Dianne Crittenden Dies: ‘Star Wars’ Casting Director Who Worked On ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Spider-Man 2’ & Many Others Was 82
deadline.comDianne Crittenden, casting director on the original Star Wars who also worked on Pretty Woman, Spider-Man 2 and dozens of other films during a 40-year career, died March 19 at her home in Pacific Palisades.
She was 82. Her friend and colleague Ilene Starger confirmed her passing to Deadline. Born on August 6, 1941, in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, NY, Crittenden got her start in the entertainment industry working with Howard Zieff, a photographer and director.
They worked on advertising campaigns, TV commercials and films. Her first project as casting director was Terrence Malick’s 1973 drama Badlands, starring Martin Sheen-Sissy Spacek, on which Bruce Springsteen based his song “Nebraska” a decade later.
Crittenden worked on a few other films and TV shows, including the Emmy-winning 1976 Sally Field miniseries Sybil, before land the casting-director role of a lifetime — a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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