Jennifer von Mayrhauser

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Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Born
Ithaca, New York
OccupationCostume designer

Jennifer von Mayrhauser is an American costume designer who has designed costumes for more than thirty Broadway productions, and is notable for her significant contributions in film, television, and theatre.[1][2]

Life and studies

Von Mayrhauser was born in Ithaca, New York.[3][4] Her father, Thomas G. Bergin, a noted author and a translator of Dante, Petrarch and Vico, was also a professor and Master of Timothy Dwight College at Yale University.[5] She attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, founded by the women's rights advocate Emma Willard in 1814.[6] She also studied at Francis Holland School in London.[7] She then earned a theatre degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In New York City she studied costume design at Lester Polakov's New York Studio and Forum of Stage Design, a significant training program for theatre designers, founded in 1958 in Greenwich Village.[3][8] She was Adjunct Professor of Costume Design at Brandeis University from 1991 to 2012. She is married to Richard Cottrell, with whom she has two daughters: Julia Dennison, who is an editor and journalist in New York, and Lucy Cottrell, an actress and comedian in New York.[4]

She began her career in New York assisting Santo Loquasto and Carrie Robbins, and she began designing costumes herself in 1973. She then joined Circle Repertory Company as resident designer, designing over thirty shows there including her first Broadway show, Knock Knock, in 1976.[3]

Broadway

Jennifer von Mayrhauser's Broadway costume designs include:

E.G. Marshall, Rosemary Murphy and Irene Worth.[2]

Off-Broadway

She has designed costumes Off-Broadway, including the American premiere of

Phoenix Theatre.[13]

Film

She has designed costumes for more than twelve films, including:

Bed & Breakfast; Passed Away, starring Blair Brown, Tim Curry, Frances McDormand, Maureen Stapleton and Dylan Baker; The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Annabella Sciorra, Julianne Moore and Rebecca De Mornay; Lean on Me and Mystic Pizza, starring Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor and Matt Damon.[1]

Television

She has designed costumes for television including: The pilot episode for the CBS drama series

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf; and Kiss Kiss, Darlings, written by Wendy Wasserstein, and starring Blythe Danner.[1]

Awards and nominations

Von Mayrhauser was nominated for the

New York Women in Film and Television program Designing Hollywood.[19]

She is a member of the

Tony Award Nominating Committee for the 2015–2018 Broadway seasons.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jennifer von Mayrhauser". IMDb. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  2. ^ a b The Broadway League. "Internet Broadway Database". Ibdb.com. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ a b "Edith Meiser Oral History Project". League of Professional Theatre Women. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
  5. ^ "Thomas G. Bergin, an Authority on Dante". The New York Times. November 3, 1987.
  6. ^ "Mission and Vision". emmawillard.org. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "StackPath". francisholland.org.uk. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  8. ^ Wilmeth, Don B., editor. Bigsby, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge History of American Theatre. Volume III. Cambridge University Press. 2000. page 522. [1]
  9. ^ "Come Back Little Sheba". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
  10. ^ Gill, Brendan. The Theatre, The Seacoast of Missouri ;The New Yorker; Theater Review, p. 61. March 3, 1980
  11. ^ Brantley, Ben. After Extramarital Activities, Politician Looks for the Words. New York Times. November 4, 2013. [2]
  12. ^ Brentley, Ben. "I know you are, but what am I, and who is he?". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  13. ISBN 978-1-59420-298-8
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  14. ^ Holden, Stephen (November 26, 2009). "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
  15. ^ [3] Holden, Stephen. Review, I’m Not Rappaport’’. New York Times. December 26, 1996.
  16. ^ "The Lucille Lortel Foundation". Lortel.org. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  17. ^ "New York Obies Theater Awards". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  18. ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 1999 – OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A SERIES". Emmys.com. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  19. ^ "New York Women in Film and television". Nywift.org. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  20. ^ Playbill Gans, Andrew. "Tom Kitt, Adam Gwon Among Those Tapped for 2015–16 Tony Nominating Committee". Playbill. May 26, 2015

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