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Ruth Morley is a Costume Design Autrichien born on 19 november 1925

Ruth Morley

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Birth name Ruth Miriam Birnholz
Nationality Austria
Birth 19 november 1925
Death 12 february 1991 (at 65 years)

Ruth Miriam Birnholz — née le 19 novembre 1925 à Vienne (Autriche), morte le 12 février 1991 à New York (arrondissement du Bronx) — est une costumière américaine d'origine autrichienne, connue sous le nom de scène de Ruth Morley.

Biography

Fuyant le nazisme, elle émigre avec sa famille en 1940 aux États-Unis et s'y installe définitivement. Débutant comme costumière de théâtre, elle contribue à des pièces et comédies musicales représentées à Broadway (New York) entre 1950 et 1988.

Mentionnons Anastasia de Marcelle Maurette (1954-1955, avec Joseph Anthony et Viveca Lindfors), The Miracle Worker de William Gibson (1959-1961, avec Anne Bancroft et Patty Duke), ainsi que Mort d'un commis voyageur d'Arthur Miller (1984, avec Dustin Hoffman et John Malkovich).

Au cinéma, Ruth Morley travaille sur trente-six films américains, le premier sorti en 1958. Citons Miracle en Alabama d'Arthur Penn (1962, adaptation de The Miracle Worker précité, avec les mêmes Anne Bancroft et Patty Duke), Taxi Driver de Martin Scorsese (1976, avec Robert De Niro et Cybill Shepherd), Tootsie de Sydney Pollack (1982, avec Dustin Hoffman et Jessica Lange) et Ghost de Jerry Zucker (1990, avec Patrick Swayze et Demi Moore).

Son dernier film est Le Prince des marées de Barbra Streisand (avec la réalisatrice et Nick Nolte), sorti en 1991, année de sa mort à 65 ans, d'un cancer du sein.

Pour la télévision, elle collabore à dix téléfilms à partir de 1976 ; le dernier est Mort d'un commis voyageur de Volker Schlöndorff (1985, adaptation de la pièce éponyme précitée, où Dustin Hoffman et John Malkovich reprennent leurs rôles).

S'ajoutent quatre séries disséminées de 1951 à 1985, dont Kojak (1973).

Best films

Ghost (1990)
(Costume Design)
Superman (1978)
(Costumer)
Tootsie (1982)
(Costume Design)
Parenthood (1989)
(Costume Design)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
(Costume Design)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
(Costume Design)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ruth Morley (38 films)

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Costume and makup

The Prince of Tides, 2h12
Directed by Barbra Streisand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Rape in fiction, Films about psychiatry
Actors Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé, Melinda Dillon
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.398353.398353.398353.398353.39835
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.
Ghost
Ghost (1990)
, 2h8
Directed by Jerry Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli
Roles Costume Design
Rating71% 3.55133.55133.55133.55133.5513
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), a banker and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore), a potter, are a couple who renovate and move into an apartment in New York City with the help of Sam's friend Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn). One afternoon, Sam makes the discovery of unusually high balances in obscure bank accounts, but despite Carl's offer to help investigate, Sam decides to investigate on his own. That night, while walking home, Sam and Molly are mugged by a street thug who pulls a gun and demand's Sam's wallet. Sam struggles with the attacker and is shot. After pursuing the street thug, Sam runs back to Molly and discovers that he has died from the gunshot and become a ghost after seeing Molly crying over his dead body. Sam stays by a distraught Molly, trying to come to grips with his condition, when Carl comes over and suggests they take a walk, but Sam cannot bring himself to follow. Moments later, the mugger enters the apartment, evidently searching for something. When Molly returns, Sam scares their cat into attacking the thug, who flees. Following him to his apartment in Brooklyn, Sam learns that the man's name is Willie Lopez and he was looking for something in Sam's apartment and will return to find it later. Sam happens upon the parlor of Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg); a con artist posing as a medium who realizes she has an actual gift when she can hear Sam. He convinces her of the danger that Molly is in and to warn her. She is met by skepticism until she relays information that only Sam would know.
Parenthood
Parenthood (1989)
, 2h4
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.547623.547623.547623.547623.54762
Gil Buckman, a neurotic sales executive in the St. Louis area, is trying to balance his family and career. When he finds out that his eldest son, Kevin, has emotional problems and needs therapy, and that his other two children, Taylor and Justin, both have issues as well, he begins to blame himself and questions his abilities as a father. When his wife, Karen, announces she is pregnant with their fourth child on the same day he quit his sales job, he is unsure whether he can handle it.
Winter People, 1h50
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kurt Russell, Gregory Peck, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges, Mitch Ryan, Eileen Ryan
Roles Costume Design
Rating61% 3.0961053.0961053.0961053.0961053.096105
Into a small, poor Appalachian Mountains community in the Great Depression era arrive a young widower, Wayland Jackson, a clockmaker, and his 12-year-old daughter.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 1h43
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité, Buddy films
Actors Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Lauren Tom, Alan North
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.399093.399093.399093.399093.39909
A blind man named Wally Karew (Richard Pryor) and a deaf man named Dave Lyons (Gene Wilder) meet when Wally applies for a job in Dave's New York City concession shop.
Hello Again, 1h32
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton
Roles Costume Design
Rating53% 2.6568852.6568852.6568852.6568852.656885
Long Island housewife Lucy Chadman in the midst of a tarot card reading by her occult sister, Zelda. Just as Zelda exclaims something is going to happen, Lucy begins to choke to death on a South Korean Chicken Ball. The film shows the difficulty of Lucy's loved ones, including Zelda, had in coping with her death. But the grief turns to excitement when Zelda receives a book of spells called The Wisdom of Catagonia. Within the book Zelda finds a spell that requires perfect astronomical timing—the moon, the earth, and the dog star must form a perfect isosceles triangle. Zelda performs the spell and Lucy appears.
The Money Pit, 1h31
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexandre Godounov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.200843.200843.200843.200843.20084
Attorney Walter Fielding (Tom Hanks) and his classical musician girlfriend, Anna Crowley (Shelley Long), learn of Walter Sr.'s wedding to a beautiful young woman named Florinda (Tetchie Agbayani) in Rio de Janeiro shortly after fleeing the country for embezzling millions of dollars from their musician clients. The next morning, they are told they need to vacate the apartment they are subletting from Anna's ex-husband, Max Beissart (Alexander Godunov), a self-absorbed conductor who has returned early from Europe.
Grace Quigley, 1h27
Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte, Walter Abel, William Duell, Chip Zien, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Costume Design
Rating57% 2.8539452.8539452.8539452.8539452.853945
Grace Quigley arrive à la fin de sa vie, vivant seule dans son appartement de New York. Un jour, elle est témoin d'un meurtre commis par TopHit-man, Seymour Flint. Elle décide de lui faire du chantage et la tuer, cependant, elle a un ou deux amis qui souhaitent la voire mourir .....
Death of a Salesman, 2h16
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, Jon Polito
Roles Costume Design
Rating71% 3.5974053.5974053.5974053.5974053.597405
Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman) returns home exhausted after a canceled business trip. Worried over Willy's state of mind and recent car crash, his wife Linda (Kate Reid) suggests that he ask his boss Howard Wagner (Jon Polito) to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Willy complains to Linda that their son Biff (John Malkovich), who is visiting, has yet to make good on his life. Despite Biff's promise as an athlete in high school, he flunked senior year math and never went to college.
Tootsie
Tootsie (1982)
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, L'usurpation d'identité, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman
Roles Costume Design
Rating73% 3.6984253.6984253.6984253.6984253.698425
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to hire him anymore because he is difficult to work with. According to his long-suffering agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), Michael's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over-schedule, because the idea of a tomato sitting down was "illogical" to him. After many months without a job, Michael hears of an opening on the soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student Sandy Lester (Teri Garr), who tries out for the role of a hospital administrator Emily Kimberly but does not get it. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him that "no one will hire you", he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" and wins the part. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected Emily to be (as written) another swooning female in the plot. His character quickly becomes a television sensation.
Hammett
Hammett (1982)
, 1h37
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook, Jr., Richard Bradford
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.197773.197773.197773.197773.19777
San Francisco-based Dashiell Hammett, trying to put his Pinkerton detective days behind him while establishing himself as a writer, finds himself drawn back into his old life one last time by the irresistible call of friendship and to honor a debt.
I Ought to Be in Pictures, 1h48
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Martin Ferrero, Dan Butler
Roles Costume Design
Rating61% 3.0518353.0518353.0518353.0518353.051835
A 19-year-old Brooklynite, Libby Tucker (Dinah Manoff), visiting her dead grandma's grave at a New York cemetery, reveals that she is moving to Hollywood to become an actress and find her father, screenwriter Herbert Tucker. Libby takes a bus to Denver, then hitchhikes the rest of the way. Libby then tries to call Herb but gets nervous and hangs up.
One from the Heart, 1h47
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raúl Juliá, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.243053.243053.243053.243053.24305
The evening of July 4, in Las Vegas, Hank (Forrest) a mechanic and Frannie (Garr), a travel agent, break up while celebrating their fifth anniversary. He has been insensitive to her yearning for adventure and excitement. They both spend a night with their idealized partners — Hank goes with Leila, a nubile and beautiful circus girl (Kinski), and Frannie goes with Ray, a dark, handsome musician (Juliá).
The Chosen
The Chosen (1981)
, 1h48
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Ron Rifkin, Robert John Burke
Roles Costume Design
Rating71% 3.5960053.5960053.5960053.5960053.596005
The film takes place in Brooklyn, beginning near the conclusion of the Second World War. Reuven Malter is a middle-class Modern Orthodox Jewish teenager, and the son of David Malter, a college professor and dedicated Zionist. At a baseball game between their schools, Reuven meets Danny Saunders, another Jewish teenage boy. At first, the meeting is one of enmity since Danny accidentally injures Reuven's eye during the game; this results in Reuven wearing an eye patch for a good portion of the movie. Danny goes to Reuven's house to apologize to him and the teens gradually become friends, despite their differing backgrounds. It turns out that Danny is the eldest son of a Hasidic Rebbe, the dynastic leader the Hasidic Jews in that neighborhood. However, Danny is somewhat distant from him. Danny has also been going to the nearby public library and reading books on psychology. He amazes Reuven with his ability to remember word-for-word what he has read. It turns out that Reuven's father has been showing him these books. Reuven and Danny also go to a Sabbath service in Danny's Hasidic community as Danny is eager for Reuven to meet his father. Danny's father approves of their friendship - however, Rebbe Saunders disapproves of Prof. Malter's writings, which doesn't surprise the professor. Rebbe Saunders also wishes for Danny to become a rabbi and to eventually succeed him in leading his Hasidic community, as this has been tradition for several generations, but Danny doesn't seem very eager to pursue this.
Little Miss Marker, 2h12
Directed by Walter Bernstein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Julie Andrews, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, Kenneth McMillan
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.1509853.1509853.1509853.1509853.150985
Sorrowful Jones (Matthau) is a gloomy, cantankerous bookie circa 1934, who is confronted by Carter, a gambler who cannot pay a $10 debt. He ultimately gives his 6-year-old daughter (Stimson) to Sorrowful's gangster-run gambling operation as a "marker" (collateral) for a bet. When he loses his bet and commits suicide, the gangsters are left with the "Kid" on their hands. Sorrowful's nervous assistant, Regret (Newhart), is concerned about the legalities of this, particularly the kidnapping statutes.