Theadora Van Runkle



Theadora Van Runkle ( Los Angeles , March 271929 - there, November 42011 ) was an Americancostume designer . She has designed costumes for over thirty films. For this, she has three times Oscar nomination received.

Van Runkle studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. She began as an illustrator for catalogs and advertisements for shops. She then worked as a sketch-artist for other designers. They made ​​his name with the costumes for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), her first film. Her creations for Faye Dunaway set a trend, especially the beret and narrow " midirok "were at that time very much in fashion. For the film she received her first of three Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design. The following year she again kept Dunaways wardrobe for the film The Thomas Crown Affair .

Van Runkle is at its strongest in period pieces, which she can handle. The fashion of the time Her two other Oscar nominations were for two films of Francis Ford Coppola , The Godfather Part II (1974), in which the New York around1920 and by the late fifties was shown, and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), which is partly in 1960 play.

In 2011 was diagnosed with lung cancer. ==Filmography (selection) [ edit] ==
 * Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
 * The Thomas Crown Affair (wardrobe Faye Dunaway, 1968)
 * Bullitt (1968)
 * Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
 * The Godfather Part II (1974)
 * Nickelodeon (1976)
 * New York, New York (1977)
 * Heaven Can Wait (costumes Julie Christie and Dyan Cannon, 1978)
 * The Jerk (1979)
 * The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
 * Wizards and Warriors (TV series 1983)
 * Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
 * Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
 * Leap of Faith (1992)
 * Kiss of Death (1995)