Lilly Tartikoff
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Lilly Tartikoff Karatz is an American cancer
activist and fundraiser. She has raised more than $80 million for cancer research.
scholarship to study ballet
at The David Lichine and Irina Kosmovska Ballet School. From the age of 10 to 17 she danced with the Los Angeles Junior Ballet. When she was 17 years old she was invited by George Balanchine
to attend the School of American Ballet
on a Ford Foundation Scholarship.
During her 9 years at the New York City Ballet
, under the direction of Mr. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
, she danced at The Palace of Congress Theatre in the Kremlin
in Russia, The Munich Opera House in Germany, The Concert Hall in Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, the Royal Opera House
in Covent Gardens in London, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
in Paris and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The company's main venue is at Lincoln Center's David H Koch Theater in New York City and during the summers at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
located in upstate New York
.
, Chairman of Entertainment for NBC
. They had two daughters Calla Lianne and Elizabeth Justine. In 1991, their 8 year old daughter Calla suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident. Calla received intense therapy
in order to walk and speak again, while Brandon received chemotherapy
for the third time for Hodgkin's Disease. After a long illness and an incredibly productive life, Brandon died from Hodgkin's Disease on August 27, 1997 at the age of 48. After he died Lilly took over his production company H. Beale and executive produced 42 episodes of his television show, Beggars and Choosers
with Peter Lefcourt
.
In November 2009 Lilly Tartikoff Karatz married Bruce Karatz
, an American homebuilder and philanthropist
. He is the father of three and the grandfather of four.
, created the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program under the direction of Dr. Dennis Slamon. The annual Fire & Ice Ball in Hollywood was also established in 1990 to raise funds for this program. These funds were used to rapidly advance clinical trials which led to a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approved drug, Herceptin, which increases responses and survival in women with the most aggressive form of breast cancer
.
Lifetime Television
and Renee Zellwegger produced the film Living Proof which follows the true story of Lilly Tartikoff Karatz and Ronald Perelman's efforts to raise money for Dr. Dennis Slamon's cutting-edge science. The film is also based on the book HER-2 written by Robert Bazell
, which chronicles Dr. Slamon's development of the drug Herceptin. The film stars Harry Connick Jr as Dr. Slamon and Angie Harmon
as Lilly Tartikoff Karatz along with a supporting cast that includes Bernadette Peters
, Amy Madigan
and Amanda Bynes
. The film aired on the Lifetime Channel in October 2008 during Breast Cancer Month.
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz co-founded the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Los Angeles with Revlon
and the Entertainment Industry Foundation
(EIF) in 1993 and the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in New York in 1998. Since then there is an EIF Revlon Run/Walk in both Los Angeles and New York every year which continues to raise significant funds to advance cancer research
.
In 1997 Lilly Tartikoff Karatz co-created the National Women's Cancer Research Alliance (NWCRA) along with EIF and seven leading scientists from around the nation.
In 1998, Lilly Tartikoff Karatz created, with EIF and the QVC
shopping channel, the international "Cure By The Shore". Originally set at the International Cannes Film Festival
, the event was hosted in Monte Carlo
, Principality of Monaco
in 2001.
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz partnered with Katie Couric
and EIF to form the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) in March 2000.
In 2001, Lilly launched the United Cancer Front. Dr. Slamon is the organization's Chief Scientific Director. Like those funds raised to help expedite the development of Herceptin, the United Cancer Front helped to raise badly needed, unrestricted funds to accelerate scientific discovery and delivery of breakthrough cancer therapies.
In October 2000 in Washington, D.C.
, Lilly received the Hope Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
. In 2002 NCCS then created the Lilly Tartikoff Hope Award to honor, remember and celebrate all whose lives have been touched by cancer.
In October 2003, Lilly along with Yves Carcelle of Louis Vuitton
and Suzanne and Bob Wright of NBC
and GE
co-chaired the first Annual Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala to raise unrestricted funds for 35 of the most promising scientists to further the scientific discovery of breakthrough cancer therapies. In November 2004, Lilly along with Yves Carcelle, Kelly and Ron Meyer of Universal Studios
, Suzanne and Bob Wright and Laura Ziskin
co-chaired the second Annual Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala.
Lilly became a Board Member of Museum of Contemporary Art
and she and her daughter Calla own The Colony Café, a restaurant in Los Angeles. Lilly and her daughters were featured in the Los Angeles Times
Sunday Magazine section in March 2007.
Woman of the Year Award
1992 Norma Zarky
Humanitarian Women in Film Award
1999 Spirit of Achievement Award presented by the National Women's Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2000 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
1st Annual Hope Award
2000 Glamour
Woman of the Year Award
2001 Red Book's Mothers & Shakers Award for extraordinary contributions to health care
2001 The Golden Scalpel Award from Cedars Sinai Medical Center for outstanding commitment to curing diseases that afflict the brain.
2002 Jefferson Awards National Recipient where she was honored with the S. Roger Horchow
Award For Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen
2002 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
created the Lilly Tartikoff Hope Award to honor, remember and celebrate all whose lives have been touched by cancer.
2003 Golden Mike Award by the Broadcaster's Foundation
2006 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Ray of Hope Award
Women Helping Women Award by the City Light Celebrity Action Council of the LA Mission
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
activist and fundraiser. She has raised more than $80 million for cancer research.
Early life
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors Jack and Bluma Samuels. She attended public schools while growing up in Los Angeles and at the age of 10 received a Ford FoundationFord Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
scholarship to study ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
at The David Lichine and Irina Kosmovska Ballet School. From the age of 10 to 17 she danced with the Los Angeles Junior Ballet. When she was 17 years old she was invited by George Balanchine
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
to attend the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
on a Ford Foundation Scholarship.
During her 9 years at the New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, under the direction of Mr. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...
, she danced at The Palace of Congress Theatre in the Kremlin
Kremlin
A kremlin , same root as in kremen is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there...
in Russia, The Munich Opera House in Germany, The Concert Hall in Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
in Covent Gardens in London, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne. Despite its name, the theatre is not on the Champs-Élysées but nearby in another part of the 8th arrondissement of Paris....
in Paris and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
The company's main venue is at Lincoln Center's David H Koch Theater in New York City and during the summers at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
located in upstate New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Marriage
In 1982 Lilly Tartikoff Karatz married Brandon TartikoffBrandon Tartikoff
Brandon Tartikoff was a television executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Seinfeld, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider, The A-Team, St...
, Chairman of Entertainment for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. They had two daughters Calla Lianne and Elizabeth Justine. In 1991, their 8 year old daughter Calla suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident. Calla received intense therapy
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
in order to walk and speak again, while Brandon received chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
for the third time for Hodgkin's Disease. After a long illness and an incredibly productive life, Brandon died from Hodgkin's Disease on August 27, 1997 at the age of 48. After he died Lilly took over his production company H. Beale and executive produced 42 episodes of his television show, Beggars and Choosers
Beggars and Choosers (TV series)
Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television...
with Peter Lefcourt
Peter Lefcourt
Peter Lefcourt is an American television producer, a film and television screenwriter, and a novelist.Lefcourt's early career involved writing teleplays for primetime series such as Cagney and Lacey, Scarecrow and Mrs. King , Eight is Enough, and Remington Steele, among others...
.
In November 2009 Lilly Tartikoff Karatz married Bruce Karatz
Bruce Karatz
Bruce Karatz is an American homebuilder and philanthropist noted for his role as CEO in the development of KB Home from 1972 through 2006, and for his philanthropic efforts to help re-build Los Angeles after the L.A. Riots and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina...
, an American homebuilder and philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
. He is the father of three and the grandfather of four.
Philanthropy
In 1990, Lilly Tartikoff Karatz along with Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman and CEO of RevlonRevlon
Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
, created the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program under the direction of Dr. Dennis Slamon. The annual Fire & Ice Ball in Hollywood was also established in 1990 to raise funds for this program. These funds were used to rapidly advance clinical trials which led to a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
(FDA) approved drug, Herceptin, which increases responses and survival in women with the most aggressive form of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
.
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
and Renee Zellwegger produced the film Living Proof which follows the true story of Lilly Tartikoff Karatz and Ronald Perelman's efforts to raise money for Dr. Dennis Slamon's cutting-edge science. The film is also based on the book HER-2 written by Robert Bazell
Robert Bazell
-Education:Bazell graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, in 1967 with a B.A. in biochemistry and Phi Beta Kappa honors. As an undergraduate, he wrote a science column called "Science for the People" for the Daily Californian...
, which chronicles Dr. Slamon's development of the drug Herceptin. The film stars Harry Connick Jr as Dr. Slamon and Angie Harmon
Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....
as Lilly Tartikoff Karatz along with a supporting cast that includes Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer and children's book author from Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings...
, Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan
Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress who is known for her role as Annie Kinsella in the 1989 film Field of Dreams and Iris Crowe in the HBO television series Carnivale...
and Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes is an American actress, comedian, singer, and fashion designer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You...
. The film aired on the Lifetime Channel in October 2008 during Breast Cancer Month.
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz co-founded the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Los Angeles with Revlon
Revlon
Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
and the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
The Entertainment Industry Foundation , based in Los Angeles, is a 501 non-profit and the leading charitable organization of the entertainment industry...
(EIF) in 1993 and the EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in New York in 1998. Since then there is an EIF Revlon Run/Walk in both Los Angeles and New York every year which continues to raise significant funds to advance cancer research
Cancer research
Cancer research is basic research into cancer in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatments and cure....
.
In 1997 Lilly Tartikoff Karatz co-created the National Women's Cancer Research Alliance (NWCRA) along with EIF and seven leading scientists from around the nation.
In 1998, Lilly Tartikoff Karatz created, with EIF and the QVC
QVC
QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
shopping channel, the international "Cure By The Shore". Originally set at the International Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
, the event was hosted in Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
, Principality of Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
in 2001.
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz partnered with Katie Couric
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as Special Correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials...
and EIF to form the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) in March 2000.
In 2001, Lilly launched the United Cancer Front. Dr. Slamon is the organization's Chief Scientific Director. Like those funds raised to help expedite the development of Herceptin, the United Cancer Front helped to raise badly needed, unrestricted funds to accelerate scientific discovery and delivery of breakthrough cancer therapies.
In October 2000 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, Lilly received the Hope Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is a 501 nonprofit organization cancer advocacy organization based just outside of Washington, DC in Silver Spring, MD...
. In 2002 NCCS then created the Lilly Tartikoff Hope Award to honor, remember and celebrate all whose lives have been touched by cancer.
In October 2003, Lilly along with Yves Carcelle of Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Malletier – commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton , or shortened to LV – is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes,...
and Suzanne and Bob Wright of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and GE
Gê
Gê are the people who spoke Ge languages of the northern South American Caribbean coast and Brazil. In Brazil the Gê were found in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Piaui, Mato Grosso, Goias, Tocantins, Maranhão, and as far south as Paraguay....
co-chaired the first Annual Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala to raise unrestricted funds for 35 of the most promising scientists to further the scientific discovery of breakthrough cancer therapies. In November 2004, Lilly along with Yves Carcelle, Kelly and Ron Meyer of Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, Suzanne and Bob Wright and Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ellen Ziskin was an American film producer. In 1990, Ziskin was the sole executive producer of the hit comedy Pretty Woman...
co-chaired the second Annual Louis Vuitton United Cancer Front Gala.
Lilly became a Board Member of Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
and she and her daughter Calla own The Colony Café, a restaurant in Los Angeles. Lilly and her daughters were featured in the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
Sunday Magazine section in March 2007.
Awards
1991 GlamourGlamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
Woman of the Year Award
1992 Norma Zarky
Norma Zarky
Norma Goldstein Zarky was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights.-Biography:...
Humanitarian Women in Film Award
1999 Spirit of Achievement Award presented by the National Women's Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a not-for-profit, private, nonsectarian medical school located on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the borough of the Bronx of New York City...
2000 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is a 501 nonprofit organization cancer advocacy organization based just outside of Washington, DC in Silver Spring, MD...
1st Annual Hope Award
2000 Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
Woman of the Year Award
2001 Red Book's Mothers & Shakers Award for extraordinary contributions to health care
2001 The Golden Scalpel Award from Cedars Sinai Medical Center for outstanding commitment to curing diseases that afflict the brain.
2002 Jefferson Awards National Recipient where she was honored with the S. Roger Horchow
Roger Horchow
Samuel Roger Horchow is a catalog entrepreneur and Broadway producer.In 1971, Horchow started , the first luxury mail-order catalog that was not preceded by a brick-and-mortar presence...
Award For Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen
2002 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is a 501 nonprofit organization cancer advocacy organization based just outside of Washington, DC in Silver Spring, MD...
created the Lilly Tartikoff Hope Award to honor, remember and celebrate all whose lives have been touched by cancer.
2003 Golden Mike Award by the Broadcaster's Foundation
2006 National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is a 501 nonprofit organization cancer advocacy organization based just outside of Washington, DC in Silver Spring, MD...
Ray of Hope Award
Women Helping Women Award by the City Light Celebrity Action Council of the LA Mission