An ex-Hallmark ... old casting director Penny Perry, who filed her grievances in Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 9. Actresses like Peete and Chabert have starred in several of Hallmark’s ...

"This is ridiculous.... These ladies have been the face of Hallmark movies. When does one become too old? There's got to be room for women as they age. It is all these 'oldies' who watch your movies.

"No one wants her because she's too expensive and getting too old. She can't play leading roles anymore." And of Chabert, 42, who has fronted more than 30 Hallmark movies over the years ...

Right before their big Christmas rush, Hallmark ... old. She can’t play leading roles anymore.” To look across the gender divide, Liam Neeson said he’s planning on not leading action movies ...

Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging ...

FILE - Lacey Chabert poses for a portrait to promote the Hallmark television series "Celebrations with Lacey Chabert" during the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour on Thursday, July ...

Chabert stars in a new Hallmark movie, The Christmas Quest, slated for release Dec. 1, and hosts the reality series “Celebrations with Lacey Chabert,” according to Hallmark's website.

Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director who filed the lawsuit Oct. 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that she was wrongfully fired from the network known for its feel-good movies because of ...