Georgianne Walken
| Georgianne Walken | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Georgianne Thon 1939 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1990-2007 |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Walken (m. 1969) |
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
- ↑ Georgianne Walken at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Entourage site awards listing Archived August 14, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Entourage cast". Hbo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ↑ Georgianne Walken at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ ""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 the Internet Movie Database
- Walken's entry in Casting Society of America site at the Wayback Machine (archived June 16, 2008)