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Lynn Stalmaster is an American casting director and actor. He is best known for his work in the film and television industry, having cast over 200 films and television shows. He has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards and won two. He has also been nominated for two Academy Awards.
Stalmaster was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended the University of Nebraska. He began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1950s, working as an assistant to the casting director at Universal Studios. He then moved to Warner Bros. where he worked as a casting director for over 20 years.
Stalmaster has cast a wide variety of films and television shows, including The Graduate, The Right Stuff, The Big Chill, The Color Purple, Thelma & Louise, and The West Wing. He has also cast numerous television shows, including The Waltons, M*A*S*H, and The Golden Girls.
Stalmaster has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards and won two. He has also been nominated for two Academy Awards. He was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006.
As of 2021, Lynn Stalmaster's net worth is estimated to be $2 million.
| Popular As |
Lynn Arlen Stalmaster |
| Occupation |
casting_director,casting_department,actor |
| Age |
94 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
17 November 1927 |
| Birthday |
17 November |
| Birthplace |
Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| Date of death |
12 February, 2021 |
| Died Place |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Lynn Stalmaster Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lynn Stalmaster's Wife?
His wife is Shirley A. Alexander (6 December 1962 - 1972) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Gloria McGough (7 April 1956 - ?) ( divorced)
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Shirley A. Alexander (6 December 1962 - 1972) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Gloria McGough (7 April 1956 - ?) ( divorced) |
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Lynn Stalmaster Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Lynn Stalmaster worth at the age of 94 years old? Lynn Stalmaster’s income source is mostly from being a successful Casting Director. He is from United States. We have estimated
Lynn Stalmaster's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Source of Income |
Casting Director |
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Timeline
As of 2017, he provided the cast of eight films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Deliverance (1972), Bound for Glory (1976), Coming Home (1978), Tootsie (1982) and The Right Stuff (1983). Of those, only In the Heat of the Night (1967) is a winner in the category.
He discovered Christopher Reeve on the New York stage and persisted in sustained efforts to have him assigned the lead role of Superman (1978) (saying "I was totally captured, not only by his talent, but by him as a human being").
He furthered the careers of Ned Beatty (Deliverance (1972)) and Jeff Bridges (Halls of Anger (1970)) by prompting their respective movie debuts. Others whose careers 'The Master Caster' helped mentor along the way include Richard Dreyfuss, Jill Clayburgh, John Travolta, Bruce Dern, Jon Voight and James Caan.
His keen eye for talent resulted in the seminal casting of relatively unknown stage actor Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967) and LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977).
Stalmaster's bolder choices included travelling across Europe to recruit native German speakers (rather than using familiar English actors) for key roles in The Great Escape (1963) (he found Hannes Messemer, who played prison Kommandant Von Luger, in Zurich).
Stanley Kramer utilised his services for Inherit the Wind (1960) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) (kick-starting the career of William Shatner), William Wyler for The Children's Hour (1961), Billy Wilder for Irma la Douce (1963) and The Fortune Cookie (1966), Norman Jewison for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
After going free-lance, he was tasked by the director Robert Wise to find 'new faces' who could be cast as suitable inmates for the Susan Hayward prison dramaI Want to Live! (1958). Offers soon began to flood in from other famous film makers for ensemble casting.
He initially worked on several classic TV shows, including The Lone Wolf (1954), 319 episodes of Gunsmoke (1955) and Have Gun - Will Travel (1957).
Following military service he studied at UCLA, graduating with a master's degree in theatre arts in 1952.
Between 1951 and 1955, he had a minor career as a screen actor but at the same time hedged his bets by joining an independent production company headed by Jack J. Gross and Philip N. Krasne. Stalmaster started out as a producer's assistant and took over the role of casting director upon his predecessor's retirement, over time developing a canny aptitude for 'reading actors' as well as accumulating an inventory of (not necessarily established) theatrical players from the U. S. and Europe.
Enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on 26 February 1945 during World War II.
in 1938 where he was schooled at Beverly Hills High School and first discovered acting on radio.
Arguably the most famous casting director in show biz with more than 400 film and TV credits to his name, Lynn Stalmaster has helped to launch the career of many a great star. He was born in Nebraska, the son of a District Court Judge (Irvin Stalmaster, 1897-1952) and Estelle Lapidus (1903-1971). His family relocated to L. A.
