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Shirley Russell is a Production Design and Costume Design born on 11 march 1935

Shirley Russell

Shirley Russell
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Birth name Shirley Ann Kingdon
Birth 11 march 1935
Death 4 march 2002 (at 66 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Shirley Ann Russell (11 March 1935 – 4 March 2002) was a British costume designer and first wife of film director Ken Russell, to whom she was married from 1956 to 1978, and with whom she had five children, Xavier, James, Alexander, Victoria and Toby.

Russell was born as Shirley Ann Kingdon in London, England. She and her husband met in art school; they both converted to Roman Catholicism prior to their marriage. The couple collaborated on Women in Love, The Music Lovers, The Devils,
The Boy Friend, Savage Messiah,
Mahler, Tommy, Lisztomania, and Valentino.

Following her divorce from Ken Russell, she lived for many years with director Jonathan Benson in Chiswick. She ran her own firm of film costumiers for most of her career, particularly specialising in 1930s and 1940s clothing.

Russell's other credits include The Little Prince, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Return of the Soldier, The Razor's Edge, Hope and Glory, The Bride, Yanks, Gulliver's Travels, I Dreamed of Africa, and Shackleton.

She received Oscar nominations for her work in Agatha (1979) and Reds (1981).

Best films

Reds (1981)
(Costume Design)
Tommy (1975)
(Costume Design)
The Devils (1971)
(Costume Design)
Hope and Glory (1987)
(Costume Design)
Women in Love (1969)
(Costume Design)

Usually with

Ken Russell
Ken Russell
(12 films)
Dick Bush
Dick Bush
(5 films)
Stuart Baird
Stuart Baird
(7 films)
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shirley Russell (24 films)

Display filmography as list

Art

Agatha
Agatha (1979)
, 1h45
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse, Timothy West, Paul Brooke
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1006353.1006353.1006353.1006353.100635
When her husband Archibald "Archie" Christie (Timothy Dalton) confronts her with his affair and demands a divorce, crime writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) tells him that she fears for her life and promptly vanishes. She signs into a Harrogate hotel under the name of a relative of Archie’s lover and, as the country flies into a frenzy of rumour regarding her disappearance, secretly plans a dark revenge against him that can only be averted by Wally Stanton (Dustin Hoffman), an ambitious American journalist who falls in love with her.

Costume and makup

Enigma
Enigma (2001)
, 1h59
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam, Saffron Burrows, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Donald Sumpter
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.199863.199863.199863.199863.19986
The story, loosely based on actual events, takes place in March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height. The cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a blackout in the flow of vital naval signals intelligence. The British cryptanalysts have cracked the "Shark" cipher once before, and they need to do it again in order to keep track of U-boat locations.
FairyTale: A True Story, 1h35
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Children's films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Paul McGann, Elizabeth Inglis, Joseph May
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.247933.247933.247933.247933.24793
Early 20th Century Europe was a time and place rife with conflicting forces, from the battlefields of World War I to the peaceful countryside of rural England. Scientific advances such as electric light and photography appeared magical to some; spiritualism was championed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle while his friend Harry Houdini decried false mediums who prey upon grieving families. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan charmed theatergoers of all ages. Young Frances Griffiths, whose father is missing in action, arrives by train to stay with her cousin Elsie Wright in rural Yorkshire.
Hope and Glory, 1h53
Directed by John Boorman, Lasse Hallström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about children, Pregnancy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sammi Davis, Derrick O'Connor, Susan Wooldridge, Ian Bannen
Roles Costume Design
Rating72% 3.646443.646443.646443.646443.64644
Beginning just before the start of the Second World War, the film tells the story of the Rowan family: Bill, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive, living in a suburb of London. After the war starts, Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children.
The Bride
The Bride (1985)
, 1h54
Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport
Roles Costume Design
Rating54% 2.701812.701812.701812.701812.70181
The film begins with Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting), his monster (Clancy Brown), Dr. Zalhus (Quentin Crisp), and his assistant Paulus (Timothy Spall) creating a female mate named Eva (Jennifer Beals) for the monster. Eva is physically identical to a human and lacking the deformities of the monster. As such, she is revolted by the monster and rejects him. This causes the monster to fly into a rage and destroy Frankenstein's laboratory. Frankenstein, believing himself and Eva to be the only survivors, flees with her back to Castle Frankenstein. He tells everyone, including Eva, that she was an amnesiac he found in the woods. There he decides to take Eva for himself and pursues the goal of making her a perfect human mate.
The Razor's Edge, 2h8
Directed by John Byrum
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Denholm Elliott, Catherine Hicks, James Keach, Peter Vaughan
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.199173.199173.199173.199173.19917
The film opens in 1917 Illinois at a fair planned to raise money to support Gray Maturin and Larry Darrell, who are joining World War I as ambulance drivers in the period before America joins the war. Larry looks forward to returning home to marry his longtime sweetheart Isabel. Larry shares a final night with Isabel watching the fireworks along with Gray, their close friend Sophie, and her husband Bob. At the front, commanding officer Piedmont schools his new men on the harsh reality of war. For example, he has both armed, because in spite of it being an ambulance unit and America's neutrality, the enemy can and will kill those helping the Allies. He also destroys the headlights and windows of a fellow ambulance truck because the lights will signal enemies to their unit. Larry adapts quickly, shooting the headlights and windows of his own truck.
The Return of the Soldier, 1h39
Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay
Roles Costume Designer
Rating66% 3.3378553.3378553.3378553.3378553.337855
In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave to fight in The Great War in France led by Captain Chris Baldry (Bates). He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty (Christie), and throughout he seems withdrawn and distant.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Costume Design
Rating72% 3.6471253.6471253.6471253.6471253.647125
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.
Agatha
Agatha (1979)
, 1h45
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse, Timothy West, Paul Brooke
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.1006353.1006353.1006353.1006353.100635
When her husband Archibald "Archie" Christie (Timothy Dalton) confronts her with his affair and demands a divorce, crime writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) tells him that she fears for her life and promptly vanishes. She signs into a Harrogate hotel under the name of a relative of Archie’s lover and, as the country flies into a frenzy of rumour regarding her disappearance, secretly plans a dark revenge against him that can only be averted by Wally Stanton (Dustin Hoffman), an ambitious American journalist who falls in love with her.
Cuba
Cuba (1979)
, 2h2
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Héctor Elizondo, Martin Balsam, Jack Weston
Roles Costume Design
Rating56% 2.8007352.8007352.8007352.8007352.800735
The film's sense of historical accuracy is marred by the opening scene which shows an airliner landing in Havana with the wrong date ("1959") superimposed on the screen. It should read "1958", the last year of the revolution. Cuban President Batista fled the capital when Fidel Castro and his guerrillas entered Havana on New Year's Day 1959.
Yanks
Yanks (1979)
, 2h18
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Rachel Roberts, Lisa Eichhorn, Chick Vennera
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.196973.196973.196973.196973.19697
This film opens with the narration: "From early 1942 until the invasion of Europe over a million Americans landed in Britain. They came to serve on other battle fronts or to man the vast U.S. bases in England. Hardly a city, town or village remained untouched."
Valentino
Valentino (1977)
, 2h8
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Erotic, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Ann Kendal, Seymour Cassel
Roles Costume Design
Rating60% 3.0485553.0485553.0485553.0485553.048555
The film begins with a mock newsreel sequence showing the chaos around the death of 31-year-old film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolph Nureyev). Thousands of fans mob the funeral home until order is restored, at which point the important women in Valentino's life come to mourn. Each remembers him via flashbacks.
Inserts
Inserts (1975)
, 1h57
Directed by John Byrum
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Veronica Cartwright, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.147853.147853.147853.147853.14785
Prior to the opening credits we see portions of the stag film that is shot in the course of the movie. Voices are overheard that make it apparent that men and women are watching this in the present day. At the end a man complains that there was no "Come shot", something that will later develop into a plot point.
Tommy
Tommy (1975)
, 1h51
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Elton John, Tina Turner, Paul Nicholas
Roles Costume Design
Rating65% 3.2991353.2991353.2991353.2991353.299135
(Note: This narrative is given song by song. For formal song playlist and list of song credits, see Tommy (soundtrack).)
Lisztomania, 1h43
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Biography, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, John Justin, Fiona Lewis
Roles Costume Design
Rating60% 3.048953.048953.048953.048953.04895
Rather than a straightforward narrative, the film presents Liszt's life through a series of episodes. At the start of the film, Liszt is caught in bed with Marie d'Agoult by her husband the Count d'Agoult. The Count challenges Liszt to a fight with sabres but Marie begs the count to let her share Liszt's fate. The Count then orders his staff to trap Liszt and Marie into the body of a piano, nailing it shut, and then leaving it on railroad tracks.