Elliot Handler He was survived by his 70-year-old daughter Barbara. Ruth Handler died in 2002. Elliot Handler Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916 – July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, businessman, and co-founder of Mattel. With his wife, he developed some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers, and Hot Wheels. Handler was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1916, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He studied industrial design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1929, he met his future wife Ruth Mosko at a
Chelsea Handler entertainment anchor, Adrianna Costa. In April 2006, Handler began hosting "The Chelsea Handler Show" on E!, which lasted two seasons. In 2007, Handler performed with Comedy Central's Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the United States. Her stand-up comedy has also been televised on VH1's "Love Lounge", Comedy Central's "Premium Blend", and HBO's broadcast of the "Aspen Comedy Festival". She was a guest on "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld" and "The View", and she co-hosted "The View" on August 2, 2007, and September 5, 2008. On August 18, 2010, it was announced that Handler would be the host of the 2010