Hollywood Labor History Juliette Lewis Exclusive Talent Management Agreement 1989

Juliette Lewis

Manuscripts & Autographs

Lewis, Juliette. Signed management agreement, 1989, documents the contractual system of talent representation during the actress’s transition from adolescent television work to feature films. Executed when Lewis was fifteen, the agreement predates her appearance as Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, released later that year, and precedes the early 1990s performances that established her national reputation. Lewis had already appeared in Home Fires, I Married Dora, and My Stepmother Is an Alien, placing the document within the formative period of her professional development.

Lewis, Juliette. Talent management agreement with the Natalie Rosson Agency. April 12, 1989. Two pages. Document Signed. Agreement appointing the agency as Lewis’s “sole and exclusive representative, agent and manager” throughout the world for a three-year term. The language records the mechanisms through which representation rights were consolidated and administered in the entertainment industry, offering direct evidence of the contractual relationship between a young actress and her professional management. Signed “Juliette Lewis” in black ink.

Created during the year Lewis moved into a prominent supporting role in a major studio comedy, the agreement provides a concise record of the business arrangements underlying a developing Hollywood career. Its worldwide exclusivity and three-year duration support research into talent management, youth performance, women’s labor in the entertainment industry, and the commercial structures governing actors before major public recognition. Near fine, as described, with no specific defects reported. A signed early-career document connecting Lewis’s emerging screen presence with the contractual infrastructure of late twentieth-century Hollywood.

Item #8470

Price: $125.00