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Joan Ellacott
Joan Muriel Ellacott (15 February 1920 – 4 January 2007) was an English costume designer whose work was featured in British and American films and television series. In a career spanning six decades, Ellacott garnered over 100 major credits. She has been recognised for "the sheer number of really top-notch historical dramas she costumed over the years". Life Ellacott was born in London on 15 February 1920, and grew up in the USA. Ellacott's first professional role came in 1946, when she assisted Elizabeth Haffenden on the Gainsborough Pictures film '' Jassy.'' This was an expensive production shot in Technicolor, and gave Ellacott opportunity to work on an innovative, big-budget production. Her fellow assistants at Gainsborough under Haffenden included future costume designers Julie Harris and Phyllis Dalton. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ellacott specialised in British comedy films. In '' Mad About Men'' (1954), Ellacott dressed star Glynis Johns as two characters, a glamorous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Haffenden
Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. She is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She is best known for creating costumes for most of the Gainsborough melodramas. Haffenden received two Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design, for ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) and '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), winning both times. Education and Career Elizabeth Haffenden was born in Croydon to wholesale draper James Wilson-Haffenden and Edith Carruthers. Elizabeth Haffenden trained at Croydon School of Art and the Royal College of Art. After working as a commercial artist she entered theatre costume design working with Laurence Irving. Haffenden's first film costume designs were for '' Colonel Blood'' (1933, working alongside art directors Laurence Irving and John Bryan. In 1939 she joined Gaumont British film studios, and from 1942–1949 she was in charge of the costume department for the popular cycle of Gainsborough me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Acheson
James Acheson (born 13 March 1946) is a British costume designer. He has designed costumes and sets for television, theatre, opera, ballet and film, working in more than 14 different countries. Early life Acheson was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and studied at Wimbledon School of Art. Career Television Acheson started working in BBC Television, where he designed the costumes and monsters for 36 episodes of ''Doctor Who'' during the eras of the Third Doctor and the Fourth Doctor, including establishing the costume for the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker. Upon creating the look for this character, Acheson purchased the wool for what is now known as the Doctor's signature extra-long scarf. As it was told by Acheson himself, a close friend who accepted the favour of knitting the scarf used the entirety of Acheson's wool. While it was never Acheson's intention for the scarf to be of such a length, it has been reported that he had drawn inspiration for the look from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Women Costume Designers
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2007 Deaths
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1920 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterpiece (TV Series)
''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV, WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the lineup has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV (TV channel), ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5. Overview ''Masterpiece'' is known for presenting Literary adaptation, adaptations of novels and biography, biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. The first title to air was ''The First Churchills'', starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series), The Six Wives of Henry VIII;'' ''Elizabeth R;'' ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius;'' ''Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Television Awards
The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. They have been awarded annually since 1955. Background The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors. From 1958 onwards, after the Guild had merged with the British Film Academy, the organisation was known as the Society of Film and Television Arts. In 1976, this became the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. From 1968 until 1997, the BAFTA Film and Television awards were presented in one joint ceremony known simply as the BAFTA Awards, but in order to streamline the ceremonies from 1998 onwards they were split in two. The Television Awards are usually presented in April, with a separate ceremony for the Television Craft Awards on a different date. The Craft Awards are presented for more technical areas of the ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American prime time, primetime Television in the United States, television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First presented in 1st Primetime Emmy Awards, 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the "Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylesbury
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes. Aylesbury was awarded Garden city movement, Garden Town status in 2017. In 2021 it had a population of 63,273. The housing target for the town is set to grow with 16,000 homes set to be built by 2033. Etymology The town name is of Old English origin. It is first recorded in the form ''Æglesburg'' in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', a text which took its present form in the later ninth century. The word ''Ægles'' is a personal name in the genitive case, meaning "Ægel's" and means "fortification". Thus the name once meant "Fort of Ægel" — though who Ægel was is not recorded. Nineteenth-century speculation that the name contained the Welsh language, Welsh word ''eglwys'' meaning "a church" (from Latin ) has been discredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunterian Museum And Art Gallery
The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow. History In 1783, William Hunter, a Scottish anatomist and physician who studied at the University of Glasgow, died in London. His will stipulated that his substantial and varied collections should be donated to the University of Glasgow. Hunter, writing to William Cullen, stated that they were "to be well and carefully packed up and safely conveyed to Glasgow and delivered to the Principal and Faculty of the College of Glasgow to whom I give and bequeath the same to be kept and preserved by them and their successors for ever... in such sort, way, manner and form as ... shall seem most fit and most cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television, including '' A Hazard of Hearts'', '' A Ghost in Monte Carlo'' and '' Duel of Hearts''. Her novels have been translated from English into numerous languages, making Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide, excluding biblical works. Her prolific output totals some 723 novels. Although best known for her romantic novels, she also wrote non-fiction titles including biographies, plays, music, verse, drama, operettas, and several health and cook books. She also contributed advice to TV audiences and newspaper magazine articles. She sold more than 750 million copies of her books, though other sources estimate her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel Of Hearts
''Duel of Hearts'' is a 1991 romantic television film directed by John Hough. Terence Feely penned the screenplay, based on the 1949 Barbara Cartland novel, ''A Duel of Hearts''. The film stars Alison Doody, Michael York, Geraldine Chaplin and Benedict Taylor. Plot Lady Caroline Faye and Lord Vane Brecon meet under unusual circumstances and are immediately attracted to one another. Later, Lady Caroline learns that Lord Brecon has been accused of murder. She embarks on a plan to prove him innocent, while also warning him that his cousin, Gervaise Warlingham, may be trying to frame him. Posing as a commoner, she accepts a position at Lord Brecon's estate as companion to his mother. Will dangerous family secrets keep the lovers apart? Cast * Alison Doody - Lady Caroline Faye * Benedict Taylor - Lord Vane Brecon * Michael York - Gervaise Warlingham * Geraldine Chaplin - Mrs. Miller * Billie Whitelaw - Dorcas * Virginia McKenna - Lady Brecon * Suzanna Hamilton - Harriet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
