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Ruth Landers

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Ruth Béate Landers (May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024) was a television producer, manager, businesswoman and mother of actresses Audrey and Judy Landers.

Ruth Landers
Born
Ruth Béate Landers

May 17, 1938
Frankfurt, Germany
DiedApril 18, 2024
Sarasota, Florida
Occupation(s)Producer, manager
Notable work Club Fed, producer
TelevisionThe Huggabug Club
RelativesAudrey Landers, Judy Landers, daughters

Background

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Ruth Landers was born in 1938 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family fled to Shanghai in November 1938 after Kristallnacht. She immigrated to the United States in 1948.[1] Her eldest daughter Audrey was born in Philadelphia in 1959.[2]

In 1973, she established a printing company called Office Research Corporation, which she sold in 2000.[3][4] In the 1980s, Landers began to establish herself as a producer of television and films, alongside managing her daughters Audrey and Judy's careers.[5][6]

The Huggabug Club

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In 1995, she created and executive produced the children's television series The Huggabug Club (1995–2000).[1][7] The family self funded the production, which initially launched on 70 PBS stations, soon growing to 144 the next spring.[8] Landers would later donate the rights to The Huggabug Club to PBS.[6]

Landers STAR Collection

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In 1998, Landers moved to Sarasota, Florida to live near her daughters. They discovered the town after visiting while doing live performances for The Huggabug Club.[9] In Florida, Landers would go on to develop a line of affordable fashion for women alongside her daughters, which she sold through Home Shopping Europe, QVC and Shop NBC called Landers STAR Collection.[1][6] The fashion line was inspired by the Landers family's personal taste and desire to create a collection wearable by mothers, daughters and grandmothers.[10]

Landers died of natural causes in Sarasota on April 18, 2024.[1]

Executive Producer

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Barnes, Mike (2024-05-06). "Ruth Landers, Producer and Mother of Actresses Audrey Landers and Judy Landers, Dies at 85". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  2. ^ "Landers, Audrey 1959– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  3. ^ "Obituaries in Sarasota, FL | Herald Tribune". heraldtribune.com. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  4. ^ "Ruth Landers, creator of 'The Huggabug Club' kids TV show with daughters, dead at 85". Boston 25 News. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  5. ^ "Ruth Landers, creator of 'The Huggabug Club' kids TV show with daughters, dead at 85". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  6. ^ a b c ""Dallas" Star Audrey Landers, Exclusive Interview". Canyon News. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  7. ^ Mendoza, N. f (1995-11-12). "SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : An Annie for the '90s--ABC movie sends her to England for royal adventure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  8. ^ Moore, Scott (August 12, 1995). "Landers Sisters: Glamor to Goofiness". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ "Say goodbye to Hollywood and hello, Sarasota". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 8, 2006.
  10. ^ "Audrey und Ruth Landers präsentieren ihre neue Modekollektion LANDERS STAR COLLECTION exklusiv bei HSE24". presseportal.de (in German). 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  11. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2024-10-16). Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots and Trial Series, 1925 through 1995: Seven Decades of Small Screen Almosts. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3223-0.
  12. ^ Pecchia \f, David (1989-06-18). "Films going into production". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  13. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (August 7, 1991). California Casanova. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-3796-3. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  14. ^ "Circus Island". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 393. Hollywood Reporter Incorporated. 2006. p. 36.
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