Portrait of Sherry Lansing

Sherry Lansing

Acting

Biography

Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31, 1944) is an American former film studio executive. The chairwoman of the Universal Music Group board of directors, she was the chairman 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 movie studio head to place hand and foot prints 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, and The Hollywood Reporter named her number 1 on its Power 100 list numerous times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sherry Lansing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 31, 1944

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2018
Friedkin Uncut

as Self (uncredited)

2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2008
The Brothers Warner

as Self - former president of Paramount Pictures

1993
Frasier

as Angela (voice)

1970
Rio Lobo

as Amelita

1970
Loving

as Susan

1969
The April Fools

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1968
Funny Girl

as Girlfriend (uncredited)

1967
Ironside

as Marcia Yeager