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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 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 · Dec. 22, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Dawn Steel, the scrappy, shoot-from-the-hip college dropout who shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling to become the industry’s first female studio...
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
Dec 21, 1997 · Richard Natale, Nick Madigan. Dawn Steel, the trailblazing studio executive and producer who broke through Hollywood’s glass ceiling to become president of production at Paramount Pictures...
Nov 22, 2021 · Feature News. The woman who became the first head of a major Hollywood studio. by Simon Brew | November 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.
Dec 23, 1997 · 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 meanest executives...
