Ethel Winant

Ethel Winant
Vice President of CBS
In office
1973–1975
Personal details
Born
Ethel Wald

(1922-08-05)August 5, 1922
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 29, 2003(2003-11-29) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
SpouseH. M. Wynant (1951-1971; divorced)
Children3
OccupationExecutive
AwardsTelevision 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.