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May Routh
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Born June 12, 1934Died June 2, 2022 (87 years)
Ida May Routh (12 July 1934 – 1 June 2022) was a British-American costume designer.
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.
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) and Newsies (1992). 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. Routh married production designer Brian Eatwell in 1983, and worked with him frequently until his death in 2007. She died on 1 June 2022, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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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.
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) and Newsies (1992). 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. Routh married production designer Brian Eatwell in 1983, and worked with him frequently until his death in 2007. She died on 1 June 2022, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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May Routh Filmography
| 2004 | Helter Skelter · as Costume Design |
| 2002 | Path to War · as Costume Designer |
| 2001 | Ambush · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games · as Costume Design |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley · as Costume Designer |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | George Wallace · as Costume Designer |
| 1997 | George Wallace (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1996 | A Face to Die For · as Costume Design |
| 1996 | Andersonville (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1994 | Roswell · as Costume Designer |
| 1993 | Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald · as Costume Design |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage · as Costume Design |
| 1992 | Newsies · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | Blood River · as Costume Design |
| 1990 | The Image · as Costume Designer |
| 1989 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · as Costume Designer |
| 1988 | Caddyshack II · as Costume Design |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer Space · as Costume Designer |
| 1984 | Splash · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year · as Costume Design |
| 1981 | Ghost Story · as Costume Design |
| 1980 | First Family · as Costume Design |
| 1979 | Being There · as Costume Designer |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · as Costume Design |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste · as Costume Designer |
| 1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth · as Costume Design |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Costume Illustrator |