Name Adelle Lutz Role Costume designer | Siblings Tina Chow | |
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Born November 13, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-11-13 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Children Malu Abeni Valentine Byrne Movies The Silence of the Lambs, Beyond Rangoon, Until the End of the World, Something Wild, Dead Funny Similar People David Byrne, Tina Chow, Kenneth Utt, China Chow, Edward Saxon | ||
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Adelle Lutz (born November 13, 1948) is an American costume designer, model and actress.
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Life
Lutz was born in New York City, the daughter of a Japanese mother, Mona Lutz and a German father, Walter E. Lutz. Her sister is model Tina Chow. Lutz was married to David Byrne. Together they have a daughter, Malu Abeni Valentine Byrne, born in 1989. Lutz and Byrne divorced in 2004.
Acting
In 1995, Lutz portrayed Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, in John Boorman's film Beyond Rangoon. Lutz was cast as one of the Deetz's dinner party guests in Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice. She had a small and unseen cameo in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs as a news reporter on TV.
Lutz was cast as the main character's best friend in Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World, and supporting roles in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) and Something Wild (1986). She played the role of Mari in the film Dead Funny (1994) an independent drama.
Costume Design
Lutz designed costumes for stage performances such as Punch and Judy Get Divorced (1996) from the American Repertory Theater.
Filmmaking
Lutz co-directed with Sandy McLeod the music video "Too Darn Hot" performed by Erasure.
