About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1934-06-12
Place of birth:
Jabalpur, British India
Website:
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May Routh

Overview

Ida May Routh (12 July 1934 – 1 June 2022) was a British-American costume designer.

Routh was born in India, where she grew up in Jabalpur. She relocated to England for her education, graduating from the Saint Martin's School of Art.

She first worked as a fashion illustrator, with her work appearing in the magazines Vogue and Elle. In 1969, she was offered a position by her former boyfriend Brian Duffy as an assistant to costume designer Anthony Mendleson for the film Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). Her first credited work as a costume designer was for the David Bowie film The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Other notable credits include Being There (1979), Splash (1984) and Newsies (1992). She worked often with director John Frankenheimer, including Andersonville (1996), George Wallace (1997), Ronin (1998) and Reindeer Games (2000).[2] She received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) and Andersonville. Routh married production designer Brian Eatwell in 1983, and worked with him frequently until his death in 2007. She died on 1 June 2022, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Known for

Acting

2003 Watching the Alien Actor Self N/A
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Costume & Make-Up

2004 Helter Skelter Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2001 Ambush Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2000 Reindeer Games Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
1998 Ronin Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1997 George Wallace Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
1996 A Face to Die For Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1993 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1992 Newsies Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1991 Blood River Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1988 Caddyshack II Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 53
Average
1985 Morons from Outer Space Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 57
Average
1984 Splash Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1982 My Favorite Year Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1981 Ghost Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1980 First Family Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1979 Being There Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 70
Good
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1973 The Three Musketeers Costume & Make-Up Costume Illustrator 62
Fair