Shirley
Crumley , casting director dies at the age of 53.
April 27, 2006
-from various news reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
Shirley Crumley, long time casting
director died April 4 of a massive heart attack in the driveway of
her home. She was 53 years old. Mrs.Crumley started as her casting
career with the TV mini series "Roots" and went on for
over 30 years to work on productions such as "The Double
McGuffin", "Kent State", "The River",
"Dead Poet's Society", "The Last Of The Mohicans",
"Cobb", "The Patroit", "Walk The Line"
In 2005 she worked on the Will Ferrell racing comedy movie
"Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby", her last
movie. A memorial service was held 2 pm Saturday April 8, 2006 at
Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home in Birmingham, Alabama. Shirley
Crumley was cremated and her ashes placed into a bust of John Lennon
that she got from a movie set.
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