Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton; born April 19, 1946) is an American

casting director In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script, screenp ...

and producer for film, television and theatre. She has over 100 movie credits to her name. Slater was born in

Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.So You Want to Be in Soaps? Mary Jo Slater Won't Pull Strings, but She Knows the Ropes
people.com; accessed March 18, 2015. She was a

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for ''

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'' and had her first casting role for the 1977 Broadway revival of '' Hair''. She went on to cast five more theatre productions before moving into film and television. As a casting director, Slater has been nominated six times for the

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series This is a list of the winners and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. Winners and nominations 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins ;6 wins * Junie Lowry-Johnson (2 consecutive, twice) ...

, including three nominations for ''

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''. She was married to actor Michael Hawkins (né Thomas Knight Slater) and with him had one son, actor

Christian Slater Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut with a leading role in ''The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985) and gained wider recognition for his breakthrough role as Jason "J.D." D ...

. She is also the mother of actor Ryan Slater by her second husband, builder Jeffrey Wilson.

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