- Born
- Died
- Birth namePhyllis Mary Grennan
- A graduate of Webster University in St. Louis, Phyllis Huffman briefly worked as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines before landing a job in the casting departments of MGM and Paramount Pictures, where she came under the wing of casting director Marion Dougherty. Phyllis then went on to Warner Brothers where she eventually rose to the positions of Director, Feature Film Casting, and Vice President, TV Casting. Phyllis worked with Clint Eastwood on several of his films, starting with "Honky Tonk Man" and including "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby."
- IMDb mini biography by: Jane Margaret Laight
- SpousesDavid Huffman(December 30, 1967 - February 27, 1985) (his death, 2 children)Jules A. del Vecchio(? - March 2, 2006) (her death)
- ParentsPhilip Michael GrennanGrace Elizabeth McLain
- Frequently worked with Clint Eastwood.
- She worked as a casting director for over 26 years casting 21 pictures with director Clint Eastwood.
- She earned a Casting Society of America award for her work on the Oscar nominated "Mystic River" and for casting the pilot of the hit TV series "Murphy Brown".
- She contributed with the casting of four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Unforgiven (1992), Mystic River (2003), Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). Of those, Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004) are winners in the category and with the exception of Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) all three films received acting awards.
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