Nolan Miller

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Nolan Bertrandoff Miller (January 8, 1933 – June 7, 2012)

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Early life

Miller was born at

Beverly Hills, where he met Aaron Spelling, who hired Miller to design clothes for the film, thus initiating Miller's career creating fashion for the stars.[3][4]

Career

From 1983 to 1987, Miller was nominated six times for an

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Christopher Schemering notes in The Soap Opera Encyclopedia that "[t]he Nolan Miller creations became so popular that Dynasty spawned its own line of women's apparel", and later a men's fashion line.[5] "The Dynasty Collection," was a series of fashion designs based on costumes worn by Joan Collins, Linda Evans, Stephanie Beacham and Diahann Carroll. Miller maintained a career as a private couturier in Beverly Hills, California, with clients including Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Collins. For two decades he designed a line of jewelry for QVC.[6] A 2005 collaboration with Joan Rivers and Kenneth Jay Lane, the Scoundrel Collection, was designed for the Broadway production of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.[7] The collection was presented on QVC with a April 25, 2005 broadcast and sold at the Imperial Theatre's concessionaire.[8]

Death

Nolan had battled

Woodland Hills, California on June 6, 2012; he was 79 years old.[1][4]
He was predeceased by his ex-wife, Sandra Stream Miller, who died in November 2011; they had no children.

Selected credits

References

  1. ^ a b Collins, Joan (June 7, 2012). "My dear friend Nolan Miller died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a huge part of my life and I will miss him terribly. Rest now NM". Twitter. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ^ a b "In Memory of Nolan Miller". QVC on YouTube. June 7, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Wilson, Eric (June 8, 2012). "Nolan Miller, Designer of Dynasty Power Looks, Is Dead at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
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  6. ^ Kron, Joan (October 18, 1992). "Glamour Boy". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ^ The Scoundrel Collection, tealsunset, April 2005, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved April 3, 2019
  8. Broadway World
    . April 29, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "QVC.com Retirement Dedication for Nolan Miller, and products". QVC.com. 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Finetti, Marisa (2016). "Rhinestones & Feathers". davidlv.com.

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