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Bernie Brillstein was born on 26 April 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). He was married to Carol Weinstein, Deborah Ellen Briskin, Laura M (Shifman) Smith and Marilyn Gross.
Brillstein Entertainment Partners (formerly known as Brillstein/Grey Entertainment and Brillstein/Grey Communications) is a talent management firm and television production company formed by the 1986 addition of Brad Grey to The Brillstein Company, founded by Bernie Brillstein in 1969. On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Casey ...
Aug 10, 2008 · VIDEO: Bernie Brillstein, who worked his way up from the WMA mailroom to become one of the most powerful and respected talent brokers, has died. By Ray Richmond , The Associated Press August 10 ...
Aug 13, 2008 · Aug. 12, 2008. LOS ANGELES You knew this was no ordinary memorial service when Jon Lovitz prayed that God should exchange the deceased Bernie Brillstein for his own former manager. A roster of ...
Bernie Brillstein (1931-2008) was Jim Henson's manager and close friend throughout most of Henson's career. Brillstein was working as an agent in 1960 at the New York offices of William Morris Agency when he became Henson's first talent agent. At William Morris, Brillstein sold Rowlf the Dog (puppeteered by Henson) as a regular guest on The Jimmy Dean Show. When Brillstein left William Morris ...
Jan 1, 2008 · David Rensin is the coauthor of show business legend Bernie Brillstein’s widely lauded memoir, Where Did I Go Right, as well as Olympian Louis Zamperini’s World War II survival saga, Devil At My Heels and composer/performer Yanni’s memoir, Yanni: In Words.
- Bernie Brillstein
One weekend, Laura and her husband went to the Concord, a world-famous Jewish hotel and club on Lake Kiamesha, in the Borscht Belt. My mother and father were there, too. I waited at home, knowing that Laura would try to get close to my parents. Sure enough, my mother said, "Oh, that girl was there, with her husband."
