Biography
Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31, 1944) is an American former film studio executive. The chairwoman of the Universal Music Group board of directors, she was the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures and president of production at 20th Century Fox prior to her retirement. From 1999 to 2022, she was on the University of California Board of Regents. In 2005, she became the first female movie 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 the US by Ladies' Home Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter named her number 1 on its Power 100 list numerous times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sherry Lansing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 2011
- honorary doctor of Pennsylvania State University · 2007
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 2007
- Crystal Award · 1981
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1988 · nominated
Filmography20 titles
Stand Up to Cancer
Frasier
Funny Girl
Friedkin Uncut
The Accused
Ironside
Fatal Attraction
The Brothers Warner
Black Rain
School Ties
Rio Lobo
Indecent Proposal
Racing with the Moon
This Changes Everything
The Rugrats Movie
Fatal Attraction
Firstborn
Loving
The April Fools
The Fabulous Allan Carr