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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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- 1979–1997
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....
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.
- Producer
- August 19, 1946
- Dawn Steel
- December 20, 1997
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...
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 · Over 20 years since the world lost her, the work of Dawn Steel still has impact. Her good friend, producer Lynda Obst, talked to the Los Angeles Times about the opportunities she opened up for women whilst she was in positions of Hollywood power.
Dec 23, 1997 · In her later role as an independent producer, one of Steel’s successes was the surprise hit “Cool Runnings,” an offbeat film about the real-life triumphs of the underdog Olympic Jamaican...
