Sherry LansingAKA:
Sherry Lee Lansing
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07/31/1944 Birthplace:
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biography
A former schoolteacher, model and actor, Sherry Lansing worked her way up through the Hollywood hierarchy to be appointed president of production at 20th Century-Fox in 1980, becoming the first woman to hold that position in the movie industry. With producer Stanley R. Jaffe, she formed Jaffe-Lansing productions in 1982. The team was responsible for films such as "Fatal Attraction" (1987) and "The Accused" (1988). As a result of Jaffe's appointment as president and chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures in 1991, Jaffe-Lansing Productions disbanded and Lansing continued as a producer on
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1966
Taught math in Watts section of Los Angeles
Worked as model and in TV commercials for Max Factor and Alberto-Culver Co.
1970
Feature acting debut, "Loving"
1970
Last film as actress, "Rio Lobo"
1971
Worked as a script reader (date approximate)
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