Stephanie Leifer, a long-time govt at ABC and studio ABC Signature, has died. She was 56.
Leifer died of most cancers on Thursday. She spent a mixed 28 years at ABC Signature (and its forerunner, ABC Studios) and the ABC community, starting at ABC in 1994 as an assistant within the community’s TV film division.
“Stephanie was a beloved member of the Disney Leisure Tv household for practically three many years, and our hearts are damaged by the devastating information of her passing,” Disney Leisure Tv stated in a press release. “She was a extremely admired govt, whose artistic affect was solely matched by the relationships she nurtured each inside the firm and throughout the business. Our sincerest condolences exit to her household, particularly her husband and our colleague, Jonathan, and their two lovely youngsters, Amelia and Noah.”
After becoming a member of ABC, Leifer by the ranks, holding positions within the present programming, drama and comedy departments at ABC and serving as senior vp comedy growth from 2002-06. She then moved to ABC Studios, the place she grew to become head of present programming — overseeing exhibits together with Gray’s Anatomy, Misplaced, Determined Housewives, Citadel and plenty of others — in 2010. She held that place till departing the studio, which was renamed ABC Signature following the Disney-Twentieth Century Fox merger, in 2022.
Previous to becoming a member of ABC, Leifer labored at public tv station WGBH in Boston and at Writers and Artists Company in Los Angeles.
A non-public funeral is deliberate, with a celebration of life to return within the close to future. Donations in Leifer’s reminiscence might be made to CASA of Los Angeles, the place she was a courtroom appointed particular advocate for foster youngsters.