Walt Disney | DISNEY THIS DAY | February 26, 1942

February 26, 2026

On this day in 1942, Walt Disney was the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award during the Academy Awards Ceremony. The honor is a type of lifetime achievement award that is given by the Academy’s Board of Governors to creative producers who make consistently high-quality films. Amazingly, Disney had only released cartoon shorts and three feature films at this time – the bulk of the studio’s work was still to come! The Thalberg Memorial Award has only been given 39 times throughout history.

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