Mickey and Minne were married in real life!

Although Walt Disney voiced the legendary Mickey Mouse in the beginning of his screen career, the iconic rodent's high-pitched timbre is also owed to other voice actors. As the studio became a smashing success — and Walt's smoking habit put a strain on his vocal chords — he said goodbye to his voice acting days (for the most part, anyway). In 1947, British voice actor and head of Disney's sound effects department Jimmy MacDonald took over the mic until 1977.

 Then his sound effects co-worker Wayne Allwine took over. Allwine's first film "appearance" for the studio was Mickey's Christmas Carol. 

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While Allwine was working for the studio, he fell in love with his future wife Russi Taylor. She just so happened to be the voice actress who played Mickey's ladylove Minnie — a role she still has to this day, since 1986. Both actors have said that they wouldn't have been able to take on the part of the mouse couple unless they also possessed some of those same characteristics. In the video below, Allwine shares that Taylor's tremendous love of people and sweetness makes her the perfect Minnie. At the same time, Allwine has credited his character for shaping his personality in interesting ways. In the interview he admits that Mickey's naivety and optimism definitely rubbed off on him.

Fact Credits:( N. SHRIVATHSAN )