LAS VEGAS – Mar 19, 2019 – Eight show business managers, who have guided the careers of Aziz Ansari, Joy Behar, Tony Bennett, Claire Bloom, Tina Fey, Peter Frampton, Piper Laurie, The New Christy Minstrels, Ty Pennington, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin and numerous other celebrities, have been named as 2019 inductees to the Personal Managers Hall of Fame.
Sponsored by National Conference of Personal Managers (NCOPM), the 2019 Induction Ceremony will be Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Downtown Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The 2019 Hall of Fame inductees are:
Dee Anthony (1926-2009) was a longtime NCOPM member who managed Tony Bennett for more than a decade and whose clients also included Peter Allen, Joe Cocker, Devo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull and Gary Wright.
George Greif (1923-2007) was an NCOPM founding member who managed Diahann Carroll, Bill Dana, Billy Eckstine, Tony Franciosa, Gogi Grant, Rhonda Fleming, Tina Louise, The New Christy Minstrels, Anthony Quinn and Frankie Vaughan.
Jano Herbosch is an NCOPM Emeritus Member who managed film, TV and theatre actors, served 22 years with the Drama League (including President and Board Member) and was the business partner of the late Spanish fashion designer Fernando Sanchez.
David Miner is a talent manager and television producer on 30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and other series. His clients are all comedy writers, such as Peter Murrieta and Michael Schur, with many also working on-camera, including Aziz Ansari, Tina Fey, Jeff Garlin and Larry Wilmore.
Irene M. Pinn (1914-2006) was a television producer and the longtime personal manager for Lily Tomlin. She was the recipient of two Emmy Awards and was the first woman to receive a Grammy Award for producing a comedy album.
Sherry Robb manages actors and writers and is credited with 11 New York TimesBestsellers. Her expertise as a film producer is adaptations/book rights. A women’s right activist with a Smith College MSW, she survived a decade-long battle with heart disease.
Marion Rosenberg, O.B.E. is a personal manager and film producer, whose clients include Claire Bloom, Jeroen Krabbé, Piper Laurie and Paul Verhoeven. She co-founded the LA branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA-LA).
Bill Stankey is a personal manager of television celebrities, whose clients have included Ty Pennington, Joanna and Chip Gaines, Joy Behar, Dr. Marty Becker, Jillian Harris, Dr. Logan Levkoff, Frank Fritz and Mike Wolfe and Leanne and Steven Ford.
“The Personal Managers Hall of Fame celebrates illustrious careers in entertainment, music, sports and talent management,” said NCOPM National President Clinton Ford Billups Jr. “The 2019 inductees reflect the contributions, ethics and history of personal management that the Hall of Fame acknowledges and honors.”
The 2019 inductees will join 42 current Hall of Fame members, which include Sid Bernstein, Bernie Brillstein, Brian Epstein, Ken Kragen, Doc McGhee, Patricia McQueeney, Dolores Robinson, Jack Rollins, David Sonenberg and many other legendary personal managers.
Nominations are solicited nationwide from the personal management community and inductees are selected by the National Board of Officers of the National Conference of Personal Managers, the nation’s oldest trade association committed to the advancement of personal managers and their clients.
More information, plus tickets for the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame induction ceremony are available at www.PersonalManagersHallofFame.org.
About NCOPM
Established in 1957, National Conference of Personal Managers Inc., the nation’s oldest trade association of entertainment, music, sports and talent managers, is committed to the advancement of personal managers and their clients. NCOPM established the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame in 2015 to acknowledge, celebrate and honor illustrious careers in personal management.
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