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Ethel Winant ( Wald; August 5, 1922 – November 29, 2003) was the first woman executive in television when she became the vice-president of CBS in 1973. Winant was also a casting director for various shows including The Twilight Zone and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree and Whittier College with a Master's degree in Theatre.
She began working in television during the 1950s as a casting director for Studio One and Playhouse 90. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Winant cast various CBS shows including The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was promoted to vice-president of CBS in 1973 and became the first woman to hold an executive role in television. After working at Children's Television Workshop in the late 1970s as a producer, Winant moved to NBC to become a vice president of TV movies and miniseries. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was the producer of multiple programs including and George Wallace. She convinced Ted Bergmann to cast John Ritter on Three'
In 1999, Ethel Winant was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
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Death
Ethel Winant died in Los Angeles on November 29, 2003, aged 81.
Awards and honors
During the 1990s, Winant was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie on three separate occasions.
Personal life
Winant was married to actor H. M. Wynant from 1951 until their divorce in 1971. They had three children.
Categories: 1922 Births, 2003 Deaths, Cbs Executives, American Women Television Executives, American Casting Directors, American Women Casting Directors, American Television Producers, American Women Civilians In World War Ii, 20th-century American People, University Of California, Berkeley Alumni, Whittier College Alumni
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