Georgianne Leigh Walken (née Thon; born February 8, 1944) is a former American

casting director In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script, scr ...

Life and career

Her original surname of Korzen was changed to that of her maternal aunt, Irene Thon, who raised her. Walken, along with casting partner Sheila Jaffe of Walken/Jaffe, has been the casting director for more than 80 television shows and movies since 1989, including ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

'' and ''

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''. Walken also had minor acting roles in a 2006 episode of ''

'', as well as the 1983 film ''Brainstorm'' with her husband

Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor. Prolific in film, television and on stage, Walken is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Awa ...

and the late

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...

. The Walkens have been married since 1969 and reside in rural Connecticut."Bend it like Walken: Actor has more to say about food and hair than acting", Dixie Reid, ''The Sacramento Bee'', Oct 24, 2004
Walken and Jaffe did the casting for '' Basquiat'', in which Christopher Walken has a

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly ei ...

. Among the other films which Walken and Jaffe have cast include '' Monkeybone'', '' Bedazzled'', ''

Black Knight The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed as villainous figures who use this anonymity for misdeeds. They are often contrasted with t ...

'', ''

Two Girls and a Guy ''Two Girls and a Guy'' is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by James Toback and produced by Edward R. Pressman and Chris Hanley. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film is ma ...

'', ''

American Strays ''American Strays'' is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Covert. It follows three interwoven stories of desert travelers as they converge on a small diner. Synopsis Red's Desert Diner Oasis, a dive in the middle of nowhere, b ...

'', and '' Subway Stories''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walken, Georgianne 1944 births Living people American casting directors Women casting directors