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Columbia Pictures
COMPANY
Founded 1920 as CBC Sales Film Corporation, renamed Columbia Pictures in 1924. It was owned 1982-89 by Coca Cola, and from 1989 by Sony.
Industry:
Media
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Sid Ganis |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Jan-1940 |
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Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive |
| Victor A. Kaufman |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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Vice Chairman of IAC |
| Sherry Lansing |
Business |
31-Jul-1944 |
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Former Paramount executive |
| Amy Pascal |
Business |
1959 |
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Sony Pictures co-chairman |
| Fay Vincent |
Baseball |
29-May-1938 |
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Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92 |
| Jerry Wald |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Sep-1911 |
13-Jul-1962 |
Peyton Place |
| Strauss Zelnick |
Business |
26-Jun-1957 |
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CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |
BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Fay Vincent |
Baseball |
29-May-1938 |
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Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92 |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Lloyd Bridges |
Actor |
15-Jan-1913 |
10-Mar-1998 |
Airplane! |
| Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Ellen Drew |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
3-Dec-2003 |
If I Were King |
| Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
| Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
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Han Solo in Star Wars |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| Evelyn Keyes |
Actor |
20-Nov-1916 |
4-Jul-2008 |
Gone with the Wind |
| Jack Lemmon |
Actor |
8-Feb-1925 |
27-Jun-2001 |
The Odd Couple |
| Sophia Loren |
Actor |
20-Sep-1934 |
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La Ciociara |
| Kim Novak |
Actor |
13-Feb-1933 |
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Vertigo doppelganger |
| Stefanie Powers |
Actor |
2-Nov-1942 |
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Hart to Hart |
| Dore Schary |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Aug-1905 |
7-Jul-1980 |
President of MGM, 1951-56 |
| Paul Winfield |
Actor |
22-May-1941 |
7-Mar-2004 |
Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn |
| Loretta Young |
Actor |
6-Jan-1913 |
12-Aug-2000 |
Platinum Blonde |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Andrew Klavan |
Author |
1954 |
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True Crime |
| Julia Sweeney |
Comic |
10-Oct-1959 |
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Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live |
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