Georgianne Walken

Georgianne Walken
Born
Georgianne Leigh Korzen

(1944-02-08) February 8, 1944 (age 80)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationCasting director
Years active1990–2007
Spouse
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(m. 1969)​

Georgianne Leigh Walken (née Thon; born February 8, 1944) is an American former casting director.[1][2]

Life and career

Her original surname, Korzen, was changed to that of her maternal aunt, Irene Thon, who raised her.

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 1989, including The Sopranos and Entourage.[1]

Walken also had minor acting roles in a 2006 episode of The Sopranos, as well as the 1983 film Brainstorm with her husband Christopher Walken and the late Natalie Wood. The Walkens have been married since 1969 and reside in rural Connecticut.[4][5] Walken and Jaffe did the casting for Basquiat, in which Christopher Walken has a cameo appearance. Among the other films which Walken and Jaffe have cast include Monkeybone, Bedazzled, Black Knight, Two Girls and a Guy, American Strays, and Subway Stories.

References

  1. ^ a b Georgianne Walken at IMDb
  2. ^ Entourage site awards listing Archived August 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Entourage cast". Hbo.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  4. ^ ""How Walken Makes Us Laugh in Fear", Peter Howell". Thestar.com. July 20, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "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