Ann Roth

Ann Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre. Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Roth was a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own. Roth won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for The English Patient and was nominated for Places in the Heart, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and The Hours. Her more than one hundred screen credits...