Lillian Marie Disney (née Bounds; February 15, 1899 - December 16, 1997) was the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Her filmography includes working as an ink artist for the short film Plane Crazy. Lillian is credited with having named her husband's famous character, Mickey Mouse, during a train trip from New York to California in 1928. Walt showed a drawing of the cartoon mouse to his wife and told her that he was going to name it "Mortimer Mouse." Lillian replied that the name sounded "too pompous" and she was very proud to have suggested the name "Mickey Mouse" instead of Mortimer after the late Mickey Rooney.