Sam Cohn
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Cohn in 1984
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| Born |
Samuel Charles Cohn May 11, 1929 Altoona, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 6, 2009 (aged 79) New York City |
| Occupation | talent agent |
Samuel Charles "Sam" Cohn (May 11, 1929 – May 6, 2009) was a talent agent at International Creative Management, a firm he helped create, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
Cohn has been described as one of the most powerful agents in the 1970s and 1980s, and had an extensive client list that included top stars in theater and film. Some of his most well-known clients included Paul Newman, Woody Allen, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Liza Minnelli, Whoopi Goldberg, Cher, Dianne Wiest, Jackie Gleason, Dame Maggie Smith, Robert Altman, and E.L. Doctorow. Time magazine called Cohn "the first superagent of the modern age".
Cohn was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. His father, grandfather and uncle operated a company called Independent Oil Company of Pennsylvania that marketed refined petroleum products, and was later sold to Standard Oil of New York.
Cohn attended the Culver Military Academy in Indiana, and earned a bachelor's degree in English and German literature from Princeton University. He enrolled in Yale Law School, but put his legal studies on hold to join the Army and served in Japan at the end of the Korean War. He completed his law degree in 1956.
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