Ruth Béate Landers (May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024) was a television producer, manager, businesswoman and mother of actresses Audrey and Judy Landers.
Ruth Landers | |
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| Born | Ruth Béate Landers May 17, 1938 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | April 18, 2024 Sarasota, Florida |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, manager |
| Notable work | Club Fed, producer |
| Television | The Huggabug Club |
| Relatives | Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, daughters |
Background
editRuth Landers was born in 1938 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family fled to Shanghai in November 1938 after Kristallnacht. She immigrated to the United States in 1948.[1] Her eldest daughter Audrey was born in Philadelphia in 1959.[2]
In 1973, she established a printing company called Office Research Corporation, which she sold in 2000.[3][4] In the 1980s, Landers began to establish herself as a producer of television and films, alongside managing her daughters Audrey and Judy's careers.[5][6]
The Huggabug Club
editIn 1995, she created and executive produced the children's television series The Huggabug Club (1995–2000).[1][7] The family self funded the production, which initially launched on 70 PBS stations, soon growing to 144 the next spring.[8] Landers would later donate the rights to The Huggabug Club to PBS.[6]
Landers STAR Collection
editIn 1998, Landers moved to Sarasota, Florida to live near her daughters. They discovered the town after visiting while doing live performances for The Huggabug Club.[9] In Florida, Landers would go on to develop a line of affordable fashion for women alongside her daughters, which she sold through Home Shopping Europe, QVC and Shop NBC called Landers STAR Collection.[1][6] The fashion line was inspired by the Landers family's personal taste and desire to create a collection wearable by mothers, daughters and grandmothers.[10]
Landers died of natural causes in Sarasota on April 18, 2024.[1]
Executive Producer
edit- 1986 Rock Candy[11]
- 1989 Ghost Writer
- 1989 Club Fed
- 1991 California Casanova[12][13]
- 2006 Circus Island [14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Barnes, Mike (2024-05-06). "Ruth Landers, Producer and Mother of Actresses Audrey Landers and Judy Landers, Dies at 85". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Landers, Audrey 1959– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Obituaries in Sarasota, FL | Herald Tribune". heraldtribune.com. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Ruth Landers, creator of 'The Huggabug Club' kids TV show with daughters, dead at 85". Boston 25 News. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Ruth Landers, creator of 'The Huggabug Club' kids TV show with daughters, dead at 85". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ a b c ""Dallas" Star Audrey Landers, Exclusive Interview". Canyon News. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Mendoza, N. f (1995-11-12). "SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : An Annie for the '90s--ABC movie sends her to England for royal adventure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Moore, Scott (August 12, 1995). "Landers Sisters: Glamor to Goofiness". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Say goodbye to Hollywood and hello, Sarasota". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 8, 2006.
- ^ "Audrey und Ruth Landers präsentieren ihre neue Modekollektion LANDERS STAR COLLECTION exklusiv bei HSE24". presseportal.de (in German). 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2024-10-16). Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots and Trial Series, 1925 through 1995: Seven Decades of Small Screen Almosts. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3223-0.
- ^ Pecchia \f, David (1989-06-18). "Films going into production". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence (August 7, 1991). California Casanova. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-3796-3.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Circus Island". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 393. Hollywood Reporter Incorporated. 2006. p. 36.
External links
edit- Ruth Landers at IMDb