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Motion picture luminary and philanthropist Lew Wasserman was honored posthumously with the 2,349th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, presided over the ceremony. Guests included Jamie Lee Curtis and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Mr. Wasserman’s grandson Casey Wasserman accepted on behalf the family. 6925 Hollywood Boulevard on October 5, 2007. […]
Mar 15, 1993 · Lew Wasserman was born in Cleveland on March 15, 1913, the son of Orthodox Jews. He began his ascent into the entertainment industry from the very bottom, as a theater usher. In his early 20s he ...
Jun 13, 2002 · Lew Wasserman, the son of emigrants from Russia, started in the entertainment business at the age of 17 showing customers to their seats in a Cleveland cinema. In those days cinemas had live acts ...
Mar 30, 2003 · Lew Wasserman rarely gave interviews and long insisted he would never cooperate with any book written about him. But Connie Bruck, a New Yorker writer whose last book, “The Predator’s Ball ...
Sep 6, 2006 · With a single canny deal, a brilliant agent named Lew Wasserman dramatically and permanently changed the economics of the movie business. By snagging superstar client James Stewart a percentage of ...
Nov 27, 2017 · Lew R. Wasserman is simply one of the shrewdest and most prescient businessmen in the history of Hollywood. Make that the United States of America. Make that the world. (Can't go beyond that, unless NASA really knows something we don't.) An argument can be made that Wasserman is the shrewdest and most prescient businessman in Hollywood.
Jun 3, 2002 · Lew Wasserman was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1996. Lew Wasserman was an American talent agent and studio executive, in a career spanning more than six decades. He became a booking agent for the Music Corporation of America (MCA).
