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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.
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...
Steel, Dawn (1946–1997)Film executive who was the first woman to head a major studio, Columbia Pictures. Born on August 19, 1946, in New York; died on December 20, 1997, in Los Angeles, California; only daughter and one of two children of Nat Steel (a zipper salesman and semipro weight lifter) and Lillian Steel (an electronics executive ...
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...
Dec 23, 1997 · By CLAUDIA ELLER. Dec. 23, 1997 12 AM PT. For the many in Hollywood who didn’t know her well, Dawn Steel, who died Saturday of cancer, will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the toughest and...
Dec 22, 1997 · Within six months of her ouster at Paramount, Ms. Steel was offered the job of running Columbia Studios, which was owned by Coca-Cola.
Jan 9, 1998 · By Gregg Kilday. Published on January 9, 1998. Dawn Steel, Hollywood’s first female mogul, dies at 51. Dawn Steel, who became the movie industry’s first female mogul in 1987, when she was...
