Episode 20 - Jane Jenkins
Today we’re excited to sit down with Jane Jenkins. She’s a delight, both to talk to and listen to, and it’s probably safe to say that she’s had a hand in casting at least one of your favorite nostalgic movies in her incredible career. Her early career working at Zoetrope lead to collaborations like that of her and her partner at The Casting Company Janet Hirshenson. Jane worked on movies like The Princess Bride, A Beautiful Mind, Beetlejuice, Dune, Apollo 13, Mrs. Doubtfire, Ghost, Hook, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, Labyrinth, Willow, and a whole lot more.
Show Notes:
Jane Jenkins
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420747
Charlie Chappell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584890/
Mary Martin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552756
Ezio Pinza
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684753
Warner LeRoy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1553704/
Salome Jens
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421300
George Gaynes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310960
Bill Hickie
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382676
Charles Nelson Riley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717650
Lonny Chapman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152452
Dustin Hoffman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163
The Les Crane Show
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8970422/
Rudy Tellez
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854476
John Peters
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676515
Barbara Streisand
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659
A Star is Born
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075265
Frank Pierson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682757
King of the Gypsies
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077807/
Ralph Waite
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906627
The Waltons
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068149
On the Nickle
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081277/
SAG
Joe Scully
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780277
Mahogany
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073335
The Paper Chase
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070509
The Millionaire
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047758
Janet Hirschensen
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386664
Jennifer Shull
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795707
Francis Coppola
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000338
Fred Roos
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740407
A Star is Found book- Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirschensen
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Found-Adventures-Casting-Hollywoods/dp/B001PTGIKQ
Zoetrope Studios
The Competition
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080556
One From The Heart
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084445
It’s My Turn
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080936/
Michael Douglas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140
Jill Clayburgh
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001049
Ron Howard
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000165
Night Shift
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084412/
Rob Reiner
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661
This is Spinal Tap
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258
The Sure Thing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090103
Chris Columbus
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001060
Yes, Giorgio
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084931
Mel Brooks
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316
“The Casting Company”
https://castingdirectorslist.com/whoswho/casting-company/
Ray Stark
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823256
Raul Julia
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471
Bruce Willis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246
Patrick Swayze
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000664
Wolfgang Peterson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000583
Sharon Chatten
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154102/
Stanislavski
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2507427
Herbert Berghof
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074596
Henry Winkler
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001857
Michael Keaton
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000474
Shelley Long
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001480
Brian Grazer
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004976
Jim Belushi
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000902
Tom Hanks
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158
Dune
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032
Julia Roberts
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210
Mystic Pizza
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095690
David Kronenberg
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472153/
Jim Henson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001345
Nancy Meyers
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583600
The Holiday
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457939
Kate Winslet
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701
Robin Wright
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000705
Bill Goldman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001279
Princess Bride
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779
Ray Gideon
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317279
Bruce Evans
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262595
Nicolette Sheridan
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001733
Stand by Me
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005
John Cusack
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000131
Cary Elwes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000144
Mandy Patinkin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001597
Fred Savage
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000625
Andre the Giant
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000764
Willow
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096446
Karim Abdul-Jabar
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3056563
Richard Kiel
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001423
The Witches of Eastwick
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094332
Beetlejuice
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721
Frankenweenie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142977
Geena Davis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000133
Winona Ryder
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000213
Sammy Davis jr.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002035
Sylvia Sydney
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796662
Richard Hashimoto
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368069
The Documentary for the Recently Deceased
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10036416
Tim Burton
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318
Lady Jane
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091374
A Beautiful Mind
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978
Russell Crowe
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128
Paul Bettany
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079273
Ferris Beuller
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042
Robert Downey Junior
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375
Jennifer Connelly
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000124
A Knight’s Tale
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790
Steven Spielberg
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229
Tom Cruise
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129
Heath Ledger
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132
Josh Lucas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524197
Gary Sinise
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000641
John Hughes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455
Ransom
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117438
Intro and Outro Music
"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
