Mary Jo Slater

Mary Jo Slater
Born	Mary Jo Lawton April 19, 1946 (1946-04-19) (age 65) Trenton, New Jersey
Spouse	William Henry Taron (1990-present) Michael Hawkins (1966-1976)

Mary Jo Slater (born Mary Jo Lawton;^[1]^[2] April 19, 1946) is an American casting director and producer for film, television and theatre. She has over 100 movie credits to her name.

Slater was born in Trenton, New Jersey.^[2] She was a production assistant for Mark Twain Tonight! and had her first casting role for the 1977 Broadway revival of Hair. She went on to cast five more theatre productions before moving into film and television.

She was married to actor Michael Hawkins and is the mother of actor Christian Slater. She is also the mother of actor Ryan Slater by her 2nd husband, attorney William Henry Taron.

References

^ Stated on Christian Slater's appearance on Inside the Actors Studio
^ ^a ^b http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084027,00.html

External links

Mary Jo Slater at the Internet Movie Database
Mary Jo Slater at the Internet Broadway Database

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Name	Slater, Mary Jo
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Date of birth	April 19, 1946
Place of birth	Trenton, New Jersey
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