Edie Landau

Edie Landau (born Edythe Rudolph, July 15, 1927 - ) is an American film and TV producer and executive, known for such films as Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Pawnbroker, King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis, The Chosen and the fourteen movies of The American Film Theatre, which she produced with her husband Ely A. Landau.

Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Landau is the daughter of Rose and Harry Rudolph (former president of the Eastern Basketball League) and sister to Mendy Rudolph (2007 inductee to the Basketball Hall of Fame). She received her B.A. in Education from Wilkes University. In 1948, Landau moved to New York City where she served as Production Coordinator for Phillips H. Lord, on such popular radio shows as Gangbusters and Mr. District Attorney, among others.

In 1953, Landau joined (and later married) Ely Landau in his start-up company National Telefilm Associates which owned television station WNTA Channel 13 in NYC, considered the "fourth TV network" in the early days of television. Until 1961, Edie Landau served as the company’s Executive Vice President, overseeing the station’s original programming including the anthology drama series The Play of the Week,The Mike Wallace Show, The David Susskind Show,Open End, The Bishop Sheen Show, and One Night Stand, among others.

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