Amanda Mackey, Who Cast ‘A League of Their Own,’ ‘Rocky IV’ and Dozens More, Dies at 70

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  • Author: Harper Lambert
  • September 01,2022
Amanda Mackey, Who Cast ‘A League of Their Own,’ ‘Rocky IV’ and Dozens More, Dies at 70Amanda Mackey, the casting director whose 40-year career counted credits like “A League of Their Own,” “The Proposal” and “The Fugitive,” has died. She was 70.

According to multiple media reports, Mackey died in her sleep on Saturday from a type of blood cancer called myelodysplastic syndrome at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.

The 15-time Artios Award winner, bestowed by the Casting Society of America for casting excellence, earned her first credits as a casting assistant in the early ’80s on films such as “The World According to Garp” and worked her way through the ranks of associate and consultant.

In 1985, she served as casting director for the first time on “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” and “Rocky IV.”

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Mackey would go on to assemble the players for celebrated films such as “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,
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