Bethlyn Hand, a former longtime senior executive at the Motion Picture Association of America, was born on Jan. 30, 1938, and died on Feb. 14 of Alzheimer’s disease.
Hand joined the MPAA right after Jack Valenti was made the president of the Hollywood trade association and stayed for 37 years. One of the most powerful female executives in the movie industry during the 1990s, she rose to the height of senior vice president of advertising and administration at MPAA and was nominated by The Hollywood Reporter as one of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Women. “She was by my side at the very beginning of my tenure at the MPAA. I got a lot of credit for what she did,” Valenti said in 2003 on the occasion of Hand’s retirement from the MPAA.
What is Bethlyn Hand’s net worth?
Hand’s net worth is currently not available in the public domain. However, from her role in the movie industry, it is obvious she was wealthy.
How much does Bethlyn Hand make a year?
Hand’s annual salary is equally not available in the public domain. However, from her role in the movie industry, it is obvious she was making a lot of money.
During her tenure, Hand became notorious in the Entertainment industry for approving or declining movie marketing campaigns, according to the guidelines of the MPAA’s rating program.
In 1978, she rejected a trailer for the Hal Ashby film Coming Home as it showed Jane Fonda wearing her wedding ring while in bed with Jon Voight, playing a character who was not her husband. “I wouldn’t allow the wedding ring because it showed she was in a compromising position outside of her marriage. And now nobody cares,” Hand told the Associated Press in 2002
