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Dec 19, 2001 · Lester Persky, who produced such movies as “Equus,” “Hair” and “Yanks,” and was executive producer of Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries such as “A Woman Named Jackie,” has died. He was 76. He...
Dec 25, 2001 · Lester Persky, a film and television producer whose hits included ''Taxi Driver'' and ''Shampoo,'' died on Dec. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 76. The cause was complications after heart surgery, said...
As a producer, Persky won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie. Persky also attempted to produce a miniseries based on the life of Howard Hughes with Terry Moore serving as a consultant.
Lester Persky, a producer who got Tennesee Williams' Slapstick Tragedy on the Broadway stage in 1966 and later produced film versions of the stage hits Equus and Hair, died Dec. 16 of...
Sep 7, 2017 · Born July 6, 1925, Lester Persky was an independent film producer who either co-financed or co-produced more than 30 films, many of them high profile successes, primarily between 1968 and 1979. The Harvey Weinstein of the 1970s, information on him remains as fragmented as his credits, which were parsed between The Devon Company, The Claridge […]
Lester Persky Biography (1927-) Born July 6, 1927, in New York, NY; son of Louis (in business) and Dora (Linden) Persky. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Lester Persky Productions, 485 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
Dec 26, 2001 · Lester Persky, a film and television producer whose hits included “Taxi Driver” and “Shampoo,” died Dec. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 76. The cause was complications after heart surgery, said...
