Amanda Mackey was a casting director who died on August 31, 2022.
In her nearly four-decade-long career, Amanda Mackey worked as a casting director on movies like The Fugitive, which was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, and A League of Their Own.
She was 70.
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Amanda Mackey cause of death
Mackey passed away on August 27 at Calvary Hospital in Brooklyn from myelodysplastic syndrome, a kind of blood cancer, in her sleep.
This was revealed by her longtime friend and business partner Cathy Sandrich Gelfond.
She was also nominated for an Emmy for her work on The Normal Heart.
She entered the entertainment industry as an agent at J. Michael Bloom but was soon attracted away to pursue a career in casting with the illustrious Marion Dougherty, who would later win the Casting Society Hoyt Bowers Award for professional achievement.
Mackey spent some time working in New York before relocating to Los Angeles in 1985, where she would remain for ten years. She founded the Mackey Sandrich Casting Company at that time with her husband, Sandrich Gelfond. In 1996, Mackey relocated back to Manhattan, and Mackey Sandrich Casting became the first independent company to operate on both coasts.
Amanda Mackey husband and children
Amanda’s husband was not documented however she had 2 daughters.
Her daughters, Nicola Mackey Johnson and Emma Sophia Johnson survive her.
Amanda Mackey net worth
Mackey was worth 5 million dollars.
Amanda Mackey funeral
Her funeral is yet to be held.
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