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Gabrielle Beaumont Dies: Trailblazing Director On ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘Hill Street Blues’ And Countless Aaron Spelling Hits, Was 80

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Gabrielle Beaumont, who may have directed more primetime hours of television than any other women in history, died peacefully on October 8th at her home in Spain, her brother Christopher Toyne confirmed to Deadline.

Beaumont was the first woman director on many ’80s and ’90s TV hits. Her resume includes stints on Hill Street Blues, The Waltons, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacy, M*A*S*H, L.A.

Law, Baywatch, Archie Bunker’s Place, Remington Steele, The Dukes of Hazard, Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman, Doogie Howser, M.D., Touched by an Angel and three different iterations of Star Trek.

Her big break came when she landed a meeting with Aaron Spelling, who was under pressure to hire women and other minorities behind the camera.

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