Are you a fan of such famed film and TV actors as Glenn Close, Martin Sheen, Dustin Hoffman, William Shatner, Robert Duval, and Jon Voight? Thank iconic casting director Marion Dougherty, who helped launch their careers (and those of hundreds of others) by taking a uniquely creative approach to the casting process.

The Television Academy announced this week that it will be honoring legendary casting director Dougherty with the posthumous presentation of the 2014 Governors Award for her legendary contributions to casting for television.

The Academy also announced the juried award winners for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.

The Governors Award, along with the juried awards, will be presented during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, August 16, 2014, and an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmy awards will be broadcast on Sunday, August 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 10 p.m. ET/PT. They will additionally be streamed in their entirety as part of the Backstage LIVE show on Emmys.com at 12:00 p.m. PT (3:00 p.m. ET on Monday, August 25 prior to the Backstage LIVE and Emmy preshow).

Posthumous Recognition for an Industry Legend

A legend in the industry who was the subject of the acclaimed and Emmy-nominated documentary "Casting By" which debuted on HBO in 2013, Marion Dougherty was a casting pioneer whose career was built in television. She is being recognized with the Governors Award for defining the role of the Casting Director, changing the profession for both television and film.

Dougherty created a name for herself by breaking the mold of traditional casting. Instead of following the common practice of bringing in a large number of the same type of actors to read for a role, she would select three or four very different actors to provide the director with casting options and performers who could bring unique shadings to the roles. It was with this approach that Dougherty cast Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Martin Sheen, William Shatner, Christopher Walken, Robert Duval, Glenn Close and James Caan in some of their earliest roles.

She began her career in 1949 casting over 500 episodes of NBC's Kraft Television Theatre. Her work for this program showcased many young and unknown performers who would go on to become some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Warren Beatty, James Dean, Jack Lemmon, Jack Klugman and more. Following her work on Kraft, Dougherty cast such popular shows as "Naked City" and "Route 66." Dougherty established her own independent casting office and became renowned for her work in feature film. In 1971, she famously cast Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton in the pilot of the long-running Emmy Award-winning series All in the Family.

Dougherty passed away in 2011 after a legendary career that had garnered her the respect of movie and TV industry insiders, yet with few actual industry awards acknowledgments (as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for instance, still does not present an Oscar for casting). Her recognition by the Television Academy is one step toward honoring a career that changed the way we look at movie and TV stars, so it's terrific to see Dougherty remembered (and will no doubt be gratifying for the many in Hollywood who campaigned for decades to get Dougherty a special Academy Award and more official industry recognition).