Dawn Leslie Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures.
Personal life
Steel's father changed the family surname from "Spielberg" before her birth. The name Steel was chosen to reflect her father's weightlifting career.
In 1975, Steel married Ronnie Rothstein, a former business partner in the Oh Dawn! merchandising company. She dated young struggling actor Richard Gere in 1975 and director Martin Scorsese (after his divorce from Isabella Rossellini) in 1983.
In 1985, she married film producer Charles Roven with whom she had a daughter, Rebecca Steel Roven, in 1987
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August 19, 1946
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Bronx, North Hempstead, Bronx County, New York, United States
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1997 |
December 20, 1997
Age 51
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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