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Sherry Lansing | |
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.jpg) Lansing in 2002 | |
| Born | Sherry Lee Duhl July 31, 1944 |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University (BS) |
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| Years active | 1968–2008 |
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Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31, 1944) is an American former film studio executive serving as chairwoman of Universal Music Group's board of directors since 2023. She previously served as chairwoman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, and president of production at 20th Century Fox prior to her retirement. From 1999 to 2022, she was on the University of California Board of Regents.
In 2005, she became the first female film studio head to place hand and footprints at the Grauman's Chinese Theater. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in the US by Ladies' Home Journal,[1] and The Hollywood Reporter named her number 1 on its Power 100 list numerous times.[2]
- ^ "Women's magazine rates influential females". Temple News. November 29, 2001. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (June 22, 2005). "Reflections of a power player". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2009.