Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31, 1944) is an American former film studio executive. The chairwoman of the Universal Music Group board of directors, she was the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures and president of production at 20th Century Fox prior to her retirement. From 1999 to 2022, she was on the University of California Board of Regents. In 2005, she became the first female movie studio head to place hand and foot prints at the Grauman's Chinese Theater. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in the US by Ladies' Home Journal, and The Hollywood Reporter named her number 1 on its Power 100 list numerous times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sherry Lansing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 31, 1944 (82)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Producer and actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Sherry Lansing's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 7
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 7
Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sherry Lansing's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Sherry Lansing's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Fatal Attraction(2023)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Stand Up to Cancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Rugrats Movie(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Frasier(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Indecent Proposal(1993)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
School Ties(1992)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Black Rain(1989)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Accused(1988)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Fatal Attraction(1987)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
When the Time Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Firstborn(1984)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Racing with the Moon(1984)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Rio Lobo(1970)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Loving(1970)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The April Fools(1969)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Funny Girl(1968)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Producers on Producing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 51st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1967 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Highest rated
The Accused (1988)
Most popular right now
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Film career
- 1969Screen debut· The April Fools
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Sherry Lansing's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th6
Shape of the crowd
None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Sherry Lansing's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Sherry Lansing work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sherry Lansing's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stanley R. Jaffe shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Adrian LyneShared titles: Indecent Proposal (1993), Fatal Attraction (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Lyne
Actors
- Michael DouglasShared titles: Black Rain (1989), Fatal Attraction (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Douglas
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Howard AthertonShared titles: Indecent Proposal (1993), Fatal Attraction (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Atherton
- Gerald B. GreenbergShared titles: School Ties (1992), The Accused (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Gerald B. Greenberg
- Jacqueline CambasShared titles: School Ties (1992), Racing with the Moon (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Jacqueline Cambas
- Maurice JarreShared titles: School Ties (1992), Fatal Attraction (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Maurice Jarre
Producers
- Stanley R. JaffeShared titles: School Ties (1992), Black Rain (1989), The Accused (1988), Fatal Attraction (1987), Firstborn (1984), Racing with the Moon (1984)See all 6 shared titles with Stanley R. Jaffe
- Michael TadrossShared titles: Indecent Proposal (1993), School Ties (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Tadross
