Lynn Loring, who appeared as a young actress on Search for Tomorrow, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and The F.B.I. before becoming one of the highest-ranking female executives in Hollywood at the time, has died. She was 80.
Loring died Dec. 23 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center after a series of chronic illnesses, her son, Chris Thinnes, told The Hollywood Reporter. Her family chose not to make public her death until now.
Loring also acted in a few movies, including Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass (1961), Pressure Point (1962) and, alongside then-husband Roy Thinnes, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969).
When she was 7, Loring joined the new CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow in September 1951 for the first of its 35 seasons. She would portray Patti Barron, daughter of Mary Stuart’s Joanne Gardner, for a decade until she graduated from the Calhoun School for Girls and entered Barnard College...
Loring died Dec. 23 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center after a series of chronic illnesses, her son, Chris Thinnes, told The Hollywood Reporter. Her family chose not to make public her death until now.
Loring also acted in a few movies, including Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass (1961), Pressure Point (1962) and, alongside then-husband Roy Thinnes, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969).
When she was 7, Loring joined the new CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow in September 1951 for the first of its 35 seasons. She would portray Patti Barron, daughter of Mary Stuart’s Joanne Gardner, for a decade until she graduated from the Calhoun School for Girls and entered Barnard College...
- 4/2/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kcet won a leading six awards on Saturday night in a livestream ceremony to bestow the 2022 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. ABC7 and NBC4 followed with five wins apiece at the show hosted by Spectrum News 1 journalist Giselle Fernández from the Television Academy Plaza in North Hollywood.
The ceremony honored locally produced programs in the categories of Live and Breaking News Coverage, Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, and the Environment.
KTLA5 won one of the big awards on the night, for Regularly Scheduled Daily Evening Newscast, for its 11 p.m. newscast. NBC4 won for morning newscast while Kvea’s Noticiero Telemundo 52 won for daytime.
Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma presented this year’s Governors Award to Ktla’s Gayle Anderson for her “contributions to television broadcasting in the greater Los Angeles area.”
Here’s the full winners list:
Regularly Scheduled...
The ceremony honored locally produced programs in the categories of Live and Breaking News Coverage, Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, and the Environment.
KTLA5 won one of the big awards on the night, for Regularly Scheduled Daily Evening Newscast, for its 11 p.m. newscast. NBC4 won for morning newscast while Kvea’s Noticiero Telemundo 52 won for daytime.
Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma presented this year’s Governors Award to Ktla’s Gayle Anderson for her “contributions to television broadcasting in the greater Los Angeles area.”
Here’s the full winners list:
Regularly Scheduled...
- 7/24/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Tufeld, who began his Hollywood career as an assistant under legendary agent Sue Mengers before becoming an agent and later a personal manager, died January 15 from complications due to liver cancer. He was 66.
The son of TV announcer Richard “Dick” Tufeld and Adrienne Tufeld, Bruce Tufeld attended the Rexford School in Beverly Hills and graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. That led to his first job, at ICM, working an an assistant to Mengers during the time she repped the likes of Candice Bergen, Cher, Brian De Palma, Faye Dunaway, Ali MacGraw, Steve McQueen, Burt Reynolds and Barbra Streisand to name a few.
Tufeld was promoted to agent in 1978, and helped guide the early careers of Laura Dern, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe and Kelsey Grammer among others. He later worked at Writers & Artists Agency (1984-1989), then the Artists Agency (1989-2009). After that shuttered, he became a personal manager and,...
The son of TV announcer Richard “Dick” Tufeld and Adrienne Tufeld, Bruce Tufeld attended the Rexford School in Beverly Hills and graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. That led to his first job, at ICM, working an an assistant to Mengers during the time she repped the likes of Candice Bergen, Cher, Brian De Palma, Faye Dunaway, Ali MacGraw, Steve McQueen, Burt Reynolds and Barbra Streisand to name a few.
Tufeld was promoted to agent in 1978, and helped guide the early careers of Laura Dern, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe and Kelsey Grammer among others. He later worked at Writers & Artists Agency (1984-1989), then the Artists Agency (1989-2009). After that shuttered, he became a personal manager and,...
- 1/16/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of sitting down with Amy Allan (interview here), physical medium and co-host of Travel Channel's compelling series "The Dead Files." Today we spoke with her partner in crime, Steve Dischiavi.
Devoting more than 21 years of active service to the New York City Police Department, retired Homicide Detective Steve Dischiavi is now lending his expertise to the series that has paranormal fans worldwide absolutely buzzing. Based on the powerful premise that every property has a story to be told, Dischiavi and Allan combine their unique skills to solve unexplained paranormal phenomena in haunted locations across America.
We began by asking Steve how he initially got involved with Amy and the show.
"I had been on a documentary for the NYPD called "NYPD 24/7" for ABC News," says Dischiavi. "Once it aired, there was a lot of buzz. It even won an Emmy. After it aired,...
Devoting more than 21 years of active service to the New York City Police Department, retired Homicide Detective Steve Dischiavi is now lending his expertise to the series that has paranormal fans worldwide absolutely buzzing. Based on the powerful premise that every property has a story to be told, Dischiavi and Allan combine their unique skills to solve unexplained paranormal phenomena in haunted locations across America.
We began by asking Steve how he initially got involved with Amy and the show.
"I had been on a documentary for the NYPD called "NYPD 24/7" for ABC News," says Dischiavi. "Once it aired, there was a lot of buzz. It even won an Emmy. After it aired,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Award-winning TV producer David Gerber has died at the age of 86.
Gerber passed away at the University of Southern California Medical Centre on 2 January after suffering heart failure.
The star was responsible for a string of television hits in the 1970s, including Emmy Award-winning cop drama series Police Story, and Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson.
He also produced a TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, based on the hit 1954 musical film, as well as the small screen version of Oscar-winning movie In The Heat Of The Night.
More recently he worked on TV movie Flight 93, a drama based on the story of the United Airlines flight that was hijacked on 11 September, 2001 and crashed in Pennsylvania.
Gerber earned a string of notable awards throughout his long-running career, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, actress Laraine Stephens.
Gerber passed away at the University of Southern California Medical Centre on 2 January after suffering heart failure.
The star was responsible for a string of television hits in the 1970s, including Emmy Award-winning cop drama series Police Story, and Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson.
He also produced a TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, based on the hit 1954 musical film, as well as the small screen version of Oscar-winning movie In The Heat Of The Night.
More recently he worked on TV movie Flight 93, a drama based on the story of the United Airlines flight that was hijacked on 11 September, 2001 and crashed in Pennsylvania.
Gerber earned a string of notable awards throughout his long-running career, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, actress Laraine Stephens.
- 1/6/2010
- WENN
By Wrap Staff
David Gerber, a prolific television producer and executive behind such groundbreaking projects as "In the Heat of the Night" and "Police Woman," has died. He was 86. Gerber died Saturday of heart failure at University of Southern California Medical Center, with his wife of 39 years, actress Laraine Stephens, at his side. As the producer of many of TV's historic movies, television series and miniseries, Gerber won Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody awards. He also&nb...
David Gerber, a prolific television producer and executive behind such groundbreaking projects as "In the Heat of the Night" and "Police Woman," has died. He was 86. Gerber died Saturday of heart failure at University of Southern California Medical Center, with his wife of 39 years, actress Laraine Stephens, at his side. As the producer of many of TV's historic movies, television series and miniseries, Gerber won Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody awards. He also&nb...
- 1/5/2010
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
David Gerber, a seminal figure in American and international television for a half-century as a producer, studio executive, industry statesman and philanthropist, died Saturday at Los Angeles County-usc Medical Center. He was 86.
Gerber earned an Emmy (and six other Emmy noms), a Golden Globe, a Peabody award and a Christopher award -- not to mention honors from the American Film Institute, the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors and others -- by taking on serious, often controversial subjects.
He was a pioneer of multiracial programming and an industry innovator with such series as "Police Woman," "Batman," "Room 222," "thirtysomething," "In the Heat of the Night," "Medical Story" and dozens of TV movies, including his last longform effort, the critically acclaimed "Flight 93" in 2006.
His miniseries included "George Washington," winner of a Peabody award; "The Lindberg Kidnapping Case"; "Nothing Lasts Forever"; and "Beulah Land."
In 1974, Gerber produced "Police Woman," the first successful...
Gerber earned an Emmy (and six other Emmy noms), a Golden Globe, a Peabody award and a Christopher award -- not to mention honors from the American Film Institute, the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors and others -- by taking on serious, often controversial subjects.
He was a pioneer of multiracial programming and an industry innovator with such series as "Police Woman," "Batman," "Room 222," "thirtysomething," "In the Heat of the Night," "Medical Story" and dozens of TV movies, including his last longform effort, the critically acclaimed "Flight 93" in 2006.
His miniseries included "George Washington," winner of a Peabody award; "The Lindberg Kidnapping Case"; "Nothing Lasts Forever"; and "Beulah Land."
In 1974, Gerber produced "Police Woman," the first successful...
- 1/5/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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