Ruth & Elliot Handler Interview

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Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2009

This is an interview with Mattel founders Elliot & Ruth Handler.

R.I.P. Ruth Handler 1916-2002
Barbie is the Best Doll Ever.

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  • wait a minute so ruth and eliot are the creaters of mattel or iam i wrong?

  • It was founded in 1945 by Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler (hence the name "matt-el"). Handler's wife, Ruth Handler, later became president, and is credited with establishing the Barbie product line for the company in 1959.

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  • i luv my barbie dolls even though that i m 2 old for it but wait barbie dolls cost only 3 dollars

  • She created the Barbie doll after a german "Lilli Doll" And tweaked it a lilttle bit to give it a "Bubbly teenage sense of innoscence" and put it on the market in 1959 in the New York Toy Fair!! (Im doing a project on the Barbie! :P

  • I share the creators birthday!

  • Ruth was involved in founding Mattel as much as the men were. (Probably even more than they were actually.) They talk about this in the video.

  • Ive seen this before, great video

    I LOVE BARBIE

  • First comment! Wow.... she is such a legend!

  • i didnt know ruth had already died! ;__;

  • kool

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