Faye Schwab, Producer Behind Demolition Man and The Morning After, Dies at 101

 Faye Schwab, a film and television producer known for her work on The Morning After, Chattahoochee, and Demolition Man, passed away on Friday of natural causes at her home in Reseda, her family confirmed. She was 101.

In addition to her film work, Schwab developed the short-lived NBC sitcom Easy Street (1986–87), which starred Loni Anderson and was co-created by WKRP in Cincinnati's Hugh Wilson. She also served as co-executive producer on the 2003 Hallmark Channel movie Love Comes Softly, starring a young Katherine Heigl.

Before entering the entertainment industry, Schwab launched a successful women’s sportswear brand. She made her Hollywood debut as executive producer of The Morning After (1986), a psychological thriller directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges.

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Her producing credits include Chattahoochee (1989), a drama set in a Florida psychiatric hospital starring Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper, and the sci-fi action hit Demolition Man (1993) featuring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes.

Born Faye Pradell in Detroit on April 17, 1924, she was the daughter of Morris Pradell and Esther Kostman. During World War II, she worked at Ford Motor Company to support the war effort before earning a scholarship to the Meinzinger Art School in Detroit, where she discovered her love for design.

In the mid-1940s, she moved to California and launched Sun Fun of California, a fashion line that captured the relaxed, stylish spirit of the West Coast with fitted tops and Capri pants. “Her designs reflected what Faye herself embodied: modern, confident and ahead of her time,” her family said.

Schwab is survived by her sons Jeff, Nate, and Eric, and grandchildren Brett, Julia, and Ethan. She was predeceased by her son Alan, Nate’s twin.

She was married twice—first to Arthur Edelstein and later to Aaron Schwab, who co-produced Chattahoochee and Demolition Man, and co-founded the El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana in 1957 as an inclusive alternative during a time of widespread antisemitism in private clubs.

She also shared a close lifelong friendship with the late Broadway producer and two-time Tony winner Chase Mishkin.

A private funeral service was held Monday at Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park in Sylmar, California.

Her family remembered her as “a socialite with substance—glamorous yet grounded,” adding, “She will be remembered as a woman who lived a century’s worth of dreams and achieved them.”

October 15, 2025

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