Irene Sharaff

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Irene Sharaff was an acclaimed American costume designer known for her influential work in Broadway theatre and Hollywood films, earning multiple Academy Awards for her distinctive visual style.

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Irene Sharaff canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American costume designer ⓘ
costume designer ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-01-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-08-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
New York School of Fine and Applied Art ⓘ
employer 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
familyName Sharaff ⓘ
fieldOfWork Broadway theatre ⓘ
linked to: Broadway theater

Hollywood films ⓘ
film ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre costume design ⓘ
givenName Irene ⓘ
influenced American stage costume design ⓘ
Hollywood costume design ⓘ
name Irene Sharaff ⓘ
notableFor distinctive visual style in costume design ⓘ
influential work in Broadway theatre ⓘ
influential work in Hollywood films ⓘ
notableWork An American in Paris (1951 film) ⓘ
Brigadoon (1954 film) ⓘ
linked to: Brigadoon

Cleopatra (1963 film) ⓘ
The King and I (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to: The King and I

West Side Story (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 5 ⓘ
occupation costume designer ⓘ
set designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
style bold use of color ⓘ
historically informed design ⓘ
workedOnBroadwayProduction Funny Girl (musical) ⓘ
Oklahoma! (musical) ⓘ
The King and I (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: The King and I

West Side Story (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
workedOnFilm An American in Paris (1951 film) ⓘ
Brigadoon (1954 film) ⓘ
linked to: Brigadoon

Cleopatra (1963 film) ⓘ
The King and I (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to: The King and I

West Side Story (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yolanda and the Thief → costumeDesignBy → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
Cleopatra (1963 film) → costumeDesignBy → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
The Clock → costumeDesigner → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
The North Star (1943 film) → costumeDesignBy → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
subject linked to: The North Star
Irene Sharaff → name → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
"Coffee Time" sequence → costumeDesignBy → Irene Sharaff ⓘ
subject linked to: “Coffee Time” sequence
Sharaff → hasNotableBearer → Irene Sharaff ⓘ