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Theoni V. Aldredge
American costume designer (–)
Theoni V. Aldredge (August 22, [2] – January 21, ) was a Greek-American stage and screen costume designer.
Biography
Born Theoni Athanasiou Vachliotis in Thessaloniki in ,[3] Aldredge received her training at the American School in Athens. She emigrated to the United States in and attended the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago on a scholarship. Her first Broadway theatre assignment was in , designing the wardrobe for Geraldine Page in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth; her most recent was the revival of A Chorus Line. For twenty years, she was the principal designer for producerJoseph Papp and also designed several musicals for Michael Bennett.[4]
Career
One of the most honored costume designers of the American theatre, Aldredge received three Tony Awards (for Annie, Barnum, and La Cage aux Folles), as well as 11 other Tony nominations, including such productions as A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, and Dreamgirls. She received numerous honors from the Drama Desk awards and other theatrical groups. In , she received the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award from the Theatre Development Fund.[5]
Aldredge worked extensively in film and television as well. Her productions included Network,Eyes of Laura Mars, and Rich and Famous. She received the Oscar and a British Academy Award for The Great Gatsby in Her designs for the film were adapted for a clothing line sold exclusively by Bloomingdale's in Manhattan.[6]
Personal life
She was the wife of American actor Tom Aldredge from until her death from a cardiac arrest on January 21, , aged 88, in a Stamford, Connecticut hospital.[7] He died six months later, on July 22, , aged 83, from lymphoma.[8][9]
Productions
Awards and 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 Design (La Cage aux Folles, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (42nd Street, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (42nd Street, winner)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Onward Victoria, nominee)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Barnum, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Annie, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Threepenny Opera, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Annie, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (A Chorus Line, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Trelawny of the Wells, nominee)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Au Pair Man, nominee)
- Academy Award Outstanding Costume Design (The Great Gatsby, winner)
- British Academy Award (BAFTA) Outstanding Costume Design (The Great Gatsby, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Much Ado About Nothing, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Much Ado About Nothing, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, winner)
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Peer Gynt, winner)
- Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Devil's Advocate, nominee)
References
- ^Denny Vachlioti Greek National Opera
- ^Born in per Social Security Death Index under name Theoni Aldredge
- ^ abcHerbert, Ian (). "ALDREDGE, Theoni V.". Who's Who in the Theatre. Vol.&#;1. Gale Research Company. pp.&#;8–9. ISSN&#;
- ^Simonson, Robert; Jones, Kenneth (January 21, ). "Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer of Annie, La Cage, A Chorus Line, Dead at 88". . Archived from the original on 24 January Retrieved 9 February
- ^"TDF Irene Sharaff Award Past Winners". Retrieved 8 October
- ^Times Staff; Wire Reports (22 January ). "Theoni Aldredge dies at 78; costume designer". Los Angeles Times. ISSN&#; Archived from the original on 8 June Retrieved 8 October
- ^Grimes, William (21 January ). "Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer, Dies at 88". NY Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 9 February
- ^Fox, Margalit (July 26, ). "Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p.&#;A Retrieved September 6,
- ^BWW News Desk (July 22, ). "Tony Nominee Tom Aldredge Passes Away at 83". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved September 6,
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