May Routh
British-American costume designer (1934–2022)
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Ida May Routh (12 July 1934 – 1 June 2022) was a British-American costume designer.
Being There
May Routh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1934 Jabalpur, British India |
| Died | 1 June 2022 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Notable work | Ronin Being There |
| Spouse | |
Routh was born in India, where she grew up in Jabalpur. She relocated to England for her education, graduating from the Saint Martin's School of Art.[1]
She first worked as a fashion illustrator, with her work appearing in the magazines Vogue and Elle. In 1969, she was offered a position by her former boyfriend Brian Duffy as an assistant to costume designer Anthony Mendleson for the film Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). Her first credited work as a costume designer was for the David Bowie film The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Other notable credits include Being There (1979), Splash (1984), Newsies (1992) and Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993). She worked often with director John Frankenheimer, including Andersonville (1996), George Wallace (1997), Ronin (1998) and Reindeer Games (2000).[2] She received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) and Andersonville.[3]
Routh married production designer Brian Eatwell in 1983, and worked with him frequently until his death in 2007.[1] She died on 1 June 2022, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[2]
