Nancy Malone co-Founder of Women in Film To be Honored by The Paley Center

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 27, 2007 --

Award winning actor, director, writer, producer, child star and a mentor and inspiration to many women and men in theater, film, television and radio is receiving an honor on December 6, 2007. And she couldn’t be more deserving.

She Made It: Women Creating Teleision and Radio, a three year initiative of the Paley Center to celebrate the achievements of creative and business women in the industries of television, radio and new media, will name it’s 2007 inductees on December 6, 2007 at an invitation-only event in Manhattan.

Upon learning she was named as one of the 50 women inductees for 2007, Nancy Malone remarked, “I am honored and grateful to receive this acknowledgment from the Paley Institute, and to be included among these accomplished women"

As a young girl, Nancy Malone was featured on the cover of the Tenth Anniversary issue of Life Magazine as “The Typical American Child,” but her life, which began in Queens, New York, has been anything but typical. She began her acting career shortly after the cover appeared, studying at the Stella Adler Conservatory (continuing with her until Miss Adler’s death, and still studies with Milton Katseles) & is a member of the famed Actors Studio. She acted in television’s very first soap opera, “The First Hundred Years,” and starred as Libby in the award-winning series, “Naked City,” which garnered Nancy her first Emmy nomination. She won the “Best Performance by an Actress Award” from the American Cinema Editors for her portrayal of Clara Varner in the series “The Long, Hot Summer.”
At age 16, Nancy made her Broadway debut, co-starring with Melvyn Douglas in Time Out For Ginger, for which she was nominated for a Sarah Siddons Award. She followed this success with Major Barbara, Requiem for A Heavyweight, A Touch of the Poet & The Chalk Garden, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. Her stage & TV work catapulted her into feature films such as The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Capricorn One & The Trial of the Catonsville Nine.

On television, Nancy’s hundreds of guest star roles began with “U.S. Steel Hour,” “Studio One,” “The Hallmark Hall of Fame” & the NBC Special “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” followed by “Bonanza,” “The Fugitive,” “The Partridge Family,” “Twilight Zone,” “Big Valley,” “Rockford Files” & “The Outer Limits.”
In 1971, Nancy became a Story Analyst for Tomorrow Entertainment, which led to a position as Director of Motion Pictures. It was during this time that Nancy co-founded Women In Film, the most powerful women’s organization in Hollywood, also serving on their Board of Directors. She continues to work with them, as the liaison to the Advisory Council on the Women In Film Foundation Board of Trustees.

With the establishment of Lilac Productions in 1975, she began to produce films for TV. Her credits include movies of the week Winner Take All starring Shirley Jones (NBC), Sherlock Holmes in New York, Like Mom, Like Me (CBS), The Great Pretender (ABC), the series “Bionic Woman” & the Emmy Award winning “Bob Hope, the First 90 Years.” In 1977, Nancy became the first woman Vice President of Television at 20th Century Fox, and with Lucille Ball, Eleanor Perry, and Norma Zarky, won Women in Film’s first prestigious Crystal Award. In 1987, Nancy & Linda Hope co-produced There Were Times Dear (PBS), the first film about Alzheimer’s Disease, which helped to raise over $2,000,000 for caregivers throughout the country.
As a director, Nancy has helmed many TV shows such as “Cagney & Lacey,” “Sisters,” Beverly Hills 90210,” “Melrose Place,” “Dynasty,” “Knot’s Landing,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Touched by An Angel,” “Dawson’s Creek,” “Judging Amy” & the multi award-winning TV movie There Were Times Dear, to name a few. She has directed All the Way Home, Agnes of God & Prelude to a Kiss (at L.A. TheaterWorks), Long Day’s Journey into Night & Big Maggie starring Tyne Daly at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Nancy Malone is the recipient of numerous Awards, including two Emmys (along with several nominations), a Founders Award from Women in Film, the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award (“Beverly Hills 90210”), Cine Golden Eagle & the American Film Festival Blue Ribbon, both for There Were Times Dear.

She Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio, The Paley Center for Media's multiyear initiative to build a unique collection of television and radio programming that celebrates the achievements and preserves the legacy of great women writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters, and executives.

Each year of this multiyear project we are saluting women—writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters, and executives—who have made a difference in their fields.

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