Georgianne Walken
Georgianne Walken | |
|---|---|
| Born | Georgianne Leigh Thon 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Casting director |
| Years active | 1990–2007 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | None |
Georgianne Leigh Walken (maiden name Thon; born 1944) is an American casting director.[1][2]
Life and career
Walken, along with casting partner Sheila Jaffe of Walken/Jaffe,[3] has been the casting director for more than 80 television shows and movies since 1990, including The Sopranos and Entourage.[4]
Walken also had minor acting roles in a 2006 episode of The Sopranos, as well as Brainstorm, a 1983 movie starring her husband Christopher Walken and the late Natalie Wood. The Walkens have been married since 1969, but have no children. They reside in rural Connecticut.[5][6] Walken and Jaffe did the casting for Basquiat, in which Christopher Walken has a cameo appearance. Walken and Jaffee have cast numerous films, including as Monkeybone, Bedazzled, Black Knight, Two Girls and a Guy, and Subway Stories. Their first casting effort was for the film End of the Night (1990).
References
- ^ Georgianne Walken at IMDb
- ^ Entourage site awards listing Archived August 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Entourage cast". Hbo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ^ Georgianne Walken at IMDb
- ^ ""How Walken Makes Us Laugh in Fear", Peter Howell". Thestar.com. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ^ "Bend it like Walken: Actor has more to say about food and hair than acting", Dixie Reid, The Sacramento Bee, Oct 24, 2004 Archived October 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Georgianne Walken at IMDb
- Walken's entry in Casting Society of America site at the Wayback Machine (archived June 16, 2008)
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