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Dawn Roven (Steel)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bronx, North Hempstead, Bronx County, New York, United States
Death: December 20, 1997 (51)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Brain tumor)
Place of Burial: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nat Steel and Lilian Steel
Wife of Charles Victor Roven
Ex-wife of Ronnie Rothstein
Ex-partner of Richard Gere and Martin Scorsese
Mother of Private
Sister of Private

Occupation: Film producer
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About Dawn Roven

Dawn Leslie Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures.

 Personal life

Steel's father changed the family surname from "Spielberg" before her birth. The name Steel was chosen to reflect her father's weightlifting career.

In 1975, Steel married Ronnie Rothstein, a former business partner in the Oh Dawn! merchandising company. She dated young struggling actor Richard Gere in 1975 and director Martin Scorsese (after his divorce from Isabella Rossellini) in 1983.

In 1985, she married film producer Charles Roven with whom she had a daughter, Rebecca Steel Roven, in 1987

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Dawn Roven's Timeline

1946
August 19, 1946
Bronx, North Hempstead, Bronx County, New York, United States
1997
December 20, 1997
Age 51
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States