Editing Ruth Handler (section)

==Legacy==
Handler is portrayed in the 2023 film ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Paskin |first=Willa |title=Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Dream Job |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/magazine/greta-gerwig-barbie.html |magazine=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=July 11, 2023 |date=July 11, 2023 |url-access=limited |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711163054/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/magazine/greta-gerwig-barbie.html/ |url-status=live}}</ref> by actress [[Rhea Perlman]]. In the film, the ghost of an elderly Handler resides in an office on the 17th floor of Mattel's [[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]] headquarters. There she meets the movie's stereotypical Barbie ([[Margot Robbie]]). Later, while advising Barbie, Handler tells her about her creation and how it related to her daughter, Barbara. Barbie then takes the name "Barbara Handler" as her own. The film stirred a wave of media coverage of Handler.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heching |first=Dan |date=2023-07-22 |title=Who was Ruth Handler? The story behind Barbie's mother figure in the new movie |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/22/entertainment/ruth-handler-barbie-movie/index.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-07-21 |title=Who Is Ruth Handler? How Barbie's Creator Factors Into the Film |url=https://time.com/6293762/barbie-movie-ruth-handler/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The real-life inspiration for Barbie |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230714-barbie-creator-ruth-handler-on-the-real-life-inspiration-for-the-doll |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.bbc.com|date=July 14, 2023 }}</ref>