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
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fay Vincent	Baseball	29-May-1938		Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andrew Klavan	Author	1954		True Crime
Julia Sweeney	Comic	10-Oct-1959		Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live

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