ruthie tompson (july 22, 1910 – october 10, 2021) was an american animator. she was best known for her work on animated features at the walt disney company. she was born in portland, maine. her best known works were in "sleeping beauty", "pinocchio", "dumbo" and "fantasia". tompson retired in 1975 after working for the walt disney company for almost 40 years.