Lewis Robert Wasserman net worth is
$700,000
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Lewis Robert "Lew" Wasserman (March 22, 1913 – June 3, 2002) was an American talent agent and studio executive, sometimes credited with creating and later taking apart the studio system in a career spanning more than six decades. He was also the manager of MCA. Full Name | Lewis Robert Wasserman |
Net Worth | $700,000 |
Date Of Birth | March 22, 1913 |
Died | 2002-06-03 |
Place Of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Occupation | Hollywood studio head; talent agent |
Profession | American studio executive and talent agent |
Spouse | Edith Beckerman, |
Children | Lynne Kay Wasserman |
Parents | Isaac Wasserman and Minnie Chernick |
Nicknames | Lew Wasserman, Wasserman, Lew |
Star Sign | Aries |
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1 | Thick black-frame glasses |
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1 | [In 1960 to his diver as they hear Ted Williams hit a home run in his last Major League at bat] At age forty-four, Ted Williams is an old man for baseball, and at forty I'm an old man for the agency business. [Despite his words, Wasseman was forty-seven at the time.] |
2 | The greatest art in Hollywood is just talk. I have never made a deal at a party. I can't tell you how many times clients have called me in the morning and said, 'I promised so-and-so at a party last night to do a movie for him. Please get me out of it.' When I do it, I am accused by the studio of all sorts of things. That I am favoring another studio. that I talked the client out of doing a part he wanted to do. That I enjoy being ruthless. |
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1 | According to Wasserman biographer Dennis McDougal, Eddie Clayton is quoted as stating, "Tony Curtis was a pro-Wasserman man. Lew loved him like he was his son, and Curtis was always very protective and loving toward him.". |
2 | Received a star on Hollywod Blvd. October 5th 2007. The star is located right outside the box-office of Chinese Theatre. |
3 | Was the godfather of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. |
4 | Chairman and CEO of MCA (Music Corporation of America), the parent of Universal Studios, until 1990 when it was sold to Matsushita for $6.6 billion. Wasserman made an estimated $350 million from the sale, and was retained as a manager. When Seagram bought MCA in 1995, he retired from management, but remained on the board of directors until 1998. |
5 | Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. |
6 | Paid $55,000 for the 1946 Best Supporting Actor Oscar awarded to Harold Russell for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). |
7 | Grandson Casey Wasserman owns the Los Angeles Avengers Arena Football League team. |
8 | Credited with establishing the careers of many filmmakers, most notably Steven Spielberg. |
9 | Among the 700 friends who attended the Wassermans' 50th wedding anniversary celebration in 1986 were Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Charlton Heston, Carol Burnett, Audrey Hepburn, Lady Bird Johnson, several former U.S. ambassadors and California's two senators. |
10 | After MCA bought Universal Studios, federal regulators forced Wasserman to dissolve MCA's agency wing because it was representing performers as their agent while its production company was hiring them; this violated anti-trust laws. [1962] |
11 | A longtime friend of Republican Ronald Reagan, he was nevertheless a committed member of the Democratic party and one of Bill Clinton's earliest backers. |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Loose Tooth | 1997 | Short special thanks | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Last Mogul | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
UCLA & Los Angeles: A Legacy of Leadership | 1998 | Short | Himself |
The 1996 Annual Lucy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
The American Ireland Fund Annual Tribute a Salute to Gene Kelly | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself - Speaker |
Citizen Steve | 1987 | Documentary short | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The 46th Annual Academy Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient |
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Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2007 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | Awarded posthumously on October 5, 2007 at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. to grandson Casey Wasserman on ... More |
1997 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Publicists Guild of America | | |
1975 | DGA Honorary Life Member Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | | |
1974 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Academy Awards, USA | | |
1974 | Showmanship Award | Publicists Guild of America | Motion Picture | |
Known for movies
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