The Duckster is an

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award given by

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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

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in 1952. Susan Henning (

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promisi ...

' body double for '' The Parent Trap'') was presented with a Duckster by Walt Disney inscribed for "Best Unseen Performance by an Actress". Disney storyman and director

Jack Hannah John Fredrick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts. He worked for Disney and Walter Lantz. Biography Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. After attend ...

at some point obtained one of the unawarded extra statues from the studio; it was auctioned in 2005 for $4,813. That same year Martha Torge's Duckster was auctioned for $5,701. In 2015 the Duckster awarded to

Eddie Fisher Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, '' The Eddie Fisher Show''. Actress E ...

was auctioned for $1,565.44. 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.Mousecars and Ducksters

Origin of the word

"Duckster" is a combination of the words "

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" and "Duck" (as in

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List of recipients

*Martha Torge *

Carl Barks Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comics, Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of ...

Clarence Nash Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor and impressionist. He is best remembered as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of W ...

* Bob Karp * Al Taliaferro *Susan Henning *Herb Golden *Marvin Goldfarb *Jennifer Sleeper *Madeleline Wheeler *Max Westebbe *

*Bob Dorfman

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Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists
(left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney) The Walt Disney Company {{media-award-stub

Origin of the word

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