Tissa drew exquisitely well. Her animation was very sensitive but could also be vigorous and raucous. After working in Europe and coming to the U.S. after the second world war, she worked with Grim Natwick for years. She animated for John Hubley, R.O. Blechman, Richard Williams and Michael Sporn. She animated the whole of Sporn's TV special The Marzipan Pig.
Because she was located in New York, she didn't get to work on projects that had the visibility of features made in California. It's unfortunate that her name isn't associated with the kinds of animation projects that an average person would be familiar with. However, she was unquestionably one of the best animators the field has ever seen.
Tissa's roughs from the 1977 feature Raggedy Ann and Andy.
She was a fixture of the New York industry for over 50 years and her loss is a blow to the animation community and certainly to her friends and co-workers.
Below is John and Faith Hubley's Cockaboody, animated entirely by Tissa.
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Oct 10th will be the fortieth year since first meeting Tissa. Hearing her first words to me, addressed to the room at large, "Who has done such horrible inbetweens?" didn't auger well for the only one in the room inbetweening - the novice in the corner. I'm still trying to do a good inbetween.
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