Lucy Jarvis

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Lucy Jarvis in her apartment in 1980

Lucile "Lucy" Jarvis (born Lucile Howard ; born June 24, 1917 in New York City ; † January 26, 2020 there ) was an American television producer .

Life

Lucy Jarvis was born in New York in 1917 to Herman Howard and Sophie Kirsch. She studied economics and nutrition at Cornell University , where she also ran an acting club. After graduating, Jarvis worked as a nutritionist at the New York Presbyterian Hospital before writing articles on nutrition for McCall’s women's magazine . However, after her marriage to the lawyer Serge Jarvis in 1940 and the birth of her two children, she stopped working.

Lucy Jarvis then worked for World ORT , various radio stations and as editor at Pathé News. From 1959 she worked as a producer of various television programs for the National Broadcasting Company . In 1963, The Kremlin was released via the Moscow Kremlin, the first documentary produced and also moderated by Jarvis, which was nominated for an Emmy in 1964 . This was the first American production that allowed filming in the Kremlin. Jarvis is considered the first female television producer to successfully establish herself with her films in prime time , which was previously a purely male domain.

Also in 1964 was the documentary film Treasury of Art, also moderated and produced by Jarvis : The Louvre , which won two Emmys, a Peabody Award and a Radio-TV Critics Award. In 1968 she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her services . For her 1972 film The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China with Gene Kelly in the lead role, Lucy Jarvis was nominated for an Emmy for best producer.

In 1976 Jarvis produced a television special with Barbara Walters for the American Broadcasting Company . In 1981 she was the producer of the television film The Lady with Bette Davis in the lead role. In 1988 Jarvis also produced a single, Russian-American co-production of the musical Sophisticated Ladies on New York's Broadway and in 1990 was responsible for the American premiere of the Russian rock opera Juno and Avos .

Lucy Jarvis lived in her native New York until her death. In June 2017 she celebrated her hundredth birthday. In the same year she received the Media Pioneer Award for her services as one of the first television producers. Jarvis died on January 26, 2020 at the age of 102.

Filmography

  • 1963: The Kremlin (documentary)
  • 1964: Treasury of Art: The Louvre ( A Golden Prison: The Louvre ; documentary)
  • 1966: Mary Martin: Hello, Dolly! Round the World (documentary)
  • 1971: Behind the Scenes at Scotland Yard ( Scotland Yard: The Golden Thread ; documentary)
  • 1972: The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China (TV movie)
  • 1976: The Barbara Walters Special (TV show, one episode)
  • 1981: Die Lady ( Family Reunion ; TV movie)

literature

  • Cary O'Dell: Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders . McFarland, 1997, ISBN 0-7864-0167-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cary O'Dell: Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders . McFarland, Jefferson 1997, ISBN 0-7864-0167-2 , page 149.
  2. ↑ Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization Pioneer Awards 2017 Winners. (No longer available online.) In: WEDO Annual Pioneer Awards 2017. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018 ; accessed on February 24, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ LUCY JARVIS Obituary. In: Legacy.com, The New York Times . January 30, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jarvis, Lucy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howard, Lucile (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2020
Place of death New York City , United States