Lillian Drazek Gallo was an American television producer.
15 Facts About Lillian Gallo
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Lillian Gallo graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan in 1949.
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Lillian Gallo served in the United States Marine Corps for four years after graduation, including work in the Pentagon and achieving the rank of captain.
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Lillian Gallo moved to Los Angeles during the 1950s, where she worked on The Frank Sinatra Show.
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Lillian Gallo soon met a producer at 20th Century Fox Television, William Self, who became her professional mentor at the studio.
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Lillian Gallo began work on television series for 20th Century Fox during the 1960s, including Batman and Peyton Place.
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Lillian Gallo rose to become the director of movies of the weekend, known as ABC Movie of the Week, for the ABC television network.
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Lillian Gallo oversaw the production of more than twenty-four television films aired on ABC, including Duel in 1971, which marked Steven Spielberg's debut as a feature film directing debut.
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In 1974, Lillian Gallo produced the television film, The Stranger Who Looks Like Me, which starred Meredith Baxter.
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Lillian Gallo followed this up by producing the 1975 TV movie, Hustling, which earned its lead, Jill Clayburgh, an Emmy nomination for playing a prostitute.
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Lillian Gallo teamed with screenwriter, Fay Kanin, in 1978, becoming one of the industry's first all-female production partnerships.
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Lillian Gallo told me that people found it shocking to be on the set with two women producers.
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Lillian Gallo continued to produce television movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Princess Daisy in 1983.
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Lillian Gallo was survived by two children, Mary Ann and Tom, and two grandchildren.
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Lillian Gallo's funeral was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California.