Film about Famous Wally Amos. He created and lost Famous Amos Cookies. At 82, he's starting over. Can he make his new cookie as famous as his first? Skip to content. Watch …
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Famous Amos is a brand of cookies founded in Los Angeles in 1975 by Wally Amos, a former talent agent with William Morris Agency. Wallace "Wally" Amos was born in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, on July 1, 1936.
Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies. Wallace "Wally" Amos was born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA July 1, 1936.In 1948 he moved to New York City to live with his aunt where they often baked cookies together.
African American entrepreneur Wally Amos founded the Famous Amos cookie brand. He also worked as a talent agent and discovered Simon & Garfunkel. Who Is Wally Amos? Wally Amos was born on July 1, 1936, in Tallahassee, Florida.
In 2014, an article in Fortune magazine lauded "The cookie comeback of 'Famous' Wally Amos" as Amos bought back his handmade cookies under a new name The Cookie Kahuna. These cookies were marketed in a store in Hawaii, where Amos is based.