Occupation costume designer Name Ann Roth Books Father of the Year, Signs | Years active 1964 – present Role Costume Designer | |
Born October 30, 1931 (age 93) ( 1931-10-30 ) Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA Education Carnegie Mellon University Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design Nominations Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Film Similar People Gary Jones, Carlo Poggioli, Anthony Minghella, Brian MacDevitt, John Seale | ||
Meryl streep introduces ann roth at american theater hall of fame 2012
Ann Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.
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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.
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.