Alice Davis, the lovely and talented wife of legendary Disney animator and Imagineer Marc Davis, was the personal designer for many Disney Theme Park attraction stars - - from an international cast of children to a rowdy crew of buccaneers. With an uncanny attention to detail and authenticity, Davis made her own significant contributions to the many shows and attractions Walt Disney created for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair and at Disney's original Magic Kingdom - - Disneyland in Southern California. A native of Long Beach, California, Davis grew up in Los Angeles directly behind one of the first motion picture studios in Hollywood (now KABC-TV). Upon her high school graduation from Long Beach Polytechnic, she received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Chouinard Art Institute, training ground for many Disney artists and where her future husband, legendary Disney artist Marc Davis, taught for over 17 years. She began her professional career designing women's lingerie and undergarments for the Beverly Vogue & Lingerie House, becoming Head Designer after only two years. This was followed by designing two lines of fashion lingerie as Head Designer for the Davis Pleating Company. An expert pattern maker and authority on the uses of fabrics then led her to being named Head Designer at the Textile Corporation of America. Davis' early Disney studio work includes designing three-dimensional costumes fort the live-action reference footage shot for Walt Disney's classic animated feature Sleeping Beauty and designing costumes for the live-action Disney circus film Toby Tyler. When Walt Disney began to create Audio-Animatronics® shows for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, he called upon Davis' expertise to be the first costumer to work with the Disney Imagineers on designing and dressing the robotic figures. Her work included formulating costuming procedures, setting up a manufacturing base, and introducing refurbishing techniques to insure quality control, many of which are still in use today.

Davis' pioneering and innovative work led to her personally designing over 150 costumes for the beloved Disney attraction it's a small world, which premiered nearly 40 years ago at the New York World's Fair and was soon transferred to Disneyland in 1966. Today, it's a small world stands as one of the most perennially popular Disney Theme Park attractions at each of the Disney Theme Parks around the world. Besides collaborating with her husband on it's a small world, Davis also designed, fabricated, and dressed all the original costumes for Pirates of the Caribbean, which premiered at Disneyland in the spring of 1967. She notes with pride that each of her costumes for the attraction are based on her husband's original drawings of the Pirate figures. Her additional costuming credits for Disney include such popular attractions as Carousel of Progress and Flight to the Moon, both previously located in Tomorrowland at Disneylan.

In the early 1970s, Davis and her husband became intrigued by the art and culture of Papua, New Guinea. Over the years they made several visits to the island nation, collecting artifacts, tribal lore, and sketching what is quickly becoming a vanishing civilization. Today, Davis makes personal appearances at Disney events and conventions, in addition to supporting numerous arts and educational causes. Her most recent endeavor is the creation of the Marc Davis Foundation for Young Deserving Artists at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Marc Davis passed away on January 12, 2000, following a lengthy illness. Davis' also supports a redwoods preservation society in northern California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library of Motion Picture Research and also provides scholarships for performing artists through the Center Theater Group at the Los Angeles Music Center. Alice Davis currently resides in Los Angeles.