Sherry is the English word for the fortified wine from *Jerez de la Frontera* in Andalusia, Spain — also a 20th-century American diminutive of Sharon, Cheryl, or the French *chérie* (beloved). **Sherry Lansing (born 1944)** — **American film executive; in 1980, at age 35, became the first woman ever to head a major Hollywood film studio (20th Century Fox); from 1992-2005 she ran Paramount Pictures**, where she greenlit *Forrest Gump* (1994), *Braveheart* (1995), *Titanic* (1997), and *The Truman Show* (1998). **In 2005 founded the Sherry Lansing Foundation supporting cancer research, education, and senior issues**. **The first woman to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2007)**. **A top-50 US baby name from 1962 to 1966 driven by the Four Seasons song *Sherry* (1962)**, the group's first US #1. **Sherry Stringfield** — American actress (*ER*). **Sherry Argov** — author of *Why Men Love Bitches* (2002, 3+ million copies).
Subject of Stephen Galloway's *Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker* (2017).
Sherry reduces to three — the number of Paramount.