Nina Axelrod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nina Kether Axelrod is an American actress who appeared in television and films mainly during the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, she has worked as a casting director on films. Several of her family members have worked in the film industry. She is the daughter of Joan Stanton and George Axelrod, who was a screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director. Her television appearances have included Charlie's Angels and CHiPs. Her noted films include Roller Boogie (1979) and the now cult classic, slasher parody Motel Hell (1980). In the mid 80s, Axelrod began her present work in film casting. In 1981, Axelrod read for the Rachael character of Ridley Scott's science fiction noir, Blade Runner (1982), and is featured on a screen test of the 2007 DVD release of the Final Cut release, Disc 4 of "Blade Runner". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nina Axelrod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Brainstorm (1983)
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death. (more)
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death. (more)
Cobra
(1986)
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans. (more)
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans. (more)
Critters 3 (1991)
In what appears to be a cross between Critters and The Towering Inferno, the residents of a shoddy L.A. apartment block are chased up to the roof by hoards of the eponymous hairy horrors. (more)
In what appears to be a cross between Critters and The Towering Inferno, the residents of a shoddy L.A. apartment block are chased up to the roof by hoards of the eponymous hairy horrors. (more)
Motel Hell
(1980)
Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats." (more)
Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats." (more)
Roller Boogie (1979)
Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest. (more)
Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest. (more)
Time Walker
(1982)
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe ... (more)
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe ... (more)
Cross Country (1983)
After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. ... (more)
After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. ... (more)
Long Journey Back (1978)
A teenage girl puts up a courageous fight following a crushing school bus accident that leaves her physically and emotionally handicapped. (more)
A teenage girl puts up a courageous fight following a crushing school bus accident that leaves her physically and emotionally handicapped. (more)
Screen Tests: Rachael and Pris (2007)
A look at two screen-tests for Blade Runner: Nina Axelrod up for the part of Rachael and Stacey Nelkin as Pris. (more)
A look at two screen-tests for Blade Runner: Nina Axelrod up for the part of Rachael and Stacey Nelkin as Pris. (more)