Ethel Winant | |
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Vice President of CBS | |
In office 1973–1975 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ethel Wald August 5, 1922 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | November 29, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
Spouse | H. M. Wynant (1951-1971; divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Executive |
Awards | Television Hall of Fame (1999) |
Ethel Winant (née Wald; August 5, 1922 – November 29, 2003) was the first woman executive in television when she became the vice-president of CBS in 1973. Winant was also a casting director for various shows including The Twilight Zone and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.