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Dorothea G. Petrie, a two-time Emmy winner and founding member of the Producers Guild of America who guided telefilms starring the likes of Jean Stapleton, Denzel Washington, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, has died. She was 95.

Petrie died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced.

Survivors include her sons Daniel Petrie Jr., the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Beverly Hills Cop, and Donald Petrie, director of films including Mystic Pizza and Grumpy Old Men. She was married to Emmy-winning director Daniel Petrie from 1957 until his death in 2004.

Petrie won her Emmys in 1986 and 1990 for ...

Dorothea G. Petrie, a two-time Emmy winner and founding member of the Producers Guild of America who guided telefilms starring the likes of Jean Stapleton, Denzel Washington, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, has died. She was 95.

Petrie died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her family announced.

Survivors include her sons Daniel Petrie Jr., the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Beverly Hills Cop, and Donald Petrie, director of films including Mystic Pizza and Grumpy Old Men. She was married to Emmy-winning director Daniel Petrie from 1957 until his death in 2004.

Petrie won her Emmys in 1986 and 1990 for ...

Dorothea G. Petrie, who won Emmys for producing “Love Is Never Silent” and ‘Caroline?,” died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, her family announced. She was 95.

Petrie began her career in New York as an actress and talent agent before putting it on hold to raise four children. She ended her hiatus in 1979 by writing the story for, and producing, the CBS film “Orphan Train,” starring Jill Eikenberry. She went on to produce “Angel Dusted” starring Jean Stapleton for NBC, “License to Kill” with Denzel Washington for CBS and “Picking Up the Pieces” starring Margot Kidder for CBS.

In 1986, she won an Emmy for producing NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation “Love is Never Silent,” which also won an Emmy for director Joseph Sargent and nominations for stars Mare Winningham and Phillis Frelich. Petrie next produced “Foxfire,” the eight-time Emmy nominated film for Hallmark and CBS.

Dorothea G. Petrie, who won an Emmy award for the Hallmark drama Love is Never Silent, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 24 at age 95. Her family confirmed the death, which they said was by natural causes.

Petrie began her career in New York as an actress and talent agent before putting it on hold to raise four children. She ended her hiatus in 1979 by writing the story and producing the CBS film Orphan Train, starring Jill Eikenberry. She went on to produce Angel Dusted starring Jean Stapleton for NBC, License to Kill with a young Denzel Washington for CBS, and Picking Up the Pieces starring Margot Kidder for CBS.

In 1986, she won an Emmy for producing NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation Love is Never Silent, which also won an Emmy for director Joseph Sargent and nominations for stars Mare Winningham and Phillis Frelich. Petrie next produced Foxfire,...

The 11th annual Lake Arrowhead Film Festival, featuring films by Native Americans and films by and about the Lgbt community, will kick off April 22 with Peter Bratt’s "La Mission," starring Benjamin Bratt, at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa.

The festival will feature more than eighty-eight films.

Special events include the opening night Filmmaker Meet and Greet, hosted by actor Vincent Spano. The opening night awards dinner, hosted by Ernie Hudson and produced by Gloria Loring, and the Sunday awards luncheon hosted by actor Christopher McDonald.

The fest will present a tribute to the Petrie family: Daniel Petrie Sr, Dorothea Petrie and their children Dan Jr, Donald, Mary and June.

It will also feature a tribute to Rock Hudson, with Earl Holliman, Jane Withers, Patricia Barry, Carole Cook, Tom Troupe and Barbara Rush participating.

Also slated to receive honores are production designer Rene Lagler and producers/writers Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman.