Overview
- Hyams died January 9 at her Manhattan home at age 84, her family said, and no cause was specified.
- Trained by Marion Dougherty, she cast What’s Up, Doc?, The Exorcist and Blazing Saddles, helping shape key films of the early 1970s.
- She headed casting at Warner Bros. from 1970 to 1974 before becoming Columbia Pictures’ vice president of creative affairs in 1974–75.
- An inaugural member of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, she directed 105 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman during 1976–77.
- Her later work included the feature Leader of the Band, TV episodes of Cagney & Lacey, and a return to casting on The Saint of Fort Washington and With Honors.