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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, [ 2 ] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot , as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
Jul 21, 2023 · Perlman, best known as the sarcastic waitress Carla from Cheers, appears in the Greta Gerwig –directed film as Ruth Handler—a real-life legend in the toy business who helped turn Mattel into a ...
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Oct 15, 2024 · Alongside her husband, Elliot, and businessman Harold Matson, Ruth Handler founded Mattel in 1945. The company started in the Handler garage and incorporated in 1948 . Mattel (a name derived from Matson's nickname, "Matt," and the first two letters of Elliot) had already released its first toy, a child-sized ukulele, but found widespread success with the Magic 8 Ball released in 1950.
Jul 11, 2023 · In 1945, Ruth and her husband Elliot Handler, along with their friend Harold “Matt” Matson, founded a small company called Mattel. The name “Mattel” was derived from a combination of their ...
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Handler died in 2002 from colon cancer, leaving behind her husband of six decades. The New York Times blared, “Ruth Handler, Whose Barbie Gave Dolls Curves, Dies at 85,” lauding Handler’s ...
Aug 5, 2023 · Ruth Handler was the ambitious career woman who created Barbie and changed America's toy industry. But a tax fraud scandal ultimately saw her forced out of the company she co-founded, Mattel.
Jul 26, 2023 · The youngest of 10 children of immigrant parents, Ruth Handler was fiercely independent and had the ability to dream big. Here's how she masterminded the world's most famous doll, Barbie. Ruth Handler was confident and determined on the eve of the 1959 American International Toy Fair in New York. As president of Mattel, a company founded by her ...
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