03.03.1950 - 12.06.2011 (61 years)
Laura Ellen Ziskin (March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011) was an American film producer, known as the Executive Producer of the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and as the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone, producing the 74th Academy Awards (2002) and the 79th Academy Awards (2007).