Read previous columns here. Elliot Handler, half of the pair that founded toy giant Mattel, and the man who gave the name Barbie to the full-figured doll created by his wife, Ruth, died in Los ...

In 2024, Barbie celebrated her 65th anniversary. On International Women's Day, the brand created celebrity-inspired dolls ...

Elliot Handler provided countless hours of joy to young men and women around the world. He is one half of the team that founded the Mattel toy company in 1945. Elliot (shown at right with his ...

In 1938, she married Elliot Handler, a young artist, and entrepreneur. Together, they moved to Los Angeles, where they ...

Robert Mora/Getty Images The 3,200-square-foot Century City residence was purchased from the real Barbie herself—Barbara Handler Segal, daughter of Mattel cofounders Ruth and Elliot Handler—by ...

Handler was born Ruth Musko on November 4, 1916, in Denver, Colorado — she was one of ten children, according to the Los Angeles Times. She married her high school boyfriend Elliot Handler in 1938.

In other words, the handler function really _is_ the state ... (We’ll have to do a pointers edition of “Embed with Elliot” in the future, because they’re a source of exquisite bugs ...

The company is based in southern California. Cofounder Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot introduced the doll with the help of Ruth's husband. Paper dolls were being played with by Barbara Handler ...

The company was founded by Elliot Handler, Ruth Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Since Greta Gerwig's brilliant "Barbie" movie came in July 2023, countless people have continued revisiting their own fond ...