Alison Greenspan,' Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' Executive Producer, Dies at 48 from Cancer

Alison Greenspan.Photo: Arturo Holmes/ABC via Getty

She attended college at the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the Penn “Bloomers,” an all-female sketch and musical comedy group, according toDeadline. The experience sparked her interest in entertainment and, after graduating, she moved to Los Angeles and began her career at CAA.

Her first movie on which she received credit was the Nicholas Sparks adaptationA Walk to Remember, where she met producer Denise Di Novi, according toTHR.

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According toTHR, Greenspan’s family has asked that people consider a memorial gift to support the UCLA Sarcoma Program at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancers Center.

source: people.com