Award-winning casting director Alixe Gordin died at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on November 28. She was 96. Additional details about her death were not revealed.
Born Alixe Glas on April 10, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio, she took her stage name Gordin when she started performing as a musician and an actor. She got into casting in the ’60s with Studio One and The Defenders on CBS.
Gordin is known for her casting work on some of the most iconic films in history. She served as casting director for the Brian De Palma classic Scarface which earned Al Pacino and Steven Bauer a Golden Globe nomination in 1984. She worked on Alan J. Pakula’s Klute which won Jane Fonda an Academy Award in 1971. She reteamed with Pakula for his film Sophie’s Choice which went on to win an Academy Award for Meryl Streep in 1982. Gordin’s magic touch would continue with John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor,...
Born Alixe Glas on April 10, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio, she took her stage name Gordin when she started performing as a musician and an actor. She got into casting in the ’60s with Studio One and The Defenders on CBS.
Gordin is known for her casting work on some of the most iconic films in history. She served as casting director for the Brian De Palma classic Scarface which earned Al Pacino and Steven Bauer a Golden Globe nomination in 1984. She worked on Alan J. Pakula’s Klute which won Jane Fonda an Academy Award in 1971. She reteamed with Pakula for his film Sophie’s Choice which went on to win an Academy Award for Meryl Streep in 1982. Gordin’s magic touch would continue with John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor,...
- 12/3/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Alixe Gordin, the casting director who worked on Scarface, Prizzi’s Honor and 10 films with director Alan J. Pakula, including Klute and Sophie's Choice, has died. She was 96.
Gordin died Wednesday at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, family spokeswoman Emily M. Kellndorfer said.
Gordin also won a Primetime Emmy in 1991 for casting for a miniseries or a special for her work on ABC's three-hour Separate But Equal, which starred Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall.
In addition to Klute (1971) and Sophie's Choice (1982), she collaborated with Pakula on The Parallax View (1974), Dream Lover (1986), Orphans (1987), See You in the Morning (1989) — she also ...
Gordin died Wednesday at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, family spokeswoman Emily M. Kellndorfer said.
Gordin also won a Primetime Emmy in 1991 for casting for a miniseries or a special for her work on ABC's three-hour Separate But Equal, which starred Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall.
In addition to Klute (1971) and Sophie's Choice (1982), she collaborated with Pakula on The Parallax View (1974), Dream Lover (1986), Orphans (1987), See You in the Morning (1989) — she also ...
- 12/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Alixe Gordin, the casting director who worked on Scarface, Prizzi’s Honor and 10 films with director Alan J. Pakula, including Klute and Sophie's Choice, has died. She was 96.
Gordin died Wednesday at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, family spokeswoman Emily M. Kellndorfer said.
Gordin also won a Primetime Emmy in 1991 for casting for a miniseries or a special for her work on ABC's three-hour Separate But Equal, which starred Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall.
In addition to Klute (1971) and Sophie's Choice (1982), she collaborated with Pakula on The Parallax View (1974), Dream Lover (1986), Orphans (1987), See You in the Morning (1989) — she also ...
Gordin died Wednesday at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, family spokeswoman Emily M. Kellndorfer said.
Gordin also won a Primetime Emmy in 1991 for casting for a miniseries or a special for her work on ABC's three-hour Separate But Equal, which starred Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall.
In addition to Klute (1971) and Sophie's Choice (1982), she collaborated with Pakula on The Parallax View (1974), Dream Lover (1986), Orphans (1987), See You in the Morning (1989) — she also ...
- 12/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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