Jane Jenkins

Jane Jenkins

Born: June 5, 1943
in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jane Jenkins (born June 5, 1943) is an American casting director best known for her feature film work on Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, The Princess Bride, Ghost, and Home Alone. She has cast more than 190 film and television projects, primarily with her longtime casting partner, Janet Hirshenson.

Movies for Jane Jenkins...

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Title: Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.
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Pink Elephants
Title: Pink Elephants
Character: Herself
Released: November 15, 2018
Type: Movie
The dynamics of a cult? Fragile actors are deconstructed by their mentor. Forbidden from discussing it with the outside, instructed to rid their lives of anyone who questions the method.
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Behind the Couch: Casting in Hollywood
Title: Behind the Couch: Casting in Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: August 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A movie wannabe from Singapore and some of Hollywood's elite contribute to Storyville's illuminating view of the world of casting.
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Casting The Sure Thing
Title: Casting The Sure Thing
Released: August 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Allows casting directors Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson to describe the casting process and how each role was filled in the film The Sure Thing.
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A Beautiful Mind
Title: A Beautiful Mind
Character: Code-Red Nurse
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
In a decades-spanning biopic, brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. makes history in his field as schizophrenia sets in.
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Welcome to Hollywood
Title: Welcome to Hollywood
Character: Casting Director
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
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Apollo 13
Title: Apollo 13
Character: Neighbor
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
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Outbreak
Title: Outbreak
Character: Nurse Jane
Released: March 10, 1995
Type: Movie
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
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Live! From Death Row
Title: Live! From Death Row
Character: Angry Mother
Released: April 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and unrepentant, he seems almost mild at first. But Dvorak's real intention is revealed when he takes Powers, her crew and two guards hostage, and demands that the television network broadcast an execution - live.
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Backdraft
Title: Backdraft
Character: Woman Psychiatrist
Released: May 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
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Frances
Title: Frances
Character: Lady at Roosevelt Hotel
Released: December 3, 1982
Type: Movie
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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Blume in Love
Title: Blume in Love
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.