Nina Kether Axelrod (born July 28, 1955) is an American actress who appeared in films and television mainly during the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, she has worked as a casting director on films and taught drama in schools.
Biography
Several of her family members have worked in the film industry. She is married to
Robert Jaffe, an actor, writer, and producer, and mother of actor
Taliesin Jaffe. She is the daughter of Joan Stanton and
George Axelrod
George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter and producer. His play '' The Seven Year Itch'' (1952), was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award ...
, who was a screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director. Her siblings are lawyer Peter Axelrod and author Steven Axelrod.
Career
Her television appearances have included ''
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produ ...
'' and ''
CHiPs
''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays fr ...
''. Her noted films include ''
Roller Boogie'' (1979), the now cult classic, slasher parody ''
Motel Hell'' (1980), ''
Time Walker'' (1982), ''
Cross Country'' (1983) and ''
Critters 3'' (1991). In the mid 80s, Axelrod began her present work in film casting. In 1981, Axelrod read for the Rachael character of Ridley Scott's science fiction noir, ''
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Di ...
'' (1982) and is featured on a screen test of the 2007 DVD release of the Final Cut release, Disc 4 of "
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Di ...
".
References
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1955 births
20th-century American actresses
Living people
Actresses from New York City
American film actresses
American television actresses
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