Ann Roth

Ann Roth
Ann Roth
Born	October 30, 1931 (age 92); Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation	costume designer
Years active	1964 – present

Ann Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.

Life and career

Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Roth was a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own.^[1]

Her more than one hundred screen credits include The World of Henry Orient, Midnight Cowboy, Klute, Working Girl, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, Primary Colors, Cold Mountain, Closer, Freedomland, The Good Shepherd, Margot at the Wedding, Mamma Mia!, and Evening.

Roth's dozens of stage credits include The Odd Couple, The Star-Spangled Girl, Purlie, Seesaw, They're Playing Our Song, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Biloxi Blues, Butley, The Vertical Hour, and Deuce.

Awards and accolades

Year	Organization/Association	Award/Honor	Nominated work	Result	Notes
1965	Tony Award	Best Producer of a Play	Slow Dance on the Killing Ground	Nominated
1976	BAFTA	Best Costume Design	The Day of the Locust (1975)	Won
	Tony Award	Best Costume Design	The Royal Family	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Costume Design	The Royal Family	Nominated
1979	Tony Award	Best Costume Design	The Crucifer of Blood	Nominated
1985	Academy Awards	Best Costume Design	Places in the Heart (1984)	Nominated^[2]
1985	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Costume Design	Design For Living	Nominated
1986	Tony Award	Best Costume Design	The House of Blue Leaves	Nominated
1986	Emmy Award	Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special	Roanoak: Part 1 (1986)	Nominated
1997	Academy Awards	Best Costume Design	The English Patient (1996)	Won^[3]^[4]
1997	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Costume Design	Present Laughter	Nominated
2000	Academy Awards	Best Costume Design	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)	Nominated	With Gary Jones
2000	Theatre Development Fund	Irene Sharaff Award for Lifetime Achievement Award		Presented
2003	Academy Awards	Best Costume Design	The Hours (2002)	Nominated
2003	Hollywood Film Festival	Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Award^[5]
2004	Emmy Award	Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Part II)	Angels in America	Nominated
2011	Emmy Award	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Part 2)	Mildred Pierce	Nominated
	Tony Award	Best Costume Design of a Musical	The Book of Mormon	Nominated
	American Theater Hall of Fame			Inducted^[6]
2013	Tony Award	Best Costume Design of a Play	The Nance	Won^[7]

References

↑ Ann Roth at LiveDesignOnline.com
↑ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
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↑ Playbill.com
↑ Purcell, Carey " 'Kinky Boots', 'Vanya and Sonia', 'Pippin' and 'Virginia Woolf?' Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 9, 2013

External links

Ann Roth at the Internet Movie Database
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Ann Roth profile at Variety

[1] Ann Roth at LiveDesignOnline.com

[2] "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.

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[5] Ann Roth at HollywoodAwards.com

[6] Playbill.com

[7] Purcell, Carey " 'Kinky Boots', 'Vanya and Sonia', 'Pippin' and 'Virginia Woolf?' Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 9, 2013

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v t e Academy Award for Costume Design
1948–1956	1948 (Black & white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966	1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott 1968: Danilo Donati 1969: Margaret Furse 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo 1972: Anthony Powell 1973: Edith Head 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates
2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero 2015: Jenny Beavan
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Ann Roth
Born	(1931-10-30) October 30, 1931 (age 92) Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation	costume designer
Years active	1964 – present

v t e Tony Award for Best Costume Design for a Play
Motley: Margaret Harris, Sophie Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery (1961) Jess Goldstein (2005) Catherine Zuber (2006) Catherine Zuber (2007) Katrina Lindsay (2008) Anthony Ward (2009) Catherine Zuber (2010) Desmond Heeley (2011) Paloma Young (2012) Ann Roth (2013) Jenny Tiramani (2014) Christopher Oram (2015)
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