Sherry Lansing was born on Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31,1944 and is an American philanthropist and retired film studio executive.
14 Facts About Sherry Lansing
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Sherry Lansing is the Chairwoman of the Universal Music Group, and was the CEO of Paramount Pictures and president of production at 20th Century Fox.
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Sherry Lansing's mother fled from Nazi Germany in 1937, at the age of 17.
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Sherry Lansing took a job with MGM as head script reader and worked on two successful films, The China Syndrome and Kramer vs Kramer, both released in 1979.
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Sherry Lansing resigned in December 1982 and became a partner with Stanley R Jaffe to form Jaffe-Lansing Productions based at Paramount Pictures.
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Sherry Lansing released a consistent string of minor hits through Paramount before achieving box-office success with Fatal Attraction in 1987, for which Jaffe and Lansing received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture the following year.
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Sherry Lansing is a Regent of the University of California.
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Sherry Lansing sits on the boards of the American Red Cross, The Carter Center, DonorsChoose, Qualcomm, Teach for America, The American Association for Cancer Research, the Lasker Foundation and Friends of Cancer Research.
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Sherry Lansing is a founding advisory board member of Women's Image Network which since 1993 has produced the Women's Image Network Awards, which promotes gender parity and is known as The WIN Awards.
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Sherry Lansing named the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Universal Music Group in 2023.
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Sherry Lansing is a recipient of UCLA Anderson School of Management's highest honor-the Exemplary Leadership in Management Award.
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In 2011, Sherry Lansing pledged $5 million to University of Chicago Laboratory Schools to build a new arts wing, including a 250-seat performance venue.
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In May 2018, Sherry Lansing joined the board of directors at The Scripps Research Institute.
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Sherry Lansing married fellow student Michael Brownstein in 1967 while attending Northwestern University.