Ann Roth

Ann Roth (born October 30, 1931) is a prolific Academy Award-winning American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.

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].

Roth won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for The English Patient and was nominated for Places in the Heart, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and The Hours. Her more than one hundred screen credits include The World of Henry Orient, Midnight Cowboy, Klute, The Day of the Locust (for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design), 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, 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.

Roth is a two-time Emmy Award nominee for the miniseries Roanoak (1986) and Angels in America (2003).

In 2000, the Theatre Development Fund honored Roth with the Irene Sharaff Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2003, the Hollywood Film Festival honored her with the Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Award ^[2].

Broadway nominations

• 1965 Tony Award for Best Producer of a Play (Slow Dance on the Killing Ground)
• 1976 Tony Award (The Royal Family)
• 1976 Drama Desk Award (The Royal Family)
• 1979 Tony Award (The Crucifer of Blood)
• 1985 Drama Desk Award (Design For Living)
• 1986 Tony Award (The House of Blue Leaves)
• 1997 Drama Desk Award (Present Laughter)

References

External links

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