Mary Jo Slater
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Mary Jo Slater | |
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| Born | Mary Jo Lawton April 19, 1946 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouses | Jeffrey Wilson
(m. 1982, divorced)William Henry Taron
(m. 1990) |
| Children | 2, including Christian Slater |
Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton;[1][2] born April 19, 1946) is an American casting director and producer for film, television and theatre. She has over 100 movie credits to her name.
Early life and career
[edit]Slater was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Anna Mae (née Sweeny; 1913–1988) and Leonard Joseph Lawton (1914–1995).[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. As a casting director, Slater has been nominated six times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, including three nominations for The Tudors.[3]
Personal life
[edit]She was married to actor Michael Hawkins[a] and with him had one son, actor Christian Slater.[4] She is also the mother of actor Ryan Slater by her second husband, builder Jeffrey Wilson.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Stated on Christian Slater's appearance on Inside the Actors Studio
- ^ a b c So You Want to Be in Soaps? Mary Jo Slater Won't Pull Strings, but She Knows the Ropes, people.com; accessed March 18, 2015.
- ^ "Mary Jo Slater Awards". IMDB. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Christian Slater". Inside the Actors Studio. Season 15. Episode 16. October 13, 2008. Bravo.
- ^ "Christian Slater profile". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
External links
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Notes
[edit]- ^ He was born Thomas Knight Slater.