Johanna Ray is an American

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and

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, sometimes credited as "Joanna Ray". She has been nominated for five

Artios Awards The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 as a professional society of about 1,200 casting directors and associate casting directors for film, television, theatre, and ...

, and won once in 1990. She has worked with

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, and

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, among others.

Personal life

Born as Johanna Bennett, she was married to the late

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from 1960 to 1967, when the marriage ended in divorce. They had two children, Paul and

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(an actor best known for

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Credits

Casting director

* ''

Hell Night ''Hell Night'' is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, written by Randy Feldman, and starring Linda Blair. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor, during which a deformed killer terrorizes and murders ...

'' (1981) * ''

Time Walker ''Time Walker'' is a 1982 science fiction horror film directed by Tom Kennedy. Since its release, the film received negative reviews from critics. Under the title ''Being from Another Planet'', it was featured in ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' ...

'' (1982) * '' Frightmare'' (1983) * '' Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn'' (1983) * '' Firestarter'' (1984) * ''

Conan the Destroyer ''Conan the Destroyer'' is a 1984 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Stanley Mann and a story by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. Based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. ...

'' (1984) * ''

Fear City ''Fear City'' is a 1984 American neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, and Melanie Griffith. The screenplay was written by longtime Ferrara collaborator Nicholas St. J ...

'' (1984) * '' Dreamscape'' (1984) * ''

Ghoulies ''Ghoulies'' is a 1985 American horror comedy film directed by Luca Bercovici in his directorial debut, and co-written with producer Jefery Levy. It stars Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Scott Thomson, and Mariska H ...

'' (1985) * '' Creature'' (1985) * ''

Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances i ...

'' (1985–1986) * '' Blue Velvet'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' Satisfaction'' (1988) * ''

The Blob ''The Blob'' is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first feature film leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe a ...

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''

Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is nam ...

'' (2001) * ''

Inland Empire The Inland Empire (IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west. It includes the cities o ...

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2017)

Producer

* '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992) * '' Gospel According to Harry'' (1994) * '' Dead Connection'' (1994)

Awards and nominations

Artios The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 as a professional society of about 1,200 casting directors and associate casting directors for film, television, theatre, and ...

awards: *Nominated, 1987, Best Casting Feature for Film, Drama for: '' Blue Velvet'' (shared with Pat Golden) *Nominated, 1988, Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama for: '' Gaby: A True Story'' *Won, 1990, Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic for: ''

'' *Nominated, 1991, Best Casting for TV, '' Beverly Hills, 90210: Class of Beverly Hills'' (pilot episode) *Nominated, 2002, Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama for: ''

External links

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Johanna Ray: Overview

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