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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sid Ganis
Film/TV Producer
8-Jan-1940   Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive
Victor A. Kaufman
Business
c. 1943   Vice Chairman of IAC
Sherry Lansing
Business
31-Jul-1944   Former Paramount executive
Amy Pascal
Business
1959   Sony Pictures co-chairman
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92
Jerry Wald
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1911 13-Jul-1962 Peyton Place
Strauss Zelnick
Business
26-Jun-1957   CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Herbert A. Allen, Jr.
Business
c. 1940   Allen & Company, Inc.
Donald R. Keough
Business
4-Sep-1926   Chairman of Allen & Company
Jon Peters
Film/TV Producer
2-Jun-1945   Half of Hollywood Peters-Guber duo

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
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   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   La Ciociara
Kim Novak
Actor
13-Feb-1933   Vertigo doppelganger
Stefanie Powers
Actor
2-Nov-1942   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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Andrew Klavan
Author
1954   True Crime
Julia Sweeney
Comic
10-Oct-1959   Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live


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