by Nathaniel R
Ann Roth on the set of "Ma Rainey"
With five days until Oscars we were looking for a way to celebrate the number five today that related to this year's Oscars. The only fifth time nominee we could find (though perhaps we missed someone) is Ann Roth who we've celebrated before. The 89 year-old costume designer has somehow won only one Oscar and one Tony despite a prolific and eye-poppingly rich career on both stages and screen. Her Tony win came for the Nathan Lane play The Nance (which we think would make a pretty great movie) and these are the film designs for which she was nominated...
What's your favourite of her Oscar nominations?
- Places in the Heart (1984) ... lost to Theodor Pistek for Amadeus
- The English Patient (1996) WINNER
- The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)... lost to Lindy Hemming for Topsy-Turvy
- The Hours (2002) ... lost to Colleen Atwood for Chicago
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) ...pending
She just won the BAFTA and CDG for these costumes but at the Oscars she has stiff competition from Emma, Mulan (CDG win), Pinocchio, and Mank. If she wins the Oscar on Sunday night she'll become the second-oldest Oscar winner of all time, just behind James Ivory who was also 89 when he won for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name (2017) but a month or two closer to his 90th birthday.
For fun which of her other costume design work is your favourite...
- The World of Henry Orient (1964) film debut
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Klute (1971) which inspired fashion trends... Oscar's avoidance of contemporary designs really hurts their legacy!
- Day of the Locust (1976) BAFTA win
- Murder by Death (1976)
- 9 to 5 (1980)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Angels in America (2003) Emmy nomination
- Cold Mountain (2003) BAFTA nomination
- Mamma Mia! (2008) CDG nomination
- Julie & Julia (2009) CDG nomination
- Mildred Pierce (2011) Emmy nomination
- The Post (2017)
So much beauty in that filmography.
OSCAR CATEGORY REVIEWS
- Picture
- Director
- Actress
- Actor
- Supporting Actress
- Supporting Actor
- Adapted Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Costume Design
- Makeup and Hair
- Original Song
- Sound
- Visual Effects
- Documentary Feature
- Shorts, Animated
- Shorts, Doc
- Shorts, Live Action
plus
- Um... who is winning best actress?
- Double acting nomination complications
- How often does Best Actor go to a non-Best Picture nominated film?
- New Oscar records
- History of Posthumous Oscars
- Oldest Best Actor Nominees of all time (two are from this year!)
- Oldest Best Supporting Nominees of all time (two are from this year!)