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Nina Axelrod
Born 1955-07-28 · New York City, New York, USA
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".
Acting credits
6.2A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Cobra
1986
5.3As fanged, furious furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh leads the battle to beat back the conniving critters and save the planet.
Critters 3
1991
6.2Two 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.
Brainstorm
1983
5.8Farmer 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."
Motel Hell
1980
5.6Teen 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.
Roller Boogie
1979
4.1From 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 steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!
Time Walker
1982
7.0A teenage girl puts up a courageous fight following a crushing school bus accident that leaves her physically and mentally handicapped.
Long Journey Back
1978
5.1After 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. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back.
Cross Country
1983
A look at two screen-tests for Blade Runner: Nina Axelrod up for the part of Rachael and Stacey Nelkin as Pris.
Screen Tests: Rachael and Pris
2007