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Even Barbie agrees! Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's Oscars snub was disappointing says Barbara Handler - who inspired the iconic Mattel doll


Barbara Handler, 82 - the daughter of Mattel co-founder and Barbie inventor Ruth Handler - is who the doll was named for when it first hit shelves in 1959.

The woman who inspired the Barbie doll is upset that the actress Margot Robbie and the film's director Greta Gerwig did not get nominated for Academy Awards for their work on the summer blockbuster. Barbara Handler, 82, who inspired the Barbie doll, is upset that the actress Margot Robbie and the film's director Greta Gerwig did not get nominated for Academy Awards for their work on the summer blockbuster. Handler felt Gerwig and Robbie weren't 'getting the recognition they deserve' from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their efforts on the film, and 'feels they both should be rewarded,' the outlet reported.

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