Marion Caroline Dougherty Net Worth is $15 Million
Marion Caroline Dougherty Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Marion Caroline Dougherty (February 9, 1923 – December 4, 2011) was an American casting director.Dougherty was known for casting such films as Slaughterhouse-Five, Midnight Cowboy, The Panic in Needle Park, The Sting, The Anderson Tapes, Pretty Baby, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, Batman, Gorillas in the Mist, Anna Karenina (1997 film), and Full Metal Jacket.She is the primary subject of the 2012 documentary Casting By.
[1991, interview with The Miami Herald] No casting director can truly say, "I knew he was gonna be a star"--because that's a bunch of baloney. Casting is a game of gut instinct. You feel their talent and potential in the pit of your stomach. It's about guts and luck.
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I never was a great devotee of the Actors Studio. When kids said they were going to the Studio, I said, "OK, absorb everything you can; throw away 95% of it and keep the 5% that pertains to you, and try other things also".
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The documentary Casting By (2012) is predominantly devoted to her life and career featuring interviews with many major stars, some of whose careers were kick-started by Dougherty.
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Owned Marion Dougherty Associates, a casting agency.
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Dougherty graduated from Pennsylvania State University, and went to New York hoping to be a set designer. Instead, she earned $45 a week designing windows at Bergdorf Goodman.