Theoni V. Aldredge

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Theoni V. Aldredge (b. August 22, 1932) is a Greek costume designer for stage, and screen productions.

Born Theoni Vachlioti in Athens, Greece, Aldredge received her training at the American School in Athens and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Her first Broadway assignment was designing costumes for Geraldine Page in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth in 1959; her most recent was the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line.

Aldredge won the Oscar and a British Academy Award for her work on The Great Gatsby in 1974. Her designs for the film were adapted for a clothing line sold exclusively by Bloomingdale's in Manhattan. In 2002, she won the Theatre Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award.

She is the wife of actor Tom Aldredge.

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[edit] Productions

[edit] Broadway

[edit] Film

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • 2001 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Follies, nominee)
  • 1991 Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Secret Garden, nominee)
  • 1990 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Gypsy, nominee)
  • 1984 Tony Award Best Costume Design (La Cage aux Folles, winner)
  • 1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (La Cage aux Folles, winner)
  • 1982 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
  • 1982 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Dreamgirls, nominee)
  • 1981 Tony Award Best Costume Design (42nd Street, nominee)
  • 1981 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (42nd Street, winner)
  • 1981 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Onward Victoria, nominee)
  • 1980 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Barnum, winner)
  • 1979 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
  • 1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Ballroom, nominee)
  • 1977 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Annie, winner)
  • 1977 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Threepenny Opera, nominee)
  • 1977 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Annie, winner)
  • 1976 Tony Award Best Costume Design (A Chorus Line, nominee)
  • 1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Trelawny of the Wells, nominee)
  • 1974 Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Au Pair Man, nominee)
  • 1973 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Much Ado About Nothing, nominee)
  • 1973 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Much Ado About Nothing, winner)
  • 1972 Tony Award Best Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, nominee)
  • 1972 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Two Gentlemen of Verona, winner)
  • 1970 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design (Peer Gynt, winner)
  • 1961 Tony Award Best Costume Design (The Devil's Advocate, nominee)

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Awards
Preceded by
Florence Klotz
for Pacific Overtures		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
1976-1977
for Annie		 Succeeded by
Florence Klotz
for On the Twentieth Century
v • d • e
Tony Award for Best Costume Design

Florence Klotz (1976) · Theoni V. Aldredge (1977) · Edward Gorey (1978) · Franne Lee (1979) · Theoni V. Aldredge (1980) · Willa Kim (1981) · William Ivey Long (1982) · John Napier (1983) · Theoni V. Aldredge (1984) · Florence Klotz (1985) · Patricia Zipprodt (1986) · John Napier (1987) · Maria Björnson (1988) · Claudio Segovio / Hector Orezzoli (1989) · Santo Loquasto (1990) · Willa Kim (1991) · William Ivey Long (1992) · Florence Klotz (1993) · Ann Hould-Ward (1994) · Florence Klotz (1995) · Roger Kirk (1996) · Judith Dolan (1997) · Julie Taymor (1998) · Lez Brotherston (1999) · Martin Pakledinaz (2000) · William Ivey Long (2001) · Martin Pakledinaz (2002) · William Ivey Long (2003) · Susan Hilferty (2004)
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