---
name: "Sherry Lansing"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sherry-lansing"
fi1m_id: "sherry-lansing"
imdb_id: "nm0005121"
tmdb_id: 34695
wikidata_id: "Q299704"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "31 July 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:03:49.862292+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sherry Lansing

## Identity

Sherry Lansing

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sherry-lansing
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sherry-lansing
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005121
- **TMDB ID:** 34695
- **Wikidata ID:** Q299704
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Lansing, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34695

Producer. Born 31 July 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 31 July 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1987–1993
- **Also known as:** Sherry Lee Duhl
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Adrian Lyne](https://film.one/person/adrian-lyne.md), [Michael Douglas](https://film.one/person/michael-douglas.md), [Stanley R. Jaffe](https://film.one/person/stanley-r-jaffe.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (2), 1990s 69 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $721m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Lansing, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34695

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88), [*Fatal Attraction*](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) (70), [*Indecent Proposal*](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md) (50)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl) is an American actress and former film studio executive. She graduated from Northwestern University and began her career as an actress, appearing in small roles in films and television series from the late 1960s.

Her acting credits include an uncredited part in *Funny Girl* (1968), a role in *Rio Lobo* (1970), and the voice of Angela in an episode of the series *Frasier* (1996). She later moved into production and executive roles, serving as president of production at 20th Century Fox and chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Angela (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Fi1m 50, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *Black Rain* (1989), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fatal Attraction* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Angela (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *School Ties* (1992), Producer
- *Black Rain* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *The Accused* (1988), Producer
- *Mistress* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *When the Time Comes* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Firstborn* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Racing with the Moon* (1984), Producer
- *Rio Lobo* (1970), as Amelita
- *Loving* (1970), as Susan
- *The April Fools* (1969), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Funny Girl* (1968), as Girlfriend (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-girl.md)
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Marcia Yeager
- *Producers on Producing*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Sherry Lansing, president of 20th Century-Fox, in Los Angeles, California (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-0524d1e75c3f.jpg) Sherry Lansing, president of 20th Century-Fox, in Los Angeles, California (1980) — Mary Frampton, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/SherryLansing1980.jpg/1280px-SherryLansing1980.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sherry Lansing, president of 20th Century-Fox, in Los Angeles, California (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-fdce8bf699d7.jpg) Sherry Lansing, president of 20th Century-Fox, in Los Angeles, California (1980) — Mary Frampton, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/SherryLansing1980_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-SherryLansing1980_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sherry Lansing](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-e38f0dea2c06.jpg) Sherry Lansing — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sherry_Lansing_2002.jpg/1280px-Sherry_Lansing_2002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Wash. D.C. Summer 2002 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-44492d01644b.jpg) Wash. D.C. Summer 2002 (2019) — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Sherry_Lansing_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Sherry_Lansing_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sherry Lansing](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-e0b08baeea20.jpg) Sherry Lansing — Image via TMDB
- ![Wash. D.C. Summer 2002 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/61685/gallery-02ec4078968c.jpg) Wash. D.C. Summer 2002 (2019) — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sherry_Lansing_bw_%2849095425431%29.jpg/1280px-Sherry_Lansing_bw_%2849095425431%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1988: Best Picture (nominated), for *Fatal Attraction*

### Other awards — 4 won

- honorary doctor of the University of Miami 2011: honorary doctor of the University of Miami (won)
- honorary doctor of Pennsylvania State University 2007: honorary doctor of Pennsylvania State University (won)
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2007: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)
- Crystal Award 1981: Crystal Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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