Casting Legend Marion Dougherty to Receive 2014 Governors Award at Creative Emmys
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 31, 2014
Late casting director Marion Dougherty - known for discovering All in the Family's Archie Bunker, will receive the 2014 Governors Award at the 66th Creative Arts Emmys. Juried award nods in Costume, Animation also revealed.
The Pennsylvania native launched her career in 1949 casting over 500 episodes of NBC's Kraft Television Theatre. HBO aired the Emmy-nominated documentary Casting By on her career in 2012. Among her greatest moments on TV was when Norman Lear approached Dougherty in 1969 to cast the pilot which later became All in the Family, and she recommended that Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton play Archie and Edith. Among other Primetime Emmy announcements today, the Academy announced the juried award winners for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special and for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.See complete list below:
Outstanding Costumes For A Variety Program Or A Special Saturday Night Live • Host: Jimmy Fallon • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video Tom Broecker, Costume Designer Eric Justian, Costume Designer So You Think You Can Dance • Episode 1008 • FOX • Dick Clark Productions, Inc. and 19 EntertainmentGovernors and Juried Awards to be Presented During
the Creative Arts Emmys on Aug. 16 These juried honors, along with the Governors Award, will be bestowed during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, August 16. The show will be produced by SPIKE Jones Jr. and An edited version of the awards will be broadcast on FXM on Sunday, August 24 at 8pm ET/PT and 10pm ET/PT. Additionally, the Creative Arts Emmys will be streamed as part of the Backstage LIVE show on Emmys.com at 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET on Monday, August 25 prior to the Primetime Emmy Awards preshow and Backstage LIVE. Source: Emmys.com
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