[3] Sturtevant started work in animation at Walt Disney Pictures in 1947, where she drew story sketches for, and co-wrote the 1948 Pluto cartoon "Bone Bandit".
[4][5] From Disney she moved to the cartoon studio United Productions of America (UPA),[1][6] where she did some of her best-known work, particularly her redesign of the character Mr. Magoo into his now-classic form.
[7] Animation Obsessive said of her work for UPA: "Another highlight of the Sturtevant-era Magoo films is the way that they depict women and girls.
"[8]From UPA she moved to Playhouse Pictures, which Cartoon Modern described as “one of the busiest and most successful commercial animation studios in Los Angeles” during the 1950s.
[4] Her work for Playhouse won the "Art Directors Club Medal" in 1957[11] and was awarded first place for animated TV commercials at the International Advertising Film Festival in Venice in 1960.