Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the on-air sex therapist who speaks so frankly, but how much do you know about the personal story of this diminutive Jewish grandma who has been a darling of talk shows for decades, using her expertise as a PhD sex therapist to offer non-judgmental advice on sexual matters? Likely, not much. Ask Dr. Ruth goes a way to correcting that. In the process, we again fall under the spell of this personable, lively, intelligent woman who has led an unusual life and overcome so many hardships.
Who knew Dr. Ruth, who seems so much fun, survived the Holocaust in a Swiss orphanage where as a ten-year-old she was put to work cleaning and caring for the younger children? Or that she was married several times? Or that she was an avid skier? These are among the surprises uncovered in this delightful documentary.
Director Ryan White’s illuminating,...
Who knew Dr. Ruth, who seems so much fun, survived the Holocaust in a Swiss orphanage where as a ten-year-old she was put to work cleaning and caring for the younger children? Or that she was married several times? Or that she was an avid skier? These are among the surprises uncovered in this delightful documentary.
Director Ryan White’s illuminating,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Updated with additional quote: Rowland Perkins, considered the elder gentleman of the original founders of Creative Artists Agency, has died. He was 84. Perkins was actually the first president of the talent agency when it began back in 1975 in the old Hong Kong bank building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. He was made president when the founders put all their names in a hat and his was pulled out.
Perkins was a known agent in town when the agency began, and also had the only client making money at the time — William Conrad.
The hierarchy eventually changed at CAA, but Perkins remained ever loyal to the talent agency and stayed until 1993, when he moved into an advisory capacity. But for about two decades, he was a packaging agent for the television division where he handled some major clients including Aaron Spelling Productions and TV/Broadway producer George Schaefer. He worked alongside TV powerhouses Bill Haber,...
Perkins was a known agent in town when the agency began, and also had the only client making money at the time — William Conrad.
The hierarchy eventually changed at CAA, but Perkins remained ever loyal to the talent agency and stayed until 1993, when he moved into an advisory capacity. But for about two decades, he was a packaging agent for the television division where he handled some major clients including Aaron Spelling Productions and TV/Broadway producer George Schaefer. He worked alongside TV powerhouses Bill Haber,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
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