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Lynn Stalmaster

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Born November 17, 1927 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died February 12, 2021

Also known as Lynn Arlen Stalmaster · Lyn Stalmaster

Biography

Lynn Arlen Stalmaster was an American casting director. He was noted as the first casting director to be conferred an Academy Award, having received an Honorary Oscar in 2016.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Honorary Award · 2017

Filmography50+ titles

The Third Girl from the Left

1973Casting

Second-Hand Hearts

1981Casting

The Last Song

1980Casting

Fiddler on the Roof

1971Casting

In the Heat of the Night

1967Casting

Inherit the Wind

1960Casting

Being There

1979Casting

Harold and Maude

1971Casting

The Graduate

1967Casting Consultant

First Blood

1982Casting Director

If Tomorrow Comes

1971Casting

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006Casting

The Right Stuff

1983Casting

Blow Out

1981Casting

Irma la Douce

1963Casting

Deliverance

1972Casting

Jeremiah Johnson

1972Casting

The Best Man

1964Casting Director

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957Casting

Casualties of War

1989Casting

The Thorn Birds

1983Casting

Tootsie

1982Casting

Superman

1978Casting

The Fortune Cookie

1966Casting

West Side Story

1961Casting

My Living Doll

Casting

Fluke

1995Casting

The Cowboys

1972Casting

The Rifleman

1958Casting

The Last Detail

1973Casting

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964Casting

The Steel Helmet

1951as Second Lieutenant

Casting By

2012as Self

Spaceballs

1987Casting

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968Casting

I Want to Live!

1958Casting

A Lobster Tale

2006Casting

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

1994Casting

Frankie and Johnny

1991Casting

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989Casting

Superman II

1980Casting

Le Mans

1971Casting

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968Casting

A Child Is Waiting

1963Casting

Trooper Hook

1957Casting

North Dallas Forty

1979Casting

Black Sunday

1977Casting

Silver Streak

1976Casting

The Legend of Valentino

1975Casting

Cinderella Liberty

1973Casting