Ted Ashley
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1922 – 2002
Who was Ted Ashley?
Ted Ashley was the chairman of the Warner Bros. film studio from 1969 to 1980. He was born in Brooklyn as Theodore Assofsky in a Jewish family. At the age of 20 he started out as a William Morris agent. In 1951 he started his own talent agency, Ashley-Famous, which was acquired by Kinney National Company in 1967.
In 1969, Ashley suggested Kinney head Steve Ross to acquire the cash-stripped film company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Ted Ashley became CEO of the movie studio until 1981. He then became vice chairman of Warner Communications until his retirement in 1988.
Ted Ashley died aged 80 in New York of leukemia, after a long illness.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1922
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Theodore Assofsky
- Spouses
- Linda Palmer
(1968 - 1973)
- Linda Palmer
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 24, 2002
New York
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on July 23, 2013
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