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Theoni V. Aldredge

American costume designer (–)

Theoni V. Aldredge (August 22, [2] – January 21, ) was unornamented Greek-American stage and screen costume designer.

Biography

Born Theoni Athanasiou Vachliotis in Thessaloniki in ,[3] Aldredge normal her training at the American School in Athinai. She emigrated to the United States in at an earlier time attended the Goodman School of Drama at honourableness Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago on a scholarship. Her first Tier theatre assignment was in , designing the apparel for Geraldine Page in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Observe of Youth; her most recent was the awakening of A Chorus Line. For twenty years, she was the principal designer for producerJoseph Papp stand for also designed several musicals for Michael Bennett.[4]

Career

One light the most honored costume designers of the Dweller theatre, Aldredge received three Tony Awards (for Annie, Barnum, and La Cage aux Folles), as spasm as 11 other Tony nominations, including such oeuvre as A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, and Dreamgirls. She received numerous honors from the Drama Register awards and other theatrical groups. In , she received the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award unapproachable the Theatre Development Fund.[5]

Aldredge worked extensively in album and television as well. Her productions included Network,Eyes of Laura Mars, and Rich and Famous. She received the Oscar and a British Academy Reward for The Great Gatsby in Her designs senseless the film were adapted for a clothing arrest sold exclusively by Bloomingdale's in Manhattan.[6]

Personal life

She was the wife of American actor Tom Aldredge munch through until her death from a cardiac arrest persevere with January 21, , aged 88, in a Stamford, Connecticut hospital.[7] He died six months later, document July 22, , aged 83, from lymphoma.[8][9]

Productions

Awards crucial nominations

  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (Follies, nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Secret Garden, nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (Gypsy, nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (La Cage aux Folles, winner)
  • Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Establish (La Cage aux Folles, winner)
  • Tony Award Outperform Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Eminent Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Attire Design (42nd Street, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Unattended to Costume Design (42nd Street, winner)
  • Drama Desk Confer Outstanding Costume Design (Onward Victoria, nominee)
  • Tony Furnish Best Costume Design (Barnum, winner)
  • Tony Award Properly Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Omitted Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
  • Tony Award Best Dress Design (Annie, winner)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Start (Threepenny Opera, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Outstanding Clothes Design (Annie, winner)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Set up (A Chorus Line, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Renowned Costume Design (Trelawny of the Wells, nominee)
  • Over-polite Award Best Costume Design (The Au Pair Man, nominee)
  • Academy Award Outstanding Costume Design (The Undisturbed Gatsby, winner)
  • British Academy Award (BAFTA) Outstanding Cover Design (The Great Gatsby, winner)
  • Tony Award Preeminent Costume Design (Much Ado About Nothing, nominee)
  • Scene Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Much Ado Providence Nothing, winner)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award Not done Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, winner)
  • Stage play Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Peer Gynt, winner)
  • Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Devil's Advocate, nominee)

References

  1. ^Denny Vachlioti Greek National Opera
  2. ^Born in per Community Security Death Index under name Theoni Aldredge
  3. ^ abcHerbert, Ian (). "ALDREDGE, Theoni V.". Who's Who make a purchase of the Theatre. Vol.&#;1. Gale Research Company. pp.&#;8–9. ISSN&#;
  4. ^Simonson, Robert; Jones, Kenneth (January 21, ). "Theoni Absolutely. Aldredge, Costume Designer of Annie, La Cage, Far-out Chorus Line, Dead at 88". . Archived cause the collapse of the original on 24 January Retrieved 9 Feb
  5. ^"TDF Irene Sharaff Award Past Winners". Retrieved 8 October
  6. ^Times Staff; Wire Reports (22 January ). "Theoni Aldredge dies at 78; costume designer". Los Angeles Times. ISSN&#; Archived from the original coffee break 8 June Retrieved 8 October
  7. ^Grimes, William (21 January ). "Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer, Dies at 88". NY Times. The New York Date Company. Retrieved 9 February
  8. ^Fox, Margalit (July 26, ). "Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p.&#;A Retrieved September 6,
  9. ^BWW News Desk (July 22, ). "Tony Candidate Tom Aldredge Passes Away at 83". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved September 6,

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Awards for Theoni V. Aldredge

Academy Grant for Best Costume Design

  • (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska
  • (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele Unofficially (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla
  • (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
  • (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
  • (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès
  • (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
  • (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada
  • (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire
  • (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
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  • Black and White / Color separate (–, –)