Ann Roth


Ann Roth is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.

Life and career

Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Roth was a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own.
Her more than one hundred screen credits include The World of Henry Orient, Midnight Cowboy, Klute, Working Girl, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, Primary Colors, Cold Mountain, Closer, Freedomland, The Good Shepherd, Margot at the Wedding, Mamma Mia!, and Evening.
Roth's dozens of stage credits include The Odd Couple, The Star-Spangled Girl, Purlie, Seesaw, They're Playing Our Song, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Biloxi Blues, Butley, The Vertical Hour, Deuce, and The Waverly Gallery.

Multiple collaborations

Film

Television

Theatre

Work as a Costume Designer
YearTitleVenue
1957Small War on Murray HillEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1958Maybe TuesdayPlayhouse Theatre, Broadway
1958Make a MillionMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1958DisenchantedCoronet Theatre, Broadway
1959A Desert IncidentJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
1959ChériMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1959Take Me AlongShubert Theatre, Broadway
1960The Cool WorldEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
1960Face of a HeroEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
1961A Far CountryMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
1961Purlie VictoriousLongacre Theatre, Broadway
1961Look, We've Come ThroughHudson Theatre, Broadway
1962Isle of ChildrenCort Theatre, Broadway
1962Venus at LargeMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1963Natural AffectionBooth Theatre, Broadway
1963Children from Their GamesMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1963A Case of LibelLongacre Theatre, Broadway
1963The Public EyeMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1964The Last AnalysisBelasco Theatre, Broadway
1964Slow Dance on the Killing GroundPlymouth Theatre, Broadway
1964I Had a BallMartin Beck Theatre, Broadway
1965The Odd CouplePlymouth Theatre, Broadway
1965Mrs. DallyJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
1965The Impossible YearsPlayhouse Theatre, Broadway
1966The Wayward StorkRichard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway
1966The Star-Spangled GirlPlymouth Theatre, Broadway
1967Something DifferentCort Theatre, Broadway
1968Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls RoyceEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1969Play It Again, SamBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1969My Daughter, Your SonBooth Theatre, Broadway
1969Tiny AliceANTA Theatre, Broadway
1969Three SistersANTA Theatre, Broadway
1970GantryGeorge Abbot Theatre, Broadway
1970PurlieANTA Theatre, Broadway
1970The Engagement BabyHelen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
1971Father's DayJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
1972Fun CityMorosco Theatre, Broadway
1972Twelfth NightVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
1972Children! Children!Ritz Theatre, Broadway
19726 Rms Riv VuHelen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
Lunt-Fontaine Theatre, Broadway
1972EnemiesVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
1972-73PurlieBilly Rose Theatre, Broadway
1973The Merchant of VeniceVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
1973SeesawUris Theatre, Broadway
Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway
1973The Women46th Street Theatre, Broadway
1976The Royal FamilyHelen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
1976The HeiressBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1977The Importance of Being EarnestCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1978Do You Turn Somersaults?46th Street Theatre, Broadway
1978-82The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas46th Street Theatre, Broadway
1978-79The Crucifer of BloodHelen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
1978First Monday in the MorningMajestic Theatre, Broadway
1979-81They're Playing Our SongImperial Theatre, Broadway
1979StrangersJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
1980-81Lunch HourEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1982-84The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
1982-83Present LaughterCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1983The MisanthropeCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1984Open AdmissionsMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
1984-85Design for LivingCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1964-85HurlyburlyEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1985-86Biloxi BluesNeil Simon Theatre, Broadway
1985Arms and the ManCircle in the Square Theatre, Broadway
1985-86The Odd CoupleBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1985-86Singin' in the RainGershwin Theatre, Broadway
1986-87Social SecurityEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1986-87The House of Blue LeavesVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1989Born Yesterday46th Street Theatre, Broadway
1992Death and the MaidenBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
1992A Small Family BusinessMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
1993Any Given DayLongacre Theatre, Broadway
1994What's Wrong With This Picture?Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
1996-97Present LaughterWalter Kerr Theatre, Play
2000-02The Tale of the Allergist's WifeWalter Kerr Theatre, Play
2005-06The Odd CoupleBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
2006-07ButleyBooth Theatre, Broadway
2006-07The Vertical HourMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
2007The Year of Magical ThinkingBooth Theatre, Broadway
2007DeuceMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
2009Hedda GablerAmerican Airlines Theatre, Broadway
2011The Book of MormonEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
2012Death of a SalesmanEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
2012Gore Vidal's The Best ManGerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway
2013The NanceLyceum Theatre, Broadway
2013The Testament of MaryWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
2013'Booth Theatre, Broadway
2013-14BetrayalEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
2014A Raisin in the SunEthel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
2014-15This is Our YouthCort Theatre, Broadway
2014-15It's Only a PlayGerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2014-15A Delicate BalanceJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
2015Fish in the DarkCort Theatre, Broadway
2015-16SylviaCort Theatre, Broadway
2015-16MiseryBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway
2016Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical
Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Music Box Theatre, Broadway
2016BlackbirdBelasco Theatre, Broadway
2016-17The Front PageBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway
2017-18Meteor ShowerCort Theatre, Broadway
2018Three Tall WomenJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
2018The Iceman ComethBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2018CarouselImperial Theatre, Broadway
2018To Kill a MockingbirdShubert Theatre, Broadway
2018-19The Waverly GalleryJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway
2018-19The PromLongacre Theatre, Broadway
2019King LearCort Theatre, Broadway
2019'Booth Theatre, Broadway
2020Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''Booth Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Tony Awards

Emmy Award

Miscellaneous awards