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Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar (born Samuel Lazar; March 28, 1907 – December 30, 1993) was an American lawyer, talent agent and dealmaker, representing both movie stars and authors (including Richard Nixon).
Dec 31, 1993 · Irving Paul Lazar, the agent for scores of literary and entertainment luminaries, who was variously described as a brilliant wheeler-dealer, a lone-wolf dynamo and a manic egotist, died early...
Dec 30, 2015 · Dec 30, 2015. On December 30, 1993, Irving Lazar, undoubtedly the most famous talent agent of all time, who was universally known as “Swifty,” but woe to you if he ever heard you call him that, died, at age 86.
- David B. Green
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Dec 31, 1993 · Irving Paul (Swifty) Lazar, Hollywood’s best-known literary and talent agent whose tenacious deal-making and star-studded client list made him a pioneer in the packaging of modern motion...
Mar 21, 1993 · A Hollywood wit once remarked, “Everybody who matters has two agents—his own and Irving Lazar.”. But Lazar does not consider himself an agent at all; he describes himself as a “dealmaker ...
Jan 1, 1994 · Irving Paul Lazar, the agent for scores of literary and entertainment luminaries, who was variously described as a brilliant wheeler-dealer, a lone-wolf dynamo and a manic egotist,...
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Jan 1, 1994 · Irving Paul Lazar was born in New York. He began his show business career as a lawyer for the MCA talent agency in the 1930s. He became an agent when he learned the cut was 10 percent.
