Cookie Lommel Explained

Cookie Lommel
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse:Ulli Lommel

Cookie Lommel (born 1970) is an American author, biographer, film producer, and activist.

Early life

Cookie Lommel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She began her career in the entertainment industry in 1981.[1] Early on she worked as a journalist for Cashbox magazine and Radio & Records magazine.[2] She has also worked as an entertainment industry reporter at CNN[3] and as entertainment editor at Teen Magazine.[4]

Activism

In 2003, she was named the executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee's Western region. Prior to this, in 1992 Lommel founded Operation Unity,[5] a non-profit organization that funded the travel of inner city minority students to live on an Israeli Kibbutz.[6]

Author

Cookie Lommel authored the 2001[7] book The History of Rap Music,[8] and Black Filmmakers in 2002.[9] She is also the author of unauthorized biographies for Russell Simmons,[10] Arnold Schwarzenegger,[11] James Oglethorpe,[12] Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Arthur Miller, Robert Church,[13] Madame C.J. Walker,[14] Michelle Pfeiffer,[15] and Mary Church Terrell.[16]

Personal life

She was married to actor and film director Ulli Lommel between 1988 and his death in 2017.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cash Box. 30 November 1991. Cash Box Pub. Co.. Internet Archive.
  2. Book: Lommel, Cookie. Robert Church. 13 October 1995. Holloway House Publishing. Google Books. 9780870677892.
  3. Web site: A Jewish connection - in her soul and in her jobs. CYNTHIA DETTELBACH. Editor. 17 September 2004 .
  4. Book: Russell Simmons. Cookie. Lommel. Chuck. D. 13 October 2018. Infobase Publishing. Google Books. 9781438103518.
  5. Web site: CNN - Teen-agers find new direction - Nov. 10, 1995. www.cnn.com.
  6. Web site: One-woman bridge. Tom. Tugend. 14 March 2004. LA Times.
  7. Web site: African-American Children's Books.
  8. Book: Gelfand, Dale Evva. Sean Combs. 13 October 2018. Infobase Publishing. Google Books. 9781438103525.
  9. Book: Jaynes, Gerald D.. Encyclopedia of African American Society. 1 February 2005. SAGE Publications. Google Books. 9781452265414.
  10. Book: The Hip-Hop Scene: The Stars, the Fans, the Music. Ann Graham. Gaines. Reggie. Majors. 1 July 2009. Enslow Publishing, LLC. Google Books. 9780766033962.
  11. Book: Zitelmann, Rainer. Proč jsou úspěšní lidé úspěšní. 13 October 2018. Grada Publishing a.s.. Google Books. 9788024741871.
  12. Book: Marsh, Carole. Heroes & Helpers Adventure Diaries-#6 Hannah, the Humanitarian Aid Worker!. 1 November 2003. Gallopade International. Google Books. 9780635011534.
  13. Book: Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration. Dennis B.. Fradin. Judith Bloom. Fradin. 13 October 2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Google Books. 978-0618133499.
  14. Book: Stille, Darlene R.. Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur and Millionaire. 13 October 2018. Capstone. Google Books. 9780756518837.
  15. Book: Wie würde Johnny Depp präsentieren?: Was Sie von Schauspielern für Ihren Vortrag lernen können. 9783864146237. Lüder. Peter. 2014-02-14. Redline Wirtschaft .
  16. Book: Study Guide for Let Nobody Turn Us Around. Karen G.. Williams. Andrea. Queeley. 13 October 2018. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442200135. Google Books.
  17. Book: III, Harris M. Lentz. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017. 30 April 2018. McFarland. 9781476633183. Google Books.

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