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词条 Ethel Winant
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Death

  4. Awards and honors

  5. Personal life

  6. References

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Ethel Wald Winant (August 5, 1922 — December 2, 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.

Early life and education

Winant was born on August 5, 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] During her childhood, Winant grew up in Marysville, California.[1] She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree and Whittier College with a Master's degree in Theatre.[2]

Career

While in school, Winant worked behind the scenes in the Pasadena Playhouse. After graduation, she became a theatre producer in Los Angeles while working for the Lockheed Corporation during the Second World War.[3] At the end of the 1940s, Winant became an assistant to the producer for Broadway plays including A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman.[4]

She began working in television during the 1950s as a casting director for Studio One and Playhouse 90. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Winant cast various CBS shows including The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.[3] She was promoted to vice-president of CBS in 1973 and became the first woman to hold an executive role in television.[3] After working at Children's Television Workshop in the late 1970s as a producer, Wiant moved to NBC to become a vice president of TV movies and miniseries.[5] During the 1980s and 1990s, she was the producer of multiple programs including A Time to Triumph, When Lions Roared, and George Wallace.[2]

Death

Winant died in Los Angeles on December 2, 2003.[1]

Awards and honors

During the 1990s, Winant was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie on three separate occasions.[6] In 1999, Winant was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.[7]

Personal life

Winant was divorced with three children.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite web |last1=Rense |first1=Rip|title=Ethel Winant: Hall of Fame Tribute|url=https://www.emmys.com/news/hall-fame/ethel-winant-hall-fame-tribute|website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|accessdate=5 March 2018|date=29 November 2017}}
2. ^{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Newcomb |editor1-first=Horace |title=Ethel Winnant |encyclopedia=Museum of Broadcast Communication Encyclopedia of Television |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA2554 |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |edition=Second |volume=4 |location=London and New York |isbn=1579584136 |page=2554}}
3. ^{{cite magazine|last=Saperstein |first=Pat |title=Ethel Winant|magazine=Variety |date=3 December 2003|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/ethel-winant-1117896540/|accessdate=4 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=King |first1=Susan|title=Ethel Winant, 81; First Woman to Become Network Executive |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/03/local/me-winant3|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=3 December 2003}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Lentz III |first1=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003|date=2004|publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786417560 |page=430|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=sXrGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA430 |accessdate=14 April 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Ethel Winant|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/ethel-winant|website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|accessdate=14 April 2018}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=She Set the Course for Those Who Followed|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/mar/11/entertainment/ca-16070|accessdate=14 April 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=11 March 1999}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Lavietes |first1=Stuart|title=Ethel Winant, 81, Pioneering Woman In TV Production |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/nyregion/ethel-winant-81-pioneering-woman-in-tv-production.html|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=14 December 2003}}
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