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May 6, 2022, 29 tweets

One of the tapes I digitized is a casting tape from the early 1990s. Actresses doing a read for a potential part. I wondered how many would hit in today's google-filled world. Quite a few.

Maya Danzinger.

Lisa Emery. (Darlene Snell on Ozark.)

Talia Balsam. (Lots of great work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talia_Bal…)

I have to get back to some other work, so others feel free to find the rest. Here's the tape:

archive.org/details/Greenh…

Jennifer Van Dyck.

The audition, by the way, is for Annie Sez, a chain of clothing stores huge at one time. Landing a spokeswoman/appearance role in this would be well worth it for an actress.

Kristi Barron (@kristibarron4)

Janet Zarish. imdb.com/name/nm0953504/

Donna Mitchell. imdb.com/name/nm0593291/

Anna Holbrook. imdb.com/name/nm0390020/

"Jason, this seems like a weird way to spend time."

I like pattern matching, the arcs of working actors fascinates me, the auditioning parties all clearly say their name at the start of each clip, and google is free.

Tonja Walker. imdb.com/name/nm0908270/

Katherine Borowitz. Met some sweet guy I like a lot. imdb.com/name/nm0097274/

Betsy Walton. Now in real estate. sothebysrealty.com/eng/associate/…

Jan Maxwell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Maxwe… (RIP 2018).

An example of an Annie Sez ad of this sort:

Kathleen Bridget Kelly. imdb.com/name/nm0446553/

@Wendy_Makkena At this point, it becomes harder to discern the names. A number of these actresses might have changed their name, not done other work, or I just can't make the name out enough for google's fuzzy matching.

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