Anna Anni (21 November 1926 – 1 January 2011) was an Italian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costum ...

. She is best known for her frequent collaborations with director

Franco Zeffirelli Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (; 12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–World War II e ...

. She was nominated for an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

in the category Best Costume Design for the film ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'' (1986). Anni was born on 21 November 1926 in

Marradi Marradi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about northeast of Florence at the borders with the Emilia-Romagna region. Marradi borders the following municipalities: ...

, Tuscany; she died in Florence on 1 January 2011.Quotidiano.net
Addio Anna Anni, costumista toscana da premio Oscar

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

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* 1926 births 2011 deaths Italian costume designers Italian women costume designers Nastro d'Argento winners People from Marradi {{Italy-film-bio-stub