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Mary Jo Slater

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Producer
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Mary Jo Slater
Mary Jo Slater was born on 19 April 1946 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. She is a casting director and producer, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), The Last Castle (2001) and Street Fighter (1994). She has been married to William Henry Taron since 9 September 1990. She was previously married to Michael Hawkins and Jeffrey Wilson.
BornApril 19, 1946
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BornApril 19, 1946
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    • Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
    7.2
    • Casting Director
    • 1991
    Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Delroy Lindo, and Mark Ruffalo in The Last Castle (2001)
    The Last Castle
    6.9
    • Casting Director
    • 2001
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Wes Studi, Jay Tavare, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
    Street Fighter
    4.1
    • Casting Director
    • 1994
    The Arrival (1996)
    The Arrival
    6.2
    • Casting Director
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • Western Conviction
      • Casting Director
      • Pre-production
    • True Sherlock
      • Casting Director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • 6iX
      • Casting Director
      • Pre-production
    • Wish Watch
      • Casting Director
      • Pre-production
    • Nameless
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • Dad's Party
      • Casting Director
      • Completed
    • One Stupid Thing
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • The Get Back Girl
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • The Girl from Hollywood
      • Casting Director (2021)
      • Pre-production
      • TV Mini Series
    • Chris Webster and Chris Geere in The Rewrite (2023)
      The Rewrite
      6.8
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Crimson Point (2023)
      Crimson Point
      5.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Makenzie Moss and O'Neill Monahan in Let Us In (2021)
      Let Us In
      4.4
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • The Black Emperor of Broadway (2020)
      The Black Emperor of Broadway
      6.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • David Strathairn and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Walkaway Joe (2020)
      Walkaway Joe
      5.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Paul Rodriguez, William Miller, and David Castro in Ruta Madre (2019)
      Ruta Madre
      4.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • I Hate Kids (2019)
      I Hate Kids
      5.0
      • Casting Director (as Mary Joe Slater)
      • 2019
    • Where We Disappear (2019)
      Where We Disappear
      4.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • Tom Berenger, Lance Henriksen, and Danny Trejo in Gone Are the Days (2018)
      Gone Are the Days
      5.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • 12 Round Gun (2017)
      12 Round Gun
      4.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Travis Caldwell and Emma Fuhrmann in Girl Followed (2017)
      Girl Followed
      4.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Julian Feder in A Boy Called Po (2016)
      A Boy Called Po
      6.4
      • Casting Director
      • 2016
    • Lumen
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2015
    • Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes, and Jes Macallan in Mistresses (2013)
      Mistresses
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2013–2015
    • Stephen A. Chang in Vanity (2015)
      Vanity
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2015

    Casting Department

    • Steven Seagal in Code of Honor (2016)
      Code of Honor
      4.1
      • casting: los angeles
      • 2016
    • The Squeeze (2015)
      The Squeeze
      5.4
      • casting
      • 2015
    • Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes, and Jes Macallan in Mistresses (2013)
      Mistresses
      7.1
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2013
    • Underemployed (2012)
      Underemployed
      6.8
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2012
    • Colin Ferguson, Joe Morton, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Neil Grayston, Erica Cerra, and Jordan Hinson in Eureka (2006)
      Eureka
      7.9
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2006–2011
    • Jesse Metcalfe and Natalie Lisinska in Fairfield Road (2010)
      Fairfield Road
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • casting: US
      • 2010
    • Joely Richardson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Joss Stone, Tamzin Merchant, Natalie Dormer, and Annabelle Wallis in The Tudors (2007)
      The Tudors
      8.1
      TV Series
      • casting consultant: US
      • 2007–2010
    • Cary Elwes and Andie MacDowell in As Good as Dead (2010)
      As Good as Dead
      5.1
      • additional casting
      • 2010
    • The National Tree (2009)
      The National Tree
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • casting: Us
      • 2009
    • Christina Cox, Paula Garcés, Laura Harris, Ron Livingston, Maxim Roy, and Malik Yoba in Defying Gravity (2009)
      Defying Gravity
      7.3
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • casting
      • 2009
    • Malcolm McDowell, Alice Cooper, Dave Foley, Moby, Iggy Pop, Alex Lifeson, Jessica Paré, Henry Rollins, Rob Stefaniuk, Mike Lobel, Paul Anthony, Dimitri Coats, and Chris Ratz in Suck (2009)
      Suck
      6.0
      • casting consultant
      • 2009
    • Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
      Dirty Sexy Money
      7.2
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2007–2009
    • The Starter Wife (2008)
      The Starter Wife
      6.5
      TV Series
      • casting: U.S.
      • 2008
    • Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
      Jesse Stone: Night Passage
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • casting: Los Angeles
      • 2006
    • Charlie Jade (2005)
      Charlie Jade
      7.2
      TV Series
      • casting director: USA casting
      • 2005

    Producer

    • Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
      Miracle on 42nd Street
      7.5
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Naked Movie (2002)
      Naked Movie
      4.2
      • executive producer
      • 2002
    • Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Allen, and Portia de Rossi in Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
      Who Is Cletis Tout?
      6.3
      • co-producer
      • 2001
    • Looking for an Echo (2000)
      Looking for an Echo
      6.5
      • co-producer
      • 2000
    • Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, and Johnny Whitworth in Hell's Kitchen (1998)
      Hell's Kitchen
      4.6
      • associate producer
      • 1998
    • Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997)
      Merry Christmas, George Bailey
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1997
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    • Alternative names
      • Mary Joe Slater
    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
    • Born
      • April 19, 1946
      • Trenton, New Jersey, USA
    • Spouses
        William Henry TaronSeptember 9, 1990 - present
    • Children
        Christian Slater
    • Parents
        Leonard Joseph Lawton

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      Mother, with Michael Hawkins, of Christian Slater.

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