> Mary Ahern     > Annette Bachner     > Barbara Claman     > Marion Dougherty     > Phyllis Adams Jenkins     > Rhoda Mann-Winkler     > Virginia Raymond     > Lynn Sackler     > Barbara Schultz     > Lela Swift     > Ellen M. Violett   > E-mail this page Crystal Award-winning Dougherty has had a brilliant career that concluded with her recent retirement as Senior VP at Warner and started with her work in New York television in the late 1940’s. For eight years she was the uncredited casting director on the acclaimed, live Kraft Television Theatre, and then she cast gritty filmed dramas, Naked City and Route 66. During those years she started many important New York actors’ careers (for instance, James Dean and Dustin Hoffman). Dougherty started the first casting office in New York City and arguably changed American film by flouting the old Hollywood system of stock casting by casting with a nuanced sense of character and individuality. Today’s casting directors who learned at the School of Dougherty include Juliet Taylor (who used to call Dougherty “Mom”), Amanda Mackey, and Ellen Lewis. More Women >                     Home  |  Contact Us  |  Newsletter Sign-up  |  Donate News & Events  |  The Documentary  |  The Women  |  The Filmmakers  |  View a Video Clip ©2003 - 2009 Finca Blanca Media, LLC All rights reserved.