Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer began her animation career working as an Assistant Animator on Sleeping Beauty (1959). She later returned to Disney as an Animator on The Rescuers (1977), The Fox & The Hound (1981), and The Black Cauldron (1985). Jane later established her own animation company Baer Animation with her then husband, Dale Baer. Of the many commercials and films they worked on, Jane was the lead character animator of Bennie the Cab and the Toontown sequences for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). She was also the Animation Producer on Fletch Lives (1989), and the Animation Supervisor on Rover Dangerfield (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and Animation Producer on The Beautician and the Beast (1997). Jane was also the Writer and Executive Producer on Annabelle’s Wish (1997).