Editing Carl Fallberg (section)

==Early life==
Carl Robert Fallberg was born in Cleveland, Tennessee on September 11, 1915, to Carl Fallberg (Sr.) and Gunhild Fallberg (née Sjöstedt), who taught music at the Centenary College Conservatory in Cleveland, Tennessee from 1910 to 1917.<ref name=pope>{{cite book|last=Pope|first=Ann Almond|title=The Fallbergs and their friends: A chronicle of Centenary College Conservatory in Cleveland, Tennessee (1910-1917)|year=2001|publisher=Bradley County Historical Society|location=Tennessee}}</ref> Carl was the middle of three children, with an older sister, Lisa Lina "Dixie," and a younger sister, Elinor Faith. The family moved to Chicago, and in 1930, his mother died.

Carl attended [[Senn High School|Nicholas Senn High School]] in Chicago, Illinois. In 1934, he sent a letter with samples of his gag ideas and artwork to Walt Disney, seeking employment. On his third attempt, he was offered a job and began working for Walt Disney Studios in 1935 (then located at 2719 Hyperion Avenue in Hollywood, California).

Carl and his sister Elinor (1923-2014) lived in a rooming house at 3021 Angus Street, a few blocks from the Hyperion Studios. There, he met his future wife, Becky Dorner, the daughter of the family who owned the rooming house. During World War II, Elinor and Becky worked at Disney Studios while Carl served in the [[Marine Corps Base Quantico|U.S. Marines at Quantico, Virginia]] as part of the Marine Corps film unit.<ref name=CB-WWII-letters>{{cite web|last=Amid |title=Disney Artists Write Home During WWII |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/disney-artists-write-home-during-wwii.html |publisher=Cartoon Brew |accessdate=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722074827/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/disney-artists-write-home-during-wwii.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=CB-BFallberg>{{cite web|last=Amid |title=Becky Fallberg, RIP |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/becky-fallberg-rip.html |publisher=Cartoon Brew |accessdate=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722010539/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/becky-fallberg-rip.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>

Becky and Carl married at the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles, California, on July 14, 1945, and had one child, Carla Larissa Fallberg, born in 1955. Becky continued to work for Disney Studios, eventually becoming the Manager of the Ink and Paint Department,<ref name=CB-BFallberg /> while Carl worked as a freelance writer and cartoonist for Disney, Hanna Barbera, and several other cartoon studios and [[comic book]] [[Publishing|publishers]] companies.