Jarvis, Lucy (1919–)

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Jarvis, Lucy (1919–)

American tv producer. Born Lucile Howard in New York, NY, 1919; dau. of Herman Howard and Sophie (Kirsch) Howard; Cornell University, BS in home economics, 1938; Columbia University Teachers College, MS, 1941; attended New School for Social Research, 1942; m. Serge Jarvis (lawyer), July 18, 1940; children: Barbara Ann Jarvis; Peter Leslie Jarvis.

One of the 1st women to produce for prime-time network tv, became assistant producer for David Susskind's Talent Associates (1955); co-produced "Capitol Close-up," a syndicated radio program (1957), with Martha Rountree; was known for NBC documentaries, including "The Kremlin" (1963), "Museum Without Walls" (1963), "The Louvre" (1964), "Who Shall Live?" (1965), "Mary Martin: Hello Dolly! Around the World" (1965), "Khrushchev in Exile" (1967), "Bravo, Picasso!" (1967) and "Scotland Yard: The Golden Thread" (1971). Received Golden Mike Award from American Women in Radio and Television (1967).

See also Women in World History.

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