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Julian Fellowes Writes Heartfelt Tribute To Late Producer Ileen Maisel: “Making Films And TV Shows Was Her Whole World”
'Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes has written a heartfelt tribute to Ileen Maisel, who died in February aged 68.
Bernie had seen Ileen’s potential from the early days, and took her to Lorimar in 1983, where, as Senior Vice-President of Production, she would supervise the making of several well-received films, including the international hit, Dangerous Liaisons, which gained several nominations and three wins at the Oscar ceremony of 1989. Her role in the film’s creation was enhanced by Mary Selway, her long-term and much-loved partner, being appointed as casting director by Robert Altman — all of which gave Ileen a place in my story, which is why I thanked her from the Oscar stage in 2002. We made Romeo and Juliet together in 2012, and I was able to study, at close hand, her trick of combining her memorable luncheons and dinners, full of amusing men and women, and marked by informed and witty conversation, with a minute grasp of everything that was happening on any one of her sets.
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