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talent agent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Edith Beckerman</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1936)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lewis Robert Wasserman</b> (March 22, 1913 – June 3, 2002) was an American businessman and <a href="/wiki/Talent_agent" title="Talent agent">talent agent</a>, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World War II".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His career spanned nearly eight decades from the 1920s to the 2000s; he started working as a cinema usher before dropping out of high school, rose to become the president of <a href="/wiki/MCA_Inc." title="MCA Inc.">MCA Inc.</a> and led its takeover of <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, during which time Wasserman "brought about changes in virtually every aspect of show business".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>. Several years later, he spoke of his ongoing work at Universal to <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>, saying, "I am under contract here for the rest of my life, and I don't think they would throw me out of my office—my name is on the building."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wasserman was born to a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, the son of Isaac Wasserman and Minnie Chernick, both emigrants from Russia. He began his show business career as an usher in a Cleveland theater in 1933. He later became a booking agent for the <a href="/wiki/Music_Corporation_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Music Corporation of America">Music Corporation of America</a> (MCA), founded by <a href="/wiki/Jules_Stein" class="mw-redirect" title="Jules Stein">Jules Stein</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hollywood_career">Hollywood career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hollywood career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg/220px-Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg/330px-Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg/440px-Lew_R_Wasserman_statue_Universal_Florida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Statue of Wasserman at <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Florida" title="Universal Studios Florida">Universal Studios Florida</a>. An identical statue exists in Universal Studios Japan.</figcaption></figure> <p>Under Wasserman, MCA branched out into representing actors and actresses in addition to musicians and in the process created the <a href="/wiki/Star_system_(filmmaking)" title="Star system (filmmaking)">star system</a>, which drove up prices for studios. MCA struggled to gain ground in Hollywood since major agencies like those belonging to <a href="/wiki/Charles_Feldman" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Feldman">Charles Feldman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myron_Selznick" title="Myron Selznick">Myron Selznick</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leland_Hayward" title="Leland Hayward">Leland Hayward</a> had already grabbed up most of the major talent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, in the mid-1940s, when it purchased Hayward's agency, MCA finally gained bargaining leverage with the studios. As an agency, Wasserman's MCA came to dominate Hollywood, representing such stars as <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Wasserman was an influential player and fundraiser in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, but was also a lifelong and instrumental advocate, mentor, and close friend of Reagan's.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Newsmeat Power Rankings identify Wasserman and his close friend <a href="/wiki/Jack_Valenti" title="Jack Valenti">Jack Valenti</a> as two of the top five "most famous and powerful Americans whose campaign contributions result most often in victory."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At MCA, Wasserman expanded upon a business practice known as <a href="/wiki/Film_packaging" class="mw-redirect" title="Film packaging">film packaging</a>, a process established by earlier agents like Feldman and Selznick. Since studios reduced output after World War II, they let more actors out of long-term contracts, and big agencies like MCA could then negotiate stronger terms for their clients. Agents like Wasserman would pitch packages, for example a writer client, director client, and actor or actress, to the studios who then needed only to finance it. Therefore, in some respects, agencies began to do the job previously done by the studios – namely, assembling films.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Wasserman expanded on practices established by earlier agents. For example, Feldman and Selznick realized in the late 1930s that an actor could pay much less tax by turning himself into a corporation. The corporation, which would employ the actor, would own part of a motion picture in which the actor appeared, and all monies would accrue to the corporation, which was taxed at a much lower rate than was personal income.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Wasserman used this tax avoidance scheme with actor <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a>, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mann" title="Anthony Mann">Anthony Mann</a> western <i><a href="/wiki/Winchester_%2773" title="Winchester '73">Winchester '73</a></i> (1950). This marked the first time an onscreen talent ever received "points in the film"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What are "points in the film"? (September 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> – a business tactic that skyrocketed after Wasserman's negotiation and Stewart's ensuing success.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lew_Wasserman_standing_in_Cross_Hall_during_Reception_and_Presentation_of_Congressional_Medal_to_Lady_Bird_Johnson_C46731-14_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Lew_Wasserman_standing_in_Cross_Hall_during_Reception_and_Presentation_of_Congressional_Medal_to_Lady_Bird_Johnson_C46731-14_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Lew_Wasserman_standing_in_Cross_Hall_during_Reception_and_Presentation_of_Congressional_Medal_to_Lady_Bird_Johnson_C46731-14_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Lew_Wasserman_standing_in_Cross_Hall_during_Reception_and_Presentation_of_Congressional_Medal_to_Lady_Bird_Johnson_C46731-14_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="242" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Wasserman in 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the rising postwar popularity of television and the resulting near bankruptcy of many studios, Wasserman purchased <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios" title="Universal Studios">Universal Studios</a> and <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> in 1962 and merged them with MCA. In 1966, he singlehandedly installed <a href="/wiki/Jack_Valenti" title="Jack Valenti">Jack Valenti</a> as head of the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">Motion Picture Association of America</a> (MPAA). Together they orchestrated and controlled much of how Hollywood operated, and was allowed to do business, for the next several decades. Wasserman ran the combined company for nearly 30 years before selling it to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Consumer_electronics" title="Consumer electronics">consumer electronics</a> conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Matsushita_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsushita Electric">Matsushita Electric</a> in 1990. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to the 2003 book <i>When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence</i>, Wasserman was interested in acquiring <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a> in 1984, and this deal came within inches of actually happening:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In 1984, MCA held talks about acquiring <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(Burbank)" title="Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)">Walt Disney Studios</a> when that company was trying to repel the advances of investor <a href="/wiki/Saul_Steinberg_(businessman)" title="Saul Steinberg (businessman)">Saul Steinberg</a>. "All the terms were done," said <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>, who had learned what happened from one of the principals. "But the <a href="/wiki/Disney_family" title="Disney family">Disney family</a> said that <a href="/wiki/Ron_W._Miller" title="Ron W. Miller">Ron Miller</a> [a Disney executive] had to be [MCA] president. [MCA president and COO] <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sheinberg" title="Sidney Sheinberg">Sid [Sheinberg]</a> said to Lew, "It's fine." <a href="/wiki/Felix_Rohatyn" title="Felix Rohatyn">Felix [Rohatyn</a>, the investment banker advising MCA] said to Lew, "Do it – a year from now, you'll get rid of Miller, and make Sid President." But Lew said "No. Sidney is president." "It was Lew's inflexibility that caused him to blow deals he should not have blown," Diller added. "He and Jules had built the best company – they should have owned the world. And had they made this deal with Disney, everything would have been different."</p></blockquote> <p>As a tribute to the man who essentially built the park, the New York section of <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Florida" title="Universal Studios Florida">Universal Studios Florida</a> possesses a statue of Wasserman with an accompanying plaque. It is routinely decorated for various events, such as <a href="/wiki/Halloween_Horror_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Halloween Horror Nights">Halloween Horror Nights</a>, and is removed for the Macy's Holiday Parade, as to not interfere with the various balloons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_connections">Political connections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Lew_Wasserman" title="Special:EditPage/Lew Wasserman">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Dan_Moldea" title="Dan Moldea">Dan Moldea</a>'s survey <i>Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob</i> (which inspired Clara and Julia Kuperberg's 2017 TV documentary <i>Ronald Reagan: un Président Sur Mesure</i>), Wasserman was the link between the Mafia, the Hollywood film industry and Reagan, who obtained very lucrative deals as an actor with Wasserman as his agent. By 1947, just after <a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a> died, and still with the help of his alliance with the underworld, Wasserman was instrumental in helping Reagan to become president of the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild" title="Screen Actors Guild">Screen Actors Guild</a>, which kicked-off Reagan's rise to power. Reagan allowed MCA to work both as a producer as well as an agent, which enabled the Mafia to earn a huge income. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_years">Last years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Last years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1993, Wasserman created <a href="/wiki/Universal_CityWalk" title="Universal CityWalk">Universal CityWalk</a> and made numerous, substantial changes to the Universal City area. Wasserman pocketed an estimated $350 million from the sale of MCA and remained as manager, but with vastly diminished power and influence, until <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a> bought <a href="/wiki/Controlling_interest" title="Controlling interest">controlling interest</a> in 1995, which then resulted in his role becoming even more marginalized. Wasserman served on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> until 1998. On September 29, 1995, Wasserman was presented with the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>. In 1996, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Television_Hall_of_Fame" title="Television Hall of Fame">Television Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wasserman died of complications from a stroke in Beverly Hills in 2002 and was interred in <a href="/wiki/Hillside_Memorial_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillside Memorial Park">Hillside Memorial Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City</a>. He was honored posthumously with the 2,349th star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> on October 5, 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wasserman was married to Edith "Edie" Beckerman, who was also Jewish.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had one child, a daughter, Lynne Kay Wasserman.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lynne married MCA agent Ron Leif with whom she had a daughter, Carol Ann Leif; they later divorced. In 1970, Lynne married stockbroker Jack Meyerowitz. They changed their name to Myers and had a son, <a href="/wiki/Casey_Wasserman" title="Casey Wasserman">Casey Wasserman</a>. This marriage also ended in divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casey carries on the family name in the agency business, the <a href="/wiki/Wasserman_Media_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasserman Media Group">Wasserman Media Group</a> (WMG), which he started in 1998. He is also acting president and chief executive officer of the Wasserman Foundation, a charitable organization founded by the Wassermans in 1952 in Beverly Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actress <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> was his goddaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wasserman's granddaughter, Carol Ann Leif, is a stand-up comedian.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wasserman's widow, Edie, died on August 18, 2011, at the age of 95.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wasserman was portrayed by David Eisner in the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Martin_and_Lewis_(film)" title="Martin and Lewis (film)">Martin and Lewis</a></i> (2002), by Stewart Bick in the TV film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Reagans" title="The Reagans">The Reagans</a></i> (2003), and by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stuhlbarg" title="Michael Stuhlbarg">Michael Stuhlbarg</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Hitchcock_(film)" title="Hitchcock (film)">Hitchcock</a></i> (2012). Wasserman was also the subject of the biography film <i>The Last Mogul</i> (2005).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Wasserman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKandell2002" class="citation news cs1">Kandell, Jonathan (June 4, 2002). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/04/business/lew-wasserman-89-is-dead-last-of-hollywood-s-moguls.html">"Lew Wasserman, 89, Is Dead; Last of Hollywood's Moguls"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. p. A1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Lew+Wasserman%2C+89%2C+Is+Dead%3B+Last+of+Hollywood%27s+Moguls&rft.pages=A1&rft.date=2002-06-04&rft.aulast=Kandell&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2002%2F06%2F04%2Fbusiness%2Flew-wasserman-89-is-dead-last-of-hollywood-s-moguls.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALew+Wasserman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGray2016" class="citation news cs1">Gray, Tim (March 22, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/lew-wasserman-birthday-mover-shaker-1201721984/">"Lew Wasserman: Still Remembered as Hollywood's Ultimate Mover and Shaker"</a>. <i>Variety</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Lew+Wasserman%3A+Still+Remembered+as+Hollywood%27s+Ultimate+Mover+and+Shaker&rft.date=2016-03-22&rft.aulast=Gray&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2016%2Fbiz%2Fnews%2Flew-wasserman-birthday-mover-shaker-1201721984%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALew+Wasserman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErens1998" class="citation book cs1">Erens, Patricia (1998). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jew_in_American_Cinema" title="The Jew in American Cinema">The Jew in American Cinema</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Press" title="Indiana University Press">Indiana University Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-v2Di_5ShGMC&q=Lew%20Wasserman&pg=PA392">392</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-253-20493-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-253-20493-6"><bdi>978-0-253-20493-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jew+in+American+Cinema&rft.pages=392&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-253-20493-6&rft.aulast=Erens&rft.aufirst=Patricia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALew+Wasserman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100205052239/http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Lew_Wasserman.php">"Campaign Contribution Search: Lew Wasserman"</a>. <i>Newsmeat</i>. 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