The Women Behind Your Favorite TV Shows

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Rebecca Eaton is executive producer of the "Masterpiece" franchise. The Boston native, 65, grew up obsessed with all the things Jane Eyre. Now she's spread her love of bonneted-British romance to the rest of America. As the third E.P. for the famed series--she inherited the role from another woman boss in 1985--she selects and oversees adaptations of her favorite Austen novels, as well as "Abbey's" production. Around ... more 

Photo by: Hollywood Reporter

Rebecca Eaton is executive producer of the "Masterpiece" franchise. The Boston native, 65, grew up obsessed with all the things Jane Eyre. Now she's spread her love of bonneted-British romance to the rest of America. As the third E.P. for the famed series--she inherited the role from another woman boss in 1985--she selects and oversees adaptations of her favorite Austen novels, as well as "Abbey's" production. Around the time she landed her dream job, she had a child with her husband. She credits him with supporting her career by playing stay-at-home dad. If you weren't already sold on this woman, consider how she relaxes after work: "I drink sherry, martinis or Manhattans," Eaton told the Reporter. If you crossed Don Draper with the Bronte sisters and Dame Judy Dench, you'd get something close to Eaton. She is, however, an original. less