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  Avenue Q on Broadway
Sharaff was revered as a designer of enormous depth and intelligence, equally secure with both contemporary and period costumes.
Sharaff in 1993, is bestowed upon a costume designer who over the course of his or her career has achieved great distinction and demonstrated a mastery of the art.
The award, honoring a designer of distinction early in his or her career, is given in recognition of Irene Sharaff's wish to see young designers encouraged on their way to fully acknowledged success and excellence in the field.
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  ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Dunne Irene
Dunne, Irene (1904–1990), American actress, who appeared in a wide variety of films but is most closely associated with the genre of romantic...
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Sharaff, Irene (1910–1993), American film and theatre designer, winner of five Academy Awards.
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 Debbie Onstage
Irene's friends soon cheer her up, and Donald, too, comes to her to admit that there is really only one Irene.
Irene, a vision in blue, removes her wrap to disclose that she is dressed in her own everyday clothes.
Irene O'Dare's occupation was changed from an upholsterer's assistant in the original to a piano tuner in the revival.
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 Theatre Development Fund Announces the 2005 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sharaff was revered as a designer of enormous depth and intelligence, equally secure with both contemporary and period costumes.
The award is presented to a designer whose work embodies those qualities of excellence represented in the life work of Irene Sharaff: a keen sense of color, a feeling for material and texture, an eye for shape and form, and a sure command of the craft.
The award, honoring a designer of distinction early in his or her career, is given in recognition of Irene Sharaff's wish to see young designers encouraged on their way to fully acknowledged success and excellence in the field.
www.playbyplayonline.com /pressreleases/IreneSharaffAwards05.html   (2175 words)

  
 Theatre Development Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award, first presented to the legendary Miss Sharaff in 1993, is bestowed upon a costume designer who over the course of his or her career has achieved great distinction and demonstrated a mastery of the art.
Previous winners of the TDF Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award are Desmond Heeley (1994), Miles White (1996), Alvin Colt (1996), Patricia Zipprodt (1997), Jane Greenwood (1998), Willa Kim (1999), Ann Roth (2000) and Freddy Wittop (2001).
The TDF Irene Sharaff Artisan Award, which was created in 1999, recognizes an individual or company that has made an outstanding supportive contribution in the field of costume technology.
www.playbyplayonline.com /pressreleases/sharaff02ann.asp   (910 words)

  
 Sharaff, Irene Movies Web Links   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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www.themoviesonline.com /Filmmaking_Makeup_and_Costumes_Costumers_Sharaff,_Irene.html   (1738 words)

  
 Sharaff, Irene --  Encyclopædia Britannica
She was known for her leading roles as a gracious and well-bred woman and also well known for her comedic roles.
One of the hottest entertainers of the early 1980s, the multitalented Irene Cara achieved popular and critical acclaim for her performance in the film ‘Fame' (1980) and for her contributions to the soundtrack of the hit film ‘Flashdance' (1983).
English dancer Vernon Castle and U.S. dancer Irene Castle were a famous husband-and-wife dance team who added a sense of spontaneity to formal ballroom dancing.
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 Playbill News: PHOTO CALL: TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
The 2007 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ceremony was held March 23 at the Hudson Theatre in New York.
Mackie was awarded the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Christine Ebersole.
The costume designer Murell Horton received the TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, presented by Michael Kahn.
www.playbill.com /news/article/106868.html   (278 words)

  
 Sharaff, Irene --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Irene Sharaff created stylish and sumptuous fashion designs for some 60 stage productions, 40 motion pictures, and such ballet companies as the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, American Ballet Theatre, and the New York City Ballet.
Irene Sharaff was born in 1910 in Boston, Mass.
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 History of Fashion Designer Irene Sharaff
Irene Sharaff was born in Boston, USA in 1910.
In 1932, Sharaff designed for Eva La Galliene's production of "Alice in Wonderland" and won the Donaldson Award for her costumes and scenery designs.
Sharaff's last stage designs were created in 1972, and her last film costume assignment was "Mommie Dearest" in 1981.
www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/sharaff.html   (304 words)

  
 NYSL: Sharaff-Sze Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Irene Sharaff was born in Boston and brought up by her mother.
Sharaff later created scenery and costumes for the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, the New York City Ballet, and the Royal Ballet in London.
Mai-mai Sze and Irene Sharaff moved effortlessly between the literary and visual arts, between high and popular culture.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Irene Sharaff
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Irene Sharaff
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ROBERT O'HEARN TO RECEIVE THE ROBERT L. Throughout her long and distinguished career, elegance and an attention to detail were the trademarks of costume designer IRENE SHARAFF.
The TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards are presented through Theatre Development Fund's Costume Collection which rents professional theatrical costumes at low cost to not-for-profit organizations across the country.
Legendary costume designer and six-time Tony Award-winner FLORENCE KLOTZ, who began her career assisting Irene Sharaff, will be presented the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Sharaff Irene
ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Sharaff Irene
In recent years it has been in the field of musicals that costume design has been most significant.
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 Entertainment Design: Roth, Perdziola Win Sharaff Awards - Theatre Development Fund honors costume designers - Brief ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Theatre Development Fund, through the TDF Costume Collection, recently presented its annual TDF Irene Sharaff Awards for excellence in costume design at a reception in New York.
Previous winners of the TDF Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award have been: Desmond Heeley (1994), Miles White (1996), Alvin Colt (1996), Patricia Zipprodt (1997), Jane Greenwood (1998), and Willa Kim (1999).
TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Awards have been bestowed upon Gregg Barnes (1994), Toni-Leslie James (1996), Paul Tazewell (1997), Martin Pakledinaz (1998), and Suzy Benzinger (1999).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CVQ/is_5_34/ai_62296988   (242 words)

  
 Entertainment Design: Aldredge, Huntley among Sharaff Award winners - bizwire   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Theoni Aldredge, a three-time Tony Award winner for her costumes on Annie, Barnum and La Cage aux Folles, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre Development Fund Irene Sharaff Awards.
A selection of the designer's work can be seen in the Designer Sketchbook on page 40; in addition, look for more of her sketches on the ED website.
Recipients of this year's Irene Sharaff Young Master Award are the design team of Gregory Gale and the late Jonathan Bixby, who designed Urinetown in addition to many productions at The Drama Department.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CVQ/is_4_36/ai_84393271   (243 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Set and Costume Design
Although he did not receive an Academy Award for his designs for Gone With the Wind, he received numerous nominations and shared an Oscar with Orry Kelly and Irene Sharaff for their work on An American in Paris (1953).
One of the few costume designers to have worked both on Broadway productions and on their film adaptations, Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) first developed a reputation in New York and then joined "Freed's Fairies" at MGM in 1942, an association that did not prevent her from continuing to design for Broadway.
Equally adept at period or contemporary costume, Sharaff earned distinction for her attention to detail and for the elegance of her creations.
www.glbtq.com /arts/set_design,5.html   (2080 words)

  
 2005 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards Announced
The 2005 recipients of the TDF/Irene Sharaff awards are: Florence Klotz, Lifetime Achievement Award; David Zinn, Young Master Award; Vincent Zullo, Young Artisan Award; Oliver Messel, Posthumous Award; and Robert O'Hearn, The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design.
The winners of the 2005 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards, who were selected by the TDF Costume Collection's Advisory Committee, will be presented their awards in an April 8 ceremony at the Hudson Theatre.
Florence Klotz began her career as a costume designer assisting Irene Sharaff on The King and I.
entertainmentdesignmag.com /news/2005_sharaff_awards   (999 words)

  
 2005 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards for Theatrical Costume Design Announced   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Such excellence is demonstrated by the winners of the 2005 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards, who were selected by the TDF
Legendary costume designer and six-time Tony Award-winner FLORENCE KLOTZ, who began her career assisting Irene Sharaff, will be presented the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award during a ceremony at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel (
Additionally, the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards' newest honor, the Robert L. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design, which was first presented in 2004, will be presented to ROBERT O'HEARN.
www.jacneed.com /Archives/21705Sharaff.htm   (1824 words)

  
 Irene Ducas --  Encyclopædia Britannica
When Alexius became emperor in April 1081 he reportedly planned to repudiate Irene and wed Mary, who had been married to the former emperors Michael VII…
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 Press Release - TDF 2002 Irene Sharaff Awards For Theatrical Costume Design Announced
"I was overpowered by their visual beauty...and I can't get them out of my eyes," is what Richard Rodgers wrote to Irene Sharaff about her costumes for The King and I. Such excellence and timelessness is exemplified by the winners of the 2002 TDF Irene Sharaff Awards, who were selected by the awards' advisory committee.
On Broadway, he is currently represented by Mamma Mia!, The Producers and Contact, and the new productions of The Elephant Man and Morning's At Seven (which he also designed when they were last on Broadway in 1979 and 1980, respectively).
The TDF Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award, first presented to the legendary Miss Sharaff in 1993, is bestowed upon a costume designer who over the course of his or her career has achieved great distinction and demonstrated a mastery of the art.
www.broadwaystars.com /press/2002/020307.shtml   (933 words)

  
 Broadway & Hollywood - SHARAFF, IRENE
Laid in is a holograph personal note card signed and inscribed by the author, Irene Sharaff, ÒDear Giorgi, Did you ever expect to see this??
Nevertheless, here we are--much reduced by rising production copses--but I hope you will enjoy some of this book--As ever with love, IreneÓ.
Illustrated with costume designs & drawings by five time Oscar winning Sharaff for the many plays and films, including The King and I, An American in Paris, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, etc. Fine in a dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine.
www.jamespepperbooks.com /si/5584N.html   (93 words)

  
 Irene Sharaff   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The unmistakable and colorful creations of internationally acclaimed costume designer Irene Sharaff graced many of Broadway's and Hollywood's biggest musical productions for nearly three decades.
She got her start on the New York stage during the '30s and costumed such productions as {+On Your Toes (1936), {+The King and I (1951), {+West Side Story (1957), and {+Funny Girl (1964) -- Sharaff later designed the costumes for the film versions.
She began working in Hollywood for MGM in 1942 and was known for her equal skill in re-creating period costumes and for her fantasy designs.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P110997   (156 words)

  
 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards Announced   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Theatre Development Fund (TDF) has announced the winners of the 2004 Irene Sharaff Awards for Theatrical Costume Design, presented under the aegis of TDF's Costume Collection.
The equally legendary Tony Walton -- an Oscar-, Emmy-, and three-time Tony-winner -- will take the The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design, a new honor.
Sharaff, who died in 1993, received five Oscars for costume design, including "An American in Paris," "Cleopatra," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The King and I" (for which she also won a Tony), and "West Side Story."
www.backstage.com /backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2085823   (627 words)

  
 The Costume Design Winners
Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Renie CLEOPATRA
Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
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 Irene Sharaff   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) (as Sharaff)
I Dood It (1943) (associate costume supervisor) (as Sharaff)
Find where Irene Sharaff is credited alongside another name
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 Broadway and Hollywood: Costumes Designed By Irene Sharaff by Irene Sharaff   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Costume designs and drawings by 5 time oscar winner Irene Sharaff.
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