Ann Roth
Ann Bishop Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer. She has designed the costumes of various prominent films, and has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning twice for; The English Patient (1996), and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). Roth was 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, Deuce, and The Waverly Gallery. Source: Article "Ann Roth" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Costume & Make-UpBirthday
October 30, 1931Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
123Place of birth
Hanover, Pennsylvania, USACast credits
Crew credits
The English Patient
Costume DesignKlute
Costume DesignThe Hours
Costume DesignThe Talented Mr. Ripley
Costume DesignCold Mountain
Costume DesignWorking Girl
Costume DesignEvening
Costume DesignThe Reader
Costume DesignSilkwood
Costume DesignThe Stepford Wives
Costume DesignFreedomland
Costume DesignHeartburn
Costume DesignMargot at the Wedding
Costume DesignOnly When I Laugh
Costume DesignThe Goodbye Girl
Costume DesignSigns
Costume DesignThe Resident
Costume DesignSafe
Costume DesignLast Night
Costume DesignA Stranger Among Us
Costume DesignThey Might Be Giants
Costume Design