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Ethel Winant  Television Executive, Casting Director

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Ethel Winant

William S. Paley Television Festival, 1996

Ethel Winant was one of the most influential casting directors of live television. Here she talks about her work on the live anthology series Playhouse 90, recalling producers and directors with whom she worked.
 

Career Includes

Head of Casting, Talent Associates, New York City (1953–56); Various Casting and Developmental Positions, CBS (1963–73); Vice President of Talent, Director of Program Development, CBS (1973–75); Vice President, Children’s Television Workshop (1975–77); Vice President of Talent, NBC (1978); Vice President of Miniseries and Novels for TV, NBC (1979–81); Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs, Metromedia Producers Corp. (1981)
 

Education

Attended University of California, Berkeley
 

Born

August 05, 1922
Worcester, Massachusetts

 

Died

November 29, 2003
West Hills, California

 

 

 

 

 


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