Management Career
In 1966, he founded the talent agency Allan Carr Enterprises, managing the actors Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, Rosalind Russell, Dyan Cannon, Melina Mercouri and Marlo Thomas. Some of the other entertainment figures whose careers he managed were Ann-Margret (he also produced a string of her television specials), Nancy Walker, Marvin Hamlisch, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Paul Anka, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, George Maharis, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. He is credited as having discovered numerous celebrities, including clients Olivia Newton-John, Mark Hamill, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steve Guttenberg, and Lisa Hartman.
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