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Sherry Lansing

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Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944) is a former actress and American film studio executive. She is former CEO of Paramount Pictures, and when president of production at 20th Century Fox was the first woman to head a Hollywood studio In 1996, she became the first woman named Pioneer of the Year by the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers, and the first woman studio head to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, she became the first woman studio head to place hand and foot prints at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies’ Home Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter named her fourth on its Power 100 list in 2003.

• Born: Sherry Lee Duhl July 31, 1944 (age 67) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Occupation: Film studio executive
• Years active: 1968–2008
• Spouse: William Friedkin (1991-present)

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