Carolyn Ruskin, a pioneering Emmy Award-winning producer, is working on four highly acclaimed Frank Sinatra TV specials and the first four seasons Rowan and Martin laughdead. She was 97 years old.
She passed away on September 24th at her Sherman Oaks home, her ne Marcruskin said Hollywood Reporter. Her family has chosen not to announce her death until now.
Ruskin also collaborated with NBC's Dinah Shore Dynashoure Chevrolet Show From 1959-63. Singer's 1969 NBC Special Like Hep; Her syndicated daytime talk show from 1974-80; Dina!And in her 1976 CBS Summer Exchange Series, Dina and her new best friend.
1968, Los Angeles Times She named her “Woman of the Year” in her accomplishments on television.
Ruskin was born on August 22, 1927 in Sioux City, Iowa. After attending the University of Iowa, she was a social worker and “it turns out to be extremely depressing to be exposed to such a ridiculous problem for 10 hours a day,” she said. The era. “I used to kill me and sit down and advise people what to do with my life. How can I know at age 21?”
Ruskin moved to Los Angeles in 1957 and was hired as a typist in the music division of CBS. She landed a gig in 1959 as an assistant to a producer. Dynashoure Chevrolet Show He was the program's associate producer from 1961 to 1963.
After working on ABC's short-lived life Jerry Lewis Shaw In 1963, Ruskin co-produced it. Frank Sinatra: Man and His Music NBC specials in 1965, 1966 and 1967 (the first to win an Emmy and Peabody awards celebrated the singer's 50th birthday). She led another Sinatra special on CBS in 1969.
Raskin started out as an associate producer for NBC LOL He graduated as a co-producer for the next three seasons until 1967 and March 1971. She was nominated for four Emmy Awards for her work on the show and won in 1969 (shared with Paul Keys, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin).
She landed another Emmy Moonomy for the Sinatra Special in 1970 and received a daytime Emmy for production Dina! 1976.
Coast Like Hep The special had a touch LOL It was produced by show creator George Schlatter.
Raskin also produced Jim Nabors' daytime syndicate show in 1978. The TV pilot starring LOLArte Johnson; 1982 Syndicate Show I laugh at Tracks; A special hosted by Roger Miller, Wayne Newton, Dearhan Carroll, Helen Lady, Beverly Sills and Bob Hope.
Additionally, she directed Ozzy Osbourne at Salt Lake City in 1984, where he supported him. Bark on the moon album.
“There's three things to do with this business,” she once said. “One is a creative genius, and drive and maturity comes. I fit into the third category. My work is relevant.”
Ruskin is survived by two other nephews, Barry and Greg, and her Nie, Dennis. She was never married and had no children.
