Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton;
[ 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
Slater was born in Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County. It was the federal capital, capital of the United States from November 1 until D ...
, the daughter of Anna Mae (née Sweeny; 1913–1988) and Leonard Joseph Lawton (1914–1995).[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. She was a production assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a member of the film crew and is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production. The job of a PA can vary greatly depending on the budget ...
for '' Mark Twain Tonight!'' and had her first casting role for the 1977 Broadway revival of ''Hair
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''. 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
''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...
''.
Personal life
She was married to actor Michael Hawkins and with him had one son, actor Christian Slater.
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1946 births
Film producers from New York (state)
American casting directors
American women casting directors
Living people
Businesspeople from New York City
American talent agents