Phyllis Huffman was a casting director for film and television.
12 Facts About Phyllis Huffman
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Phyllis Huffman received numerous award nominations from the Casting Society of America throughout her career, winning twice.
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Phyllis Huffman was born as Phyllis Grennan in The Bronx, New York, and graduated from Webster University in St Louis, Missouri.
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Phyllis Huffman won her first CSA award in 1989 for casting the pilot episode of the hit sitcom Murphy Brown.
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Phyllis Huffman received a second nomination that same year for casting the pilot for China Beach.
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In 1996, Phyllis Huffman shared two Emmy Award nominations for casting the TV movies The Late Shift and The Boys Next Door.
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Phyllis Huffman earned as sixth CSA nomination for the latter.
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The majority of Phyllis Huffman's film casting work were those for which teamed with director Clint Eastwood, casting fourteen of Eastwood's films and serving as casting executive on two others.
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Some Eastwood-directed films on which Phyllis Huffman served as casting director include Honkytonk Man, Bird, Unforgiven, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Space Cowboys.
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Phyllis Huffman won her second award from the CSA for her casting of Eastwood's Mystic River, and received her final CSA nomination for casting Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby.
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Phyllis Huffman's career spanned 24 years, eleven CSA nominations, and two Emmy nominations.
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Phyllis Huffman was married to actor David Huffman until his death in 1985.