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Nancy Green-Keyes Dies: ‘The Notebook’, ‘Rush Hour’ Casting Director Was 68


Nancy Green-Keyes, a casting director, agent and film producer whose many credits include The Notebook and Rush Hour, died January 17 at UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica of acute respiratory failure f…

Nancy Green-Keyes, a casting director, agent and film producer whose many credits include The Notebook and Rush Hour, died January 17 at UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica of acute respiratory failure following a brief illness. A Rhode Island native, Green-Keyes studied art at Brandeis University before moving to Los Angeles, where she would eventually land a job as assistant to talent agent and manager Susan Smith. Green-Keyes later became an agent at the Peter Meyer Agency and later still at Ambrosio/Mortimer, where she helped develop the careers of John Hawkes, Steve Buscemi, Angela Bassett, Samuel Jackson, M.C.

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