Cause of death Breast cancer Role Costume designer Name Ruth Morley | Years active 1951-1991 Occupation Costume Designer | |
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Full Name Ruth Miriam Birnholz Born November 19, 1925 ( 1925-11-19 ) Vienna, Austria Died February 12, 1991, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States Children Melissa Hacker, Emily Hacker Awards Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame Award Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design Similar People Tony Walton, Murray Schisgal, William Gibson, Charles H Joffe, Fred Coe | ||
Annie Hall, Costume Design by Ruth Morley, 1977
Ruth Morley (November 19, 1925- February 12, 1991) was an Austrian-born American costume designer, active from the late 1950s through 1991. She was nominated for Best Costumes-Black and White for her work on The Miracle Worker during the 35th Academy Awards. She is also well known for her work on Annie Hall.
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Ms. Morley's stage work began in 1951, with "Billy Bud." Other Broadway productions included "Death of a Salesman," starring Dustin Hoffman, as well as "A Thousand Clowns," "Toys in the Attic," "Inherit the Wind," "Take a Giant Step," and "The Good Soldier Schweik." In 1951 and 1952 she was costume director for the New York City Opera.
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Ruth Morley, née Birnholz, was born in Vienna, Austria, and escaped shortly before the outbreak of World War II on a Kindertransport She is survived by her 2 daughters, Melissa Hacker who is a filmmaker and editor, and Emily Hacker who is an actress and Adult Learning and Development consultant, and her granddaughter, Olivia Hacker-Keating.
She died at the age of 65 of breast cancer.