Barbie — and the doll's creator, Ruth Handler — are both having a moment. The company Handler co-created, Mattel, and the toys it manufactured are all household names, but Ruth's story isn't as well ...

‘Somehow, my life has revolved around breasts’: Barbie inventor Ruth Handler in 1999, and Margot Robbie in the new ‘Barbie’ movie (Getty/Warner Bros) Barbie wasn’t like other dolls in the toybox. When ...

Without revealing too many spoilers for the "Barbie" movie, the character of Ruth Handler plays a pivotal role in Barbie's journey. Played by Rhea Perlman, Handler provides both an emotional center ...

Ruth Handler is considered the mother of the Barbie doll — and her dramatic real-life tale is more than just a toy story Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler reshaped consumer culture with the debut of ...

Barbie Ken doll's real name has finally been revealed 65 years later and there's a very sweet meaning behind it.

"I resonated more with 'Barbarella,' or maybe 'Barb Wire,' than Barbie," she joked Charley Gallay/Getty; Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Pamela Anderson is a longtime Barbie girl.

The Barbie movie is filled with well-known characters (I'm looking at you Barbie and Ken) but there are also quite a few names and faces that don't totally ring a bell. If you're interested to learn ...

“Ruth Handler actually gave me one of the first Barbies. She was a neighbor. It was the first platinum Barbie, in a red bathing suit,” Anderson recently shared with Elle. Of course, Anderson rose to ...

Mattel's Midge doll may have failed in the 1960s because she was "less glamorous" than Barbie, Ruth Handler once said. Midge had the same body shape as Barbie but a "much more girl-next-doorish" look, ...

The fictional Ruth Handler jokes in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" about getting in trouble with the IRS. The real-life Handler was indicted for conspiracy and making false financial statements to the SEC.