] In 2015 the Duckster awarded to Eddie Fisher was auctioned for $1,565.44.[5]

In 2009 a Duckster was awarded at the D23 Expo to Jennifer Sleeper, the winner of a contest to create the official portrait of Donald Duck for his 75th birthday.[6]

Origin of the word

"Duckster" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Duck" (as in Donald Duck).

List of recipients

See also

References
  1. Animation Anecdotes #244
  2. Susan Henning biography Archived October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lot #612: 1950's Disney "Duckster" Award from Disney Animator Jack Hannah Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Lot #43: The Earliest Known Disney 1952 "Duckster Award" Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Donald Duck "Duckster" Award to Eddie Fisher
  6. Mousecars and Ducksters.

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