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Sherry Lansing is an American former film studio executive and actress. She is a former CEO of Paramount Pictures, and when she was the president of production at 20th Century Fox, she was the first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio. In 1996, she became the first woman to be named Pioneer of the Year by the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers, and she was the first female movie studio head to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 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 America by Ladies' Home Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter named her fourth on its Power 100 list in 2003.
Birth Name
Sherry Lee Heimann
Born
Monday, 31 July 1944
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Military Officer | 2023 |
Music Box | Self | 2020 |
This Changes Everything | Self | 2019 |
Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018 |
The Fabulous Allan Carr | Herself / Self | 2018 |
TruInside | Self | 2016 |
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2013 |
Makers: Women Who Make America | Self | 2013 |
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer | Herself / Self | 2009 |
The Brothers Warner | Self - former president of Paramount Pictures | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Stand Up to Cancer | 2012 |
Indecent Proposal | 1993 |
School Ties | 1992 |
Black Rain | 1989 |
The Accused | 1988 |
Mistress | 1987 |
Fatal Attraction | 1987 |
When the Time Comes | 1987 |
Firstborn | 1984 |
Racing with the Moon | 1984 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1988 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |