Shirley Russell
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Shirley Russell (March 11, 1935 - March 4, 2002) was an award-winning British costume designer and the first wife of film director Ken Russell, to whom she was married from 1956 to 1978 and with whom she had five children. Xaiver, James, Alex, Victoria and Toby.
Russell was born Shirley Ann Kingdon in London, England. She and her husband met in art school and converted to Roman Catholicism prior to their marriage [1]. The couple collaborated on Women in Love, The Music Lovers, The Devils, The Boy Friend, Savage Messiah, Mahler, Tommy, Lisztomania, and Valentino.
Russell's additional credits include The Little Prince, Agatha, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Reds, The Return of the Soldier , The Razor's Edge, Hope and Glory, The Bride, Yanks, Gulliver's Travels, I Dreamed of Africa, and Shackleton.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1970 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Women in Love (nominee)
- 1978 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Valentino (nominee)
- 1980 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Yanks (winner)
- 1980 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Agatha (nominee)
- 1980 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Agatha (nominee)
- 1982 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Reds (nominee)
- 1983 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Reds (nominee)
- 1986 Saturn Award for The Bride, nominee
- 1988 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Hope and Glory (nominee)
- 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special (Gulliver's Travels, nominee)
- 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Gulliver's Travels (winner)
- 2001 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Longitude (nominee)
- 2003 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Shackleton (winner)
