Ruth Irene Tompson[1] (July 22, 1910 – October 10, 2021) was an American camera technician, animation checker and supercentenarian.
[3] Ruth Irene Tompson was born on July 22, 1910, in Portland, Maine, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.
[7][8][6] At the age of 18, Tompson started working at Dubrock's Riding Academy, where Roy and Walt Disney often played polo.
[9] After training as an inker, Tompson was transferred to the Paint Department,[10][6] where she helped with Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
[17][18] Tompson died in her sleep at her home in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on October 10, 2021, at the age of 111 years, 80 days.
At the time of her death she was the last known living person to have been involved in any capacity with the making of the first four Disney films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Dumbo.