Sherry Lansing
Film producer
1944 –
Who is Sherry Lansing?
Sherry Lansing is an American former actress and film studio executive. She is a former CEO of Paramount Pictures, and when she was the president of production at 20th Century Fox, she was the first woman to head a Hollywood studio. In 1996, she became the first woman that was named Pioneer of the Year by the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers, and she was the first woman studio head to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, she became the first woman studio head to place hand and foot prints at the Grauman's Chinese Theater. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies' Home Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter named her fourth on its Power 100 list in 2003.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1944
Chicago - Also known as
- Sherry Lee Heimann
- Sherry Lee Duhl
- Parents
- Spouses
- William Friedkin
(1991/07/06 - ) - Michael L. Brownstein
(1967 - 1970)
- William Friedkin
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University
( - 1966)
- Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University
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on July 23, 2013
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