Jill Schary Robinson Dies: Journalist And Author Who Was Mother Of UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Daughter Of MGM Production Chief Was 88
deadline.comJill Schary Robinson, a memoirist, novelist and mother of UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, has died at 88. Robinson died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, CA, according to a statement from her family.
A cause of death was not specified. Born in 1936 in Los Angeles, Robinson was the daughter of two artists. Her father, Oscar and Tony winner Isadore “Dore” Schary, was head of production at MGM from 1948-1956.
Her mother was painter Miriam Svet. After starting as a copywriter for Foote, Cone & Belding, Robinson trained with iconic Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and embarked on a career in journalism.
She wrote about women’s issues for Cosmopolitan, covered political trials for the Soho Weekly News, and appeared on Los Angeles radio stations KLAC and KPFK.
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