Barbara Corday

Barbara Sue Corday (born October 15, 1944) is an American television executive, writer and producer known for co-creating the television series Cagney & Lacey.

Early life and education Corday was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City on October 15, 1944, the only child of Josephine "Josie" (née Rich) and Leo Corday. Her parents were both worked in the entertainment business: her mother was a professional singer and dancer, and her father wrote songs and jingles

Her parents divorced when she was a teenager. In 1984, Columbia exec, Herman Rush, recommended that she take over his position as a president of Columbia Pictures which made her the first female senior executive at Coca-Cola which then owned Columbia Pictures. In 1988, Larry Tisch and Howard Stringer hired her as executive vice president of Primetime Programming at CBS Entertainment; she left in 1990 after her boss, network entertainment president Kim LeMasters resigned in 1990. and from 1993 to 1994, she served as president of New World Television.

Personal life In 1966, she married her first husband Michael Gershman and they divorced in 1969; they had one daughter.

Political activities Corday was a founding member of the Hollywood Women's Political Committee, which operated from 1984 to 1997.

On November 8, 2007 she became a grandmother to Riley Noah & Greyson J