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Ethel Winant (née Wald; August 5, 1922 – November 29, 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.
Ethel Winant | |
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Vice President of CBS | |
In office 1973–1975 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ethel Wald August 5, 1922 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | November 29, 2003 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Spouse | H. M. Wynant (1951-1971; divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Executive |
Awards | Television Hall of Fame (1999) |
Ethel Wald was born on August 5, 1922, in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] During her childhood, she grew up in Marysville, California.[2]
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree and Whittier College with a Master's degree in Theatre.[3]
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 as a riveter and later riveter instructor making P-38s during the Second World War.[4][5] 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.[6]
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.[4] She was promoted to vice-president of CBS in 1973 and became the first woman to hold an executive role in television.[4] After working at Children's Television Workshop in the late 1970s as a producer, Winant moved to NBC to become a vice president of TV movies and miniseries.[7] During the 1980s and 1990s, she was the producer of multiple programs including World War II: When Lions Roared and George Wallace.[3]
Ethel Winant died in Los Angeles on November 29, 2003, aged 81.[1]
During the 1990s, Winant was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie on three separate occasions.[8]
In 1999, Ethel Winant was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.[9]
Winant was married to actor H. M. Wynant from 1951 until their divorce in 1971. They had three children.[1]
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