Theadora Van Runkle
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Theadora Van Runkle was an American costume designer
.
The first films she designed costumes for was Bonnie and Clyde
(1967), The Thomas Crown Affair
(1968) and The Arrangement
(1969). Theodora Van Runkle designed the gown Faye Dunaway wore to the 1968 Oscars. She also designed Faye Dunaway
's complete off screen wardrobe at the time. She was nominated for an Oscar for Bonnie and Clyde
(1967), and has since been nominated twice more, for The Godfather: Part II (1974) and Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986). She also designed the costumes for Troop Beverly Hills
(1989).
She was the recipient of the Costume Designer Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
Costume Designer
A costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
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The first films she designed costumes for was Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde (film)
The film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the best-known director of the New Wave movement, who made contributions to the script. He passed on the project to make Fahrenheit 451. The producers approached Jean-Luc Godard next...
(1967), The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)
The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 film by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. It was nominated for two Academy Awards and won the Award for Best Song with Michel Legrand's "Windmills of Your Mind"...
(1968) and The Arrangement
The Arrangement (1969 film)
The Arrangement is a 1969 film directed by Elia Kazan and based upon his 1967 novel of the same title.The Arrangement tells the story of a seemingly successful Los Angeles-area advertising executive of Greek-American extraction, Evangelos Arness who later takes on the name, "Eddie Anderson"...
(1969). Theodora Van Runkle designed the gown Faye Dunaway wore to the 1968 Oscars. She also designed Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...
's complete off screen wardrobe at the time. She was nominated for an Oscar for Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde (film)
The film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the best-known director of the New Wave movement, who made contributions to the script. He passed on the project to make Fahrenheit 451. The producers approached Jean-Luc Godard next...
(1967), and has since been nominated twice more, for The Godfather: Part II (1974) and Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Kathleen Turner as a woman on the verge of a divorce, who finds herself transported back to the days of her senior year in high school...
(1986). She also designed the costumes for Troop Beverly Hills
Troop Beverly Hills
Troop Beverly Hills is a 1989 American comedy film. Produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group and directed by Jeff Kanew, it starred Shelley Long, Craig T...
(1989).
She was the recipient of the Costume Designer Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
External links
- Theadora Van Runkle at the IMDb