Andrea Jaffe
{{Short description|Prominent Hollywood publicist in the late 20th century}}
Andrea Sue Jaffe (February 18, 1950 – August 24, 2016){{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/wilmington-nc/andrea-jaffe-7062639|title=Andrea Sue Jaffe|publisher=Coble Ward-Smith Funeral & Cremation Service|accessdate=25 July 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/andrea-jaffe-dead-publicist-guided-922756|title=Andrea Jaffe, Influential Hollywood Publicist, Dies at 66|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 24, 2016|accessdate=March 14, 2017|last=Kilday|first=Gregg}} was a prominent Hollywood publicist in the 1980s and early 1990s.{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/2004/04/andrea-jaffe-redux/|title=Andrea Jaffe Redux|work=The New York Observer|date=April 5, 2004|accessdate=March 14, 2017|last1=Grossman|first1=Anna Jane|last2=Hancock|first2=Noelle}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/16/flacks-la/|title=Flacks in L.A.|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Thompson|first=Anne|date=August 16, 1991|accessdate=March 14, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-22-ca-3858-story.html|title=A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : Flack Attack : Image Is Everything (Just Ask Them)|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 22, 1991|last=Fox|first=David J.|access-date=March 14, 2017}} Jaffe initially worked as an assistant at marketing and public relations agency Rogers & Cowan before working for PMK and establishing her own publicity company, Andrea Jaffe and Associates. Her clients included Tom Cruise, Farrah Fawcett, Oliver Stone, and Dustin Hoffman.
Career
Jaffe began her public relations career at Rogers & Cowan working as an assistant before joining PMK as a vice president. In 1986, she formed her own publicity company, Andrea Jaffe and Associates. She acted as a personal press agent for Hollywood clients such as actors Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, film director Oliver Stone and actress Farrah Fawcett.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/andrea-jaffe-former-publicist-and-studio-exec-dies-at-66-1201808587/|title=Andrea Jaffe Dies: Former PR Powerhouse And Studio Exec Was 66|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2017|last=Lincoln|first=Ross}} Jaffe also worked on public relations of films such as Platoon (1986), Rain Man (1988), and JFK (1991).{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/andrea-jaffe-dead-dies-publicist-1201844193/|title=Publicity Executive Andrea Jaffe Dies at 66|work=Variety|date=August 24, 2016|accessdate=March 14, 2017|last=Saperstein|first=Pat}} In January 1992, Jaffe closed her firm to become the president of marketing for film studio 20th Century Fox, a role which saw her oversee marketing for all domestic films released by the company. After working for 20th Century Fox for three years, she worked as an independent marketing consultant and worked with charities such as Save the Children.
Personal life
Andrea Jaffe was the daughter of film executive Leo Jaffe and sister of film producer Stanley R. Jaffe.
Death
Jaffe died on August 24, 2016, at the age of 66 in Wilmington, North Carolina after a prolonged illness. She was mentioned in the 89th Academy Awards "In Memoriam" segment.{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/photos/2017/oscars-in-memoriam-2017-photos/premiere-of-for-the-boys|title=Andrea Jaffe|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|accessdate=March 14, 2017}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDB name|0415429}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaffa, Andrea}}
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:American company founders
Category:American film studio executives
Category:American marketing people
Category:American women company founders
Category:American women in film
Category:20th-century American businesswomen
{{US-film-bio-stub}}