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Bernie Brillstein. Highest Rated: 97% The Celluloid Closet (1995) Lowest Rated: 8% Bulletproof (1996) Birthday: Apr 26, 1931. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. At once a consummate, hard-living ...
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 in 1964 to become a manager at Kummer and Associates, Henson followed him. Thus Brillstein transitioned
Aug 7, 2008 · R.I.P. Bernie Brillstein. The 77-year-old Hollywood manager and movie/TV producer died tonight from complications when his kidneys failed after a long illness stemming from heart disease. Bernie ...
Nov 17, 2005 · Bernie Brillstein grew up as the prototypical striving Jew who dreamed of show business. Brillstein and his parents, Moe and Tillie, lived with his uncle, Jack Pearl, an NBC radio comedian.
Aug 8, 2008 · Bernie Brillstein, the top Hollywood manager in the '80s and early '90s who launched careers for Lorne Michaels, John Belushi, Brad Pitt and Jim Henson, has died at 77. He had been suffering from ...
A conversation with showbiz vet Bernie Brillstein. LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Bernie Brillstein is a show-business original. He's a street-smart, savvy, self-confessed "fat guy" who looks a little like ...
