{{Short description|American film producer (1945–2001)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Carol Rubin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|03|25}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|11|03|1945|03|25}} | death_place = Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California | occupation = production supervisor, film producer | years_active = 1970s – 2001 }} '''Carol Rubin''' (March 23, 1945 – November 3, 2001) was an American film producer and production supervisor, who worked for the ABC television network and was involved in the production of several The Walt Disney Company made-for-television miniseries and films.
==Biography== Carol Rubin was born on March 23, 1945.<ref name=VarietyObit>{{cite web|last=Kowalski|first=Eileen|title=Carol Rubin|url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117855575.html?categoryid=25&cs=1|work=Variety|date=November 11, 2001|accessdate=August 17, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411113211/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117855575.html?categoryid=25&cs=1|archivedate=April 11, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the daughter of Samuel Rubin and had one brother, Ted.<ref name=BCObit>{{cite web|last=Eggerton|first=John|title=Carol Rubin dead at age 56|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/carol-rubin-dead-age-56-69288|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=November 7, 2001|accessdate=August 17, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817182045/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/carol-rubin-dead-age-56-69288|archive-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> Rubin was vice-president of development for production companies such as Edgar Scherick Production and Intermedia Entertainment.<ref name="VarietyObit" /> She subsequently spent the following eleven years as executive producer of miniseries and director of dramatic development for the ABC television network.<ref name="MCNewsObit" /> Rubin supervised the development and production of the television films ''Roots: The Next Generations'', ''Masada'', ''Friendly Fire'', and ''East of Eden''.<ref name="VarietyObit" /> She also served an associated producer on primetime soap opera ''Dynasty'' in the early 1980s.<ref name="BCObit" />
In 1984, Rubin joined the staff of the Disney Channel.<ref name="MCNewsObit">{{cite web|last=Moss|first=Linda|title=Disney Programming Exec Rubin Dies|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/disney-programming-exec-rubin-dies-161809|work=Multichannel News|date=November 7, 2001|accessdate=August 17, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817182045/https://www.multichannel.com/news/disney-programming-exec-rubin-dies-161809|archive-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> She was an executive director of original films, and was credited as having undertaken a major role in the development and production of the network's created-for-television franchise.<ref name="BCObit" /><ref name="MCNewsObit" /> Rubin supervised the miniseries and films ''Great Expectations'' (1989),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/412740040/|title=Dickens miniseries debuts Sunday on Disney Channel|date=July 7, 1989|work=The Baxter Bulletin|access-date=August 17, 2019|page=19|via=Newspapers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817182047/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/412740040/|archive-date=August 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Danny, the Champion of the World'' (1989),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbb4b9e16|title=Carol Rubin|publisher=British Film Institute|url-status=dead|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817182055/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbb4b9e16|archive-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> ''Heidi'' (1993), ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1995), ''Brink!'' (1998), and ''Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century'' (1999).<ref name="VarietyObit" /> On November 3, 2001, she died suddenly while sleeping at her home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.<ref name="VarietyObit" /><ref name="BCObit" /> The 2002 DCOM, ''Cadet Kelly'' was dedicated to her memory. Rubin was given a burial service at the Old North Church in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the afternoon on November 9.<ref name="MCNewsObit" />
==Filmography==
* ''Great Expectations'' (1989) * ''Danny, the Champion of the World'' (1989) * ''Heidi'' (1993) * ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1995) * ''Brink!'' (1998) * ''Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century'' (1999)
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