Dorothy Jeakins costume designs

id
1601
origination
Jeakins, Dorothy
date statement
1956-1964
key date
1956
identifier (local_mss)
22038
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 2010-053
b-number
b18845120
total components
82
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:14 UTC
updated
2022-09-26 15:10:34 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unittitle
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1956-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1956/1964"}
physdesc
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date_inclusive_start
1956
date_inclusive_end
1964
origination
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bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Stage, screen and television costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins (1914-1995) was born in San Diego, California. She won a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute, worked for the WPA and Walt Disney Studios. She designed costumes for dozens of films, winning three Academy Awards for Joan of Arc, 1948, starring Ingrid Bergman and directed by Victor Fleming; Samson and Delilah, 1949, starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr; and The night of the iguana, 1964, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr. She died at the age of 81 at a nursing home in Santa Barbara, California.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>66 original color and black and white costume designs (most with swatches) for theatrical productions, by costume designer Dorothy Jeakins, of King Lear by William Shakespeare for the Theatre Group at UCLA, 1964; Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw at the Martin Beck Theatre, 1956; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Connecticut, 1959; and Winesburg, Ohio by Christopher Sergel, based on Sherwood Anderson's book, at the National Theatre, 1958. There is also 1 photograph of a costume design for Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
keydate
1956
prefercite
{"value"=>"Dorothy Jeakins costume designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
2 boxes (66 drawings, 1 photograph) : some col ; 38 x 28 cm. or smaller
abstract
{"value"=>"Stage, screen and television costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins (1914-1995) was born in San Diego, California. She won a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute, worked for the WPA and Walt Disney Studios. She designed costumes for dozens of films, winning three Academy Awards for Joan of Arc, 1948, starring Ingrid Bergman and directed by Victor Fleming; Samson and Delilah, 1949, starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr; and The night of the iguana, 1964, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr. She died at the age of 81 at a nursing home in Santa Barbara, California. 66 original color and black and white costume designs (most with swatches) for theatrical productions, by costume designer Dorothy Jeakins, of King Lear by William Shakespeare for the Theatre Group at UCLA, 1964; Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw at the Martin Beck Theatre, 1956; Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Connecticut, 1959; and Winesburg, Ohio by Christopher Sergel, based on Sherwood Anderson's book, at the National Theatre, 1958. There is also 1 photograph of a costume design for Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1956
date_end
1964

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