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Former American talent agency

The William Morris Agency (WMA) was a Hollywood-based talent agency. It represented some of the best-known 20th-century entertainers in film, television, and music. During its 109-year tenure^[1] it came to be regarded as the "first great talent agency in show business".^[2]

In April 2009, WMA announced it would merge with the Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor.^[3] William Morris Endeavor was renamed WME-IMG in 2013, then Endeavor in October 2017.

History

Early history

In 1898, William Morris (born Zelman Moses), a German-Jewish immigrant to the US, posted a cross-hatch trademark above an office door in New York City – four "X's", representing a W superimposed on an M^[4] – and went into business as William Morris, Vaudeville Agent. By the time WMA formally incorporated in New York State on January 31, 1918, Morris' son

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