Mation Dougherty received the Governors Award

The late Marion Dougherty, a legendary casting director who is credited with being among the first to cast Dustin Hoffman, William Shatner, Glen Close and many others, will be posthumously awarded the 2014 Governor’s Award by the Television Academy during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Dougherty broke the mold of traditional casting. Instead of bringing in a large number of actors for a role, she would select three or four very different actors to provide the director with options and “performs who could bring unique shadings to the role,”

Dougherty was also spotlighted in the documentary Casting By, released in 2012, which was itself nominated for an Emmy.