Georgianne Walken

Georgianne Walken
Born 1939
United States
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Christopher Walken

Georgianne Leigh Walken (maiden name Thon; b. 1939) 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, and 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

  1. ↑ Georgianne Walken at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Entourage site awards listing
  3. ↑ "Entourage cast". Hbo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. ↑ Georgianne Walken at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ ""How Walken Makes Us Laugh in Fear", Peter Howell". Thestar.com. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  6. ↑ "Bend it like Walken: Actor has more to say about food and hair than acting", Dixie Reid, The Sacramento Bee, Oct 24, 2004

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