Roth, Ann 1931–

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Roth, Ann 1931–

PERSONAL

Born October 30, 1931, in Hanover, PA; children: Hannah. Education: Attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University); trained with Irene Sharaff, Miles White, and Al Nicholl.

Addresses: Agent—Acme Talent and Literary Agency, 4727 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 333, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Career: Costume designer. Worked as an assistant to costumers Irene Sharaff and Miles White; scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, PA; worked for the American Ballet Theatre; the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA; the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT; the Hartman Theatre Company, Stanford, CT, 1981; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1982; the McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ; the Minneapolis Opera, Minneapolis, MN; and the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA. Worked as a mentor for others, including Gary Jones and Neil Spisak.

Member: Costume Designers Guild, United Scenic Artists.

Awards, Honors: Film Award, best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1976, for The Day of the Locust; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding costume design, both 1976, for The Royal Family; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design, 1979, for The Crucifer of Blood; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, 1985, for Places in the Heart; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding costume design, 1985, for Design for Living; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding costume design for a miniseries or special, 1986, for "Roanoak," American Playhouse; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design, 1987, for The House of Blue Leaves; Academy Award and Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both best costume design, 1997, for The English Patient; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding costume design, 1997, for Present Laughter; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, and Costume Designers Guild Award nomination, excellence in costume design for film—period/fantasy, both with Gary Jones, 2000, for The Talented Mr. Ripley; Irene Sharaff Award for Lifetime Achievement, Theatre Development Fund's Costume Collection, 2000; EDDY Award, Entertainment Design magazine awards, 2000; Academy Award nomination, best costume design, 2003, for The Hours; Career Achievement Award, Costume Designers Guild, 2003; Hollywood Film award, outstanding achievement in costume design, Hollywood Film Festival, 2003; Film Award nomination (with Carlo Poggioli), best costume design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2004, for Cold Mountain; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding costumes for a miniseries, movie, or special, and Costume Designers Guild Award nomination, excellence in costume design for television—period/fantasy, both 2004, for Angels in America; some sources state that Roth received the Edith Head Lifetime Achievement Award, International Fashion Institute.

CREDITS

Stage Work; Costume Designer:

Edward II, New York City, 1958.

Maybe Tuesday, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1958.

The Disenchanted, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1958–59.

Make a Million, Playhouse Theatre, 1958–59, then Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1959.

A Desert Incident, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1959.

The Cool World, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1960.

Ernest in Love, Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York City, 1960.

Face of a Hero, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1960.

The Gay Divorcee, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1960.

A Far Country, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1961.

Look, We've Come Through, Hudson Theatre, New York City, 1961.

Purlie Victorious, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1961, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1961–62.

The Barroom Monks, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1962.

Isle of Children, Cort Theatre, 1962.

This Side of Paradise, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1962.

Venus at Large, Morosco Theatre, 1962.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Martinique Theatre, 1962–63.

Children from Their Games, Morosco Theatre, 1963.

Hey You, Light Man!, Mayfair Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Natural Affection, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Geraldine McEwan's costume, The Public Eye (one act, produced with The Private Ear), both produced as part of The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Morosco Theatre, 1963–64.

A Case of Libel, Longacre Theatre, 1963–64.

In the Summer House, New York City, 1964.

The Last Analysis, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1964.

I Had a Ball, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1964–65.

Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1964–65.

Mrs. Dally, John Golden Theatre, 1965.

Romeo and Juliet, New York City, 1965.

The Odd Couple, Plymouth Theatre, 1965–66, then Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1966–67.

The Impossible Years, Playhouse Theatre, 1965–67.

The Wayward Stork, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York City, 1966.

The Star-Spangled Girl, Plymouth Theatre, 1966–67.

The Deer Park, Theatre de Lys (now Lucille Lortel Theatre), New York City, 1967.

The Beard, Evergreen Theatre, New York City, 1967–68.

Something Different, Cort Theatre, 1967–68.

Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1968.

My Daughter, Your Son, Booth Theatre, 1969.

The Three Sisters, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, New York City, 1969.

Tiny Alice, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, 1969.

Play It Again, Sam, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1969–70.

The Engagement Baby, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1970.

Gantry (musical), George Abbott Theatre, New York City, 1970.

What the Butler Saw, McAlpin Rooftop Theatre, New York City, 1970.

Purlie (musical), Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1970, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1970–71, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, 1971, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1972–73.

Father's Day, John Golden Theatre, 1971.

Prettybelle (musical), Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA, 1971.

Fun City, Morosco Theatre, 1971–72.

Children! Children!, Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1972.

Enemies, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 1972.

Rosebloom, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1972.

Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1972.

6 Rms Riv Vu, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1972–73, then Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1973.

The Merchant of Venice, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1973.

Seesaw (musical), Uris Theatre, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, both New York City, 1973.

The Women, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, 1973.

The Royal Family, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1975–76.

The Heiress, Broadhurst Theatre, 1976.

The Importance of Being Earnest, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1977.

Do You Turn Somersaults?, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, 1978.

First Monday in October, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, c. 1978, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1978, then American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, 1978.

The Crucifer of Blood, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1978–79.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical), Enter-media Theatre, New York City, c. 1978, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, 1978–82, then Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1982.

Strangers, John Golden Theatre, 1979.

They're Playing Our Song (musical), Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1979–81.

Lunch Hour, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1980–81.

Kaufman at Large, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1981–82, then Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Gardenia, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage 73, New York City, 1982.

Young Playwrights Festival, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Present Laughter, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1982–83.

The Misanthrope, Circle in the Square Theatre, 1983.

Yankee Wives, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1983.

Open Admissions, Music Box Theatre, 1984.

Hurlyburly, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, c. 1984, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1984–85.

Design for Living, Circle in the Square Theatre, 1984–85.

Biloxi Blues, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1984, then Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1985–86.

Arms and the Man, Circle in the Square Theatre, 1985.

Juno's Swans, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1985.

The Royal Family, New York City, 1985.

The Odd Couple, Broadhurst Theatre, 1985–86.

Singin' in the Rain (musical), George Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1985–86.

Light up the Sky, Ahmanson Theatre, 1986.

The House of Blue Leaves, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1986, then Plymouth Theatre, 1986–87.

Social Security, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1986–87.

Waiting for Godot, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1988.

Woman in Mind, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 1988.

Born Yesterday, Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, 1989.

O Pioneers!, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1989–90.

Elliot Loves, Goodman Theatre, then Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Square One, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, 1990.

Road to Nirvana, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1991.

Death and the Maiden, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Empty Hearts, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1992.

A Small Family Business, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Any Given Day, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Life Sentences, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, 1993–94.

What's Wrong with This Picture?, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1994.

Hapgood, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 1994–95.

Present Laughter, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1996–97.

The Cripple of Inishmaan, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater, Estelle R. Newman Theater, 1998.

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks," Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1998.

The Moment When, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1999 (some sources cite 2000).

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 2000–2002, then Ahmanson Theatre, 2002.

Assassins (musical), Roundabout Theatre, Music Box Theatre, 2001.

Last Dance, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 2003.

The Secret Life of the American Place Theatre (benefit), New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City, 2004.

The Mambo Kings (musical), Broadway Theatre, 2005.

What of the Night, Lucille Lortel Theatre, 2005.

The Odd Couple, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 2005–2006.

What about a Place? (benefit), New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2006.

Butley, Booth Theatre, 2006–2007.

The Vertical Hour, Music Box Theatre, 2006–2007.

The Year of Magical Thinking, Booth Theatre, beginning 2007.

Designed costumes for other productions, including The Real Thing.

Stage Costume Assistant:

Assistant to Irene Sharaff, Small War on Murray Hill, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1957.

Assistant to Miles White, Cheri, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1959.

Assistant to White, Take Me Along (musical), Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1959–60.

Worked as an assistant on other productions.

Stage Set Designer:

We, Comrades Three, New York City, c. 1962.

Stage Costume Designer; Major Tours:

The Pleasure of His Company, Auditorium, Rochester, NY, and other U.S. cities, 1960–61.

Film Costume Designer:

The World of Henry Orient, United Artists, 1964.

A Fine Madness, Warner Bros., 1966.

Up the Down Staircase, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967.

Pretty Poison, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.

Sweet November, Warner Bros., 1968.

Midnight Cowboy, United Artists, 1969.

Jenny, Cinerama, 1970.

The Owl and the Pussycat, Columbia, 1970.

The People next Door, Avco-Embassy, 1970.

Klute, Warner Bros., 1971.

The Pursuit of Happiness, Columbia, 1971.

They Might Be Giants, Universal, 1971.

The Valachi Papers (also known as Carteggio Valachi, Cosa Nostra, Joe Valachi-I segreti di Cosa Nostra, and Le dossier Valachi), Columbia, 1972.

Crazy Joe, Columbia, 1974.

Law and Disorder, Columbia, 1974.

The Day of the Locust, Paramount, 1975.

The Happy Hooker, Cannon, 1975.

Mandingo, Paramount, 1975.

Burnt Offerings, United Artists, 1976.

Drum, United Artists, 1976.

Independence, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976.

Murder by Death, Columbia, 1976.

(Some sources cite work in the wardrobe department) The Goodbye Girl (also known as Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl"), Warner Bros., 1977.

Costume designer for Jane Fonda and Alan Alda, California Suite (also known as Neil Simon's "California Suite"), Columbia, 1978.

Coming Home (also known as Hemkomsten), United Artists, 1978.

Hair (musical), United Artists, 1979.

Nunzio, Universal, 1979.

Promises in the Dark, Orion/Warner Bros., 1979.

Dressed to Kill, Filmways, 1980.

The Island, Universal, 1980.

Nine to Five (also known as 9 to 5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.

Costumes for Nancy Allen, Blow Out, Filmways, 1981.

Honky Tonk Freeway, Universal, 1981.

Only When I Laugh (also known as It Hurts Only When I Laugh and Neil Simon's "Only When I Laugh"), Columbia, 1981.

Rollover, Warner Bros., 1981.

Second-Hand Hearts (also known as The Hamster of Happiness), Paramount, 1981.

The World according to Garp, Warner Bros., 1982.

The Man Who Loved Women, Columbia, 1983.

Silkwood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

The Survivors, Columbia, 1983.

Places in the Heart, TriStar, 1984.

Jagged Edge, Columbia, 1985.

Maxie (also known as Free Spirit), Orion, 1985.

The Slugger's Wife (also known as Neil Simon's "The Slugger's Wife"), Columbia, 1985.

Sweet Dreams, TriStar, 1985.

Heartburn, Paramount, 1986.

The Morning After, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986.

Biloxi Blues (also known as Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues"), Universal, 1988.

Funny Farm, Warner Bros., 1988.

Stars and Bars, Columbia, 1988.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988.

Working Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Family Business, TriStar, 1989.

Her Alibi, Warner Bros., 1989.

(With Neil Spisak) January Man (also known as The January Man), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989.

The Bonfire of the Vanities, Warner Bros., 1990.

Everybody Wins, Orion, 1990.

(With Bridget Kelly) Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

Postcards from the Edge, Columbia, 1990.

(With Spisak) Q & A, TriStar, 1990.

Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991.

(With Gary Jones) Consenting Adults, Buena Vista, 1992.

(With Jones) The Mambo Kings (also known as Les mambo kings), Warner Bros., 1992.

School Ties, Paramount, 1992.

(With Jones) A Stranger among Us (also known as Close to Eden), Buena Vista, 1992.

Costumes for Sigourney Weaver, Dave (also known as Mr. President), Warner Bros., 1993.

Dennis the Menace (also known as Dennis), Warner Bros., 1993.

Guarding Tess, TriStar, 1994.

Wolf, Columbia, 1994.

Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995.

Sabrina, Paramount, 1995.

Before and After, Buena Vista, 1996.

The Birdcage (also known as Birds of a Feather), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996.

The English Patient, Miramax, 1996.

In & Out, Paramount, 1997.

Hush (also known as Bloodline and Kilronan), Sony Pictures Entertainment/TriStar, 1998.

Primary Colors (also known as Perfect Couple and Mit aller Macht), Universal, 1998.

The Siege (also known as Against All Enemies and Martial Law), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Costumes for Kristin Scott Thomas, Random Hearts, Columbia, 1999.

The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999.

(With Jones) The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley and The Strange Mr. Ripley), Paramount, 1999.

Finding Forrester, Columbia, 2000.

What Planet Are You From?, Columbia, 2000.

Gowns for Sigourney Weaver, Heartbreakers (also known as Breakers, The Breakers, and heartBREAKeRS), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001.

Someone Like You … (also known as Animal Attraction and Animal Husbandry), Fox 2000 Pictures, 2001.

Costumes for Meryl Streep, Adaptation. (also known as Adaptation and The Orchid Thief), Columbia/Screen Gems, 2002.

Changing Lanes, Paramount, 2002.

The Hours, Paramount, 2002.

Signs (also known as M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs"), Buena Vista, 2002.

Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003.

Closer, Columbia, 2004.

The Stepford Wives, Paramount, 2004.

The Village (also known as Grey, M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," and The Woods), Buena Vista, 2004.

Freedomland, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2006.

The Good Shepherd, Universal, 2006.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Paramount, 2007.

Evening, Focus Features, 2007.

Margot at the Wedding (also known as Untitled Noah Baumbach Project), Paramount Classics, 2007.

Film Costume Assistant:

Assistant to Irene Sharaff, Brigadoon (musical), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954.

Assistant to Sharaff, The King and I (musical; also known as Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.

Assistant to Sharaff, A Star Is Born (musical), Warner Bros., 1954.

Assistant to Miles White, Around the World in Eighty Days (also known as Around the World in 80 Days and Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days"), United Artists, 1956.

Worked as an assistant on other films.

Film Work; Other:

Some sources cite Roth as a backup singer for song "Nine to Five" (title song), Nine to Five (also known as 9 to 5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.

Television Wardrobe Worker; Series:

The Class of the 20th Century, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

Television Costume Designer; Miniseries:

The Best of Families, PBS, 1977.

Costume design consultant, "Roanoak," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986.

Angels in America, HBO, 2003.

Television Costume Designer; Movies:

The Rivalry, NBC, 1975.

The Silence, NBC, 1975.

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (also known as Strangers), CBS, 1979.

A Good Sport, CBS, 1984.

Costumes for Glenn Close, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (also known as Serving in Silence and Serving in Silence: The Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer Story), NBC, 1995.

Wit, HBO, 2001.