Lew Wasserman

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businessperson film executive human talent agent

Lew Wasserman was a powerful American talent agent and studio executive who led MCA and Universal, shaping much of Hollywood’s modern business structure and star system.

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Label Occurrences
Lew R. Wasserman 1
Lew Wasserman canonical 1
Lewis Robert Wasserman 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
film executive ⓘ
human ⓘ
talent agent ⓘ
basedIn Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-03-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-06-03 ⓘ
employer MCA ⓘ
surface form: MCA Inc.

MCA Records ⓘ
surface form: Music Corporation of America

Universal Pictures ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Wasserman ⓘ
fullName Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lewis Robert Wasserman
genreOfWork film industry ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
givenName Lewis ⓘ
hasAlias Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lew R. Wasserman

Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lewis Wasserman
honor Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award ⓘ
influenced Hollywood contract structures ⓘ
modern talent agency business practices ⓘ
television packaging models ⓘ
knownFor being one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood in the 20th century ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor developing the modern star system in Hollywood ⓘ
influential role in Hollywood labor and guild negotiations ⓘ
orchestrating the merger of MCA and Universal ⓘ
pioneering packaging of talent for film and television deals ⓘ
shaping the modern Hollywood studio system ⓘ
notableRole mentor to numerous Hollywood executives ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
talent agent ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
politicalActivity major fundraiser for the Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of MCA Inc. ⓘ
head of Universal Studios ⓘ
president of MCA Inc. ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
spouse Edie Wasserman ⓘ
workedAt MCA Music Entertainment Group ⓘ
surface form: MCA talent agency

Universal Studios Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Universal Studios backlot

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Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Lew Wasserman ⓘ
Lew Wasserman → fullName → Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lewis Robert Wasserman
Lew Wasserman → hasAlias → Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lewis Wasserman
Lew Wasserman → hasAlias → Lew Wasserman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lew R. Wasserman