Shari Swofford Rhodes, 1938-2009 Casting Director Known for Her Empathy

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Shari Swofford Rhodes, a casting director for the film industry for 30 years, died Sunday at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center after a long struggle with cancer. She was 71.

Rhodes cast such movies as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Silverado, Tender Mercies and Terms of Endearment. She had been working in Albuquerque casting television series such as Crash, Breaking Bad and In Plain Sight. She was especially proud of being able to co-produce the 1991 movie The Man in the Moon, which was written by her friend Jenny Wingfield.

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Shari Swofford Rhodes, 1938-2009 Casting Director Known for Her Empathy

Michael Miller, an actor, producer and director (and Santa Fe High School graduate) who t...

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