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Jun 15, 2011 · Laura Ziskin: I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I wanted to be an actress but I liked organizing everybody and putting on plays. I was a ...
P roducer Laura Ziskin is best known for her romantic comedy Pretty Woman, which was her first film as an executive producer, and for the su-perhero movie Spider-Man and its sequels. Ziskin headed 20th Century-Fox’s new division Fox 2000 from 1994 to 1999, when she left to form her own company, Laura Ziskin Productions.
Jun 13, 2011 · Laura Ziskin, a film producer and executive who also worked extensively in television, and helped to create Stand Up To Cancer, one of the medium’s most influential public service initiatives, died June 12, 2011, at her Los Angeles home. Ziskin, who had been battling breast cancer for several years, was 61.
Jun 15, 2011 · Laura Ziskin’s career in film and TV spanned nearly three decades, moving from down-home dramas to comic-book spectaculars. Murphy’s Romance (1985) Starring Sally Field, James Garner
A talented producer and trusted film executive, Ziskin came to prominence during the 1980s and 90s. She produced such films as No Way Out (1987) and Pretty Woman (1989), later served as president of 20th Century Fox’s Fox 2000 division and subsequently produced Spider-Man (2002) and its highly successful sequels. - Read Laura Ziskin's Guardian obituary.
Jun 13, 2011 · Laura Ziskin, a veteran film producer who helped break Hollywood’s glass ceiling for women, has died. She was 61. Ziskin died Sunday of breast cancer at her home in Los Angeles, said a spokesman ...
