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Article: From 'nice Jewish girl' to Hollywood power player.(20 Years that Changed Los Angeles: 20 Extraordinary Lives)(Paramount Pictures movie group Chmn Sherry Lansing)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 19, 1999
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If Sherry Lansing had listened to her mother, she would have settled down near her hometown of Chicago and raised children - and that's very nearly what happened.
While attending Northwestern University, Lansing got engaged to her high school sweetheart. The career choices for her were nursing and teaching, both of which could be used to augment her husband's income.
But Lansing yearned for something else. She was caught up by the flickering pictures she saw in Chicago-area theaters. Even today, seeing a film remains her favorite pastime.
"I loved sitting in a darkened theater and seeing this amazing, magical world on the screen," she recalls. ...