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Dawn Leslie Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, [1] rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures in 1987.
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Dec 22, 1997 · Dawn Steel, the first woman to head a major movie studio and who played a prominent role advancing other women to top jobs in Hollywood, died on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center here.
Dec 22, 1997 · Dawn Steel, the scrappy, shoot-from-the-hip college dropout who shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling to become the industry’s first female studio chief, died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital Saturday...
Dawn Steel. Producer: Fallen. Born in New York City. Championed motion picture marketing tie-ins with the overwhelming success of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) campaign. Became the first woman to head a major film studio in 1987 (Columbia) and hold the title of "Studio President."
- Producer
- August 19, 1946
- Dawn Steel
- December 20, 1997
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Dec 21, 1997 · Dawn Steel, the trailblazing studio executive and producer who broke through Hollywood’s glass ceiling to become president of production at Paramount Pictures and subsequently president of...
Nov 22, 2021 · Dawn Steel. Share this Article: Dawn Steel rose to the top of a Hollywood studio, but heck, did she have some battles: we chart the life and times of a Hollywood one-off. When Dawn Steel passed away at the age of just 51, the obituaries were pretty much in line. She was a trailblazer. She did a fair amount of damage to the glass ceiling.
Dawn Leslie Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures in 1987.
