Lillian Marie Bounds (February 15, 1899 – December 16, 1997) was the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. She was also married to John L. Truyens from 1969 until his death in 1981.
Lillian was born in Spalding, Idaho. She and Walt had two daughters - Diane Disney and Sharon Disney, the latter of whom they adopted. Her sister was named Hazel
Sewell. She is aunt of Roy Edward Disney and grandmother to Chris Miller, Joanna Miller, Tamara Scheer, Jennifer Miller-Goff, Walter Elias Disney Miller, Ronald Miller and Victoria Brown.
Lillian Disney died of a stroke in 1997, exactly 31 years and a day after first husband Walt. She was 98, and residing in West Los Angeles, California at the time of her passing.
In 1987, Lillian Disney pledged $50,000,000 USD towards the construction of a new home for the L.A. Philharmonic. After many delays, the Walt Disney Concert Hall opened in 2003, six years after Lillian's death.
Her filmography includes work as an ink artist on the 1928 film Plane Crazy.