Linda Gottlieb Explained

Linda Gottlieb is an American television writer and film producer.^[1] She is best known for her work as a producer on Dirty Dancing as executive producer on One Life to Live.^[2]

Biography

Born in New Jersey, Gottlieb graduated from Wellesley College and received an M.A. from Columbia University in history.

Gottlieb was a presenter on Face of a Stranger, written by Marsha Norman.^[3] She was also executive producer of the 2003 film Soldier's Girl.^[4]

As of 2011, Gottlieb lived in New York City with her husband.^[5]

Career

Production credits

Films

• Limbo (1972), film starring Kate Jackson
• The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972)
• The Fur Coat Club (1973), film short
• Summer of My German Soldier (1978), made-for-TV movie
• The Mating Season (1980)
• We're Fighting Back (1981), TV movie
• The Electric Grandmother (January 17, 1982), a television movie that originally aired on NBC as a 60-minute "Peacock Project" special
• Dirty Dancing (1987)^[6]
• Citizen Cohn (1992) cable TV film
• The Gentleman Bandit (2002)
• Soldier's Girl (2003)

Television episodes, series, and specials

• 13 Bourbon Street (1997), TV pilot
• One Life to Live (Executive Producer:^[7] 1991-1994); replaced Paul Rauch; hired Michael Malone and Josh Griffith. Entertainment Weekly wrote: "OLTL (circa late 1991–1994) was airing some of the most literate drama ever to hit daytime—too good to be called 'soap opera.'"
• SoapLine, a TV series characterized as "a joint production of ABC News and ABC Daytime to bring viewers storyline updates, special features and interviews during breaks in live, pre-emptive coverage of the O. J. Simpson trial"

Teaching

She is an adjunct professor (Master Class in Screenwriting: One on One with a Producer) at Tisch School of the Arts.

Awards and nominations

Gottlieb has been nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Children's Anthology/Dramatic Programming (1980), and Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special (1977 & 1979), for three Emmy Awards (1979, 1982 & 1993),^[8] and for an Independent Spirit Award (1988) and a Peabody Award.

External links

• • http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=2385
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070804154451/http://www.deepstealth.com/film/soldiers-girl.htm
• Soap Opera Weekly interview with Peter Bartlett
• Entertainment Weekly article about One Life to Live
• http://www.thegoldenglobes.com/welcome.html?movie/dirty_dancing.html
• http://www.calpernia.com/soldiers-girl/articles/LATimes.htm/soldiers-girl/articles/LATimes.htm
• https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790446.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

Notes and References

1. News: Wadler . Joyce . 2007-07-05 . Return From Vacation. If You Dare. . 2024-10-16 . The New York Times.
2. News: 1991-10-07 . Linda Gottlieb, TV and Film Producer, Is Wed . 2024-10-16 . The New York Times . B6.
3. Book: Prouty . Variety TV REV 1991-92 17 . 28 March 1994 . Routledge . 0824037960 . 1.
4. Web site: Grego . Melissa . 22 May 2002 . Showtime enlists in 'Soldier' . 2 October 2018 . Variety.
5. News: Earle . Zenovia . 2011-10-04 . 'House That 'Dirty Dancing' Bought' . 2024-10-16 . The Wall Street Journal.
6. News: Van Gelder . Lawrence . 1988-06-03 . Gottlieb's Next One . 2024-10-16 . New York Times . C8.
7. Web site: Harris . Mark . 1992-06-26 . One Life to Live breaks a taboo . 2024-10-16 . EW.com . en.
8. Web site: Linda Gottlieb . Emmys . 2 October 2018.