Georgianne Walken

Georgianne Leigh Walken (née Thon; born 1944) is an American casting director.[1][2]

Georgianne Walken
Born
Georgianne Leigh Thon

(1944-02-08) February 8, 1944
United States
OccupationCasting director
Years active1990–2007
Spouse(s)

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 1991, 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 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 on IMDb
  2. Entourage site awards listing Archived August 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Entourage cast". Hbo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. Georgianne Walken on IMDb
  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 Archived October 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine


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