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Theoni V. Aldredge Biography (1932-)

Full name, Theoni Athanasios Vachlioti Aldredge; born August 22, 1932, in Salonika, Greece; daughter of Athanasios (an army general and politician) and Meropi (maiden name, Gregoriades) Vachlioti; immigrated to the United States, c. 1949; married Tom Aldredge (an actor), December 10, 1953. Addresses:Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

Greek

Gender

Female

Occupation

Costume designer

Birth Details

August 22, 1932

Salonika, Greece

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Costume Designer
• The Distaff Side, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1950
• The Immoralist, Studebaker Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1956
• Much Ado about Nothing, Studebaker Theatre, 1957
• A View from the Bridge, Studebaker Theatre, 1957
• Lysistrata, Studebaker Theatre, 1957
• The Guardsman, Studebaker Theatre, 1957
• Heloise, New York City, 1958
• The Golden Six, New York City, 1958
• The Nervous Set, New York City, 1959
• The Saintliness of Margery Kempe, New York City, 1959
• Chic, New York City, 1959
• The Geranium Hat, New York City, 1959
• Silent Night, Lonely Night, New York City, 1959
• Sweet Bird of Youth, New York City, 1959
• Bell, New York City, 1960
• Measure to Measure, New York City, 1960
• Hedda Gabler, New York City, 1960
• Rosemary, New York City, 1960
• The Alligators, New York City, 1960
• Under Milkwood, New York City, 1961
• Smiling the Boy Fell Dead, New York City, 1961
• The Devil's Advocate, New York City, 1961
• Much Ado about Nothing, New York Shakespeare Festival, Wollman Memorial Skating Rink, New York City, 1961
• A Midsummer Nights Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, Wollman Memorial Skating Rink, 1961
• Mary, Mary, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962
• First Love, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962
• Ghosts, Fourth Street Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962
• The Umbrella, New Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1962
• Rosmersholm, Fourth Street Theatre, 1962
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1962
• Macbeth, New York City, 1962
• King Lear, New York City, 1962
• The Tempest, New York City, 1962
• The Merchant of Venice, New York City, 1962
• Mr. President, New York City, 1962
• Tchin-Tchin, New York City, 1962
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, New York City, 1962
• The Blue Boy in Black, New York City, 1963
• Memo, New York City, 1963
• The Time of the Barracudas, New York City, 1963
• Anthony and Cleopatra, New York City, 1963
• As You Like It, New York City, 1963
• The Winters Tale, New York City, 1963
• The Trojan Women, New York City, 1963
• Strange Interlude, New York City, 1963
• But for Whom, Charlie?, New York City, 1964
• Anyone Can Whistle, New York City, 1964
• The Three Sisters, New York City, 1964
• Hamlet, New York City, 1964
• The Knack, New York City, 1964
• Othello, New York City, 1964
• Electra, New York City, 1964
• Poor Richard, New York City, 1964
• Ready When You Are, C.B.!, New York City, 1964
• P.S., I Love You, New York City, 1964
• Luv, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1964-1966
• Any Wednesday, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1964-1966
• Hot September, Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA, 1965
• Loves Labors Lost, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1965
• Minor Miracle, Henry Millers Theatre, New York City, 1965
• Troilus and Cressida, Delacorte Theatre, 1965
• The Taming of the Shrew, Delacorte Theatre, 1965
• Skyscraper, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1965-1966
• Playroom, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1965-1966
• Cactus Flower, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1965-1968
• Coriolanus, New York City, 1965
• A Time for Singing, New York City, 1966
• UTBU (Unhealthy to Be Unpleasant), Helen Hayes Theatre, 1966
• First One Asleep, Whistle, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1966
• Happily Never After, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1966
• All's Well That Ends Well, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1966
• Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1966
• Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1966
• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Theatre De Lys, New York City, 1966
• A Delicate Balance, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1966-1967
• That Summer ... That Fall, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1967
• Ilya Darling, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1967
• Little Murders, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1967
• The Comedy of Errors, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1967
• King John, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1967
• Titus Andronicus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1967
• Daphne in Cottage D, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1967
• The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, ANTA Theatre, New York City, 1967
• Hair, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1967 then Cheetah Theatre, later Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1968
• Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, 1967-1968
• You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (includes "TheShock of Recognition," "The Footsteps of Doves," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "I'm Herbert"), Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1967-1968
• Before You Go, Henry Millers Theatre, 1968
• I Never Sang for My Father, Longacre Theatre, 1968
• Portrait of a Queen, Henry Millers Theatre, 1968
• Weekend, Broadhurst Theatre, 1968
• The Only Game in Town, Broadhurst Theatre, 1968
• Ergo, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, 1968
• The Memorandum, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre,1968
• King Lear, New York City, 1968
• Ballad for a Firing Squad, New York City, 1968
• Huui Huui, New York City, 1968
• Henry IV, Parts I and II, New York City, 1968
• Hamlet, New York City, 1968
• Romeo and Juliet, New York City, 1968
• Don Rodrigo, New York City, 1968
• Zelda, New York City, 1969
• Billy, New York City, 1969
• The Gingham Dog, New York City, 1969
• Cities in Bezique, New York City, 1969
• Invitation to a Beheading, New York City, 1969
• Peer Gynt, New York City, 1969
• Electra, New York City, 1969
• Twelfth Night, New York City, 1969
• The Wars of the Roses, Parts I and II, New York City, 1970
• Richard III, New York City, 1970
• The Happiness Cage, New York City, 1970
• Trelawney of the "Wells," New York City, 1970 and 1975
• Colette, New York City, 1970
• The Works of Samuel Beckett, New York City, 1970
• Subject to Fits, New York City, 1970
• Blood, New York City, 1971
• Underground, New York City, 1971
• The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, New York City, 1971
• Timon of Athens, New York City, 1971
• Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York City, 1971 then London, 1973
• The Tale of Cymbeline, New York City, 1971
• The Incomparable Max, New York City, 1971
• Sticks and Bones, New York City, 1971
• The Wedding of Iphigenia, New York City, 1971
• Iphigenia in Concert, New York City, 1971
• The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, New York City, 1972
• Voices, New York City, 1972
• That Championship Season, New York City, 1972
• Older People, New York City, 1972
• The Hunter, New York City, 1972
• The Corner, New York City, 1972
• Hamlet, New York City, 1972
• Ti-Jean and His Brothers, New York City, 1972
• Much Ado about Nothing, New York City, 1972
• The Wedding Band, New York City, 1972
• Children, New York City, 1972
• A Village Romeo and Juliet, New York City, 1973
• The Three Sisters, New York City, 1973
• No Hard Feelings, New York City, 1973
• The Orphan, New York City, 1973
• Nash at Nine, New York City, 1973
• As You Like It, New York City, 1973
• King Lear, New York City, 1973
• The Boom Boom Room, New York City, 1973
• The Au Pair Man, New York City, 1973
• Find Your Way Home, New York City, 1974
• The Killdeer, New York City, 1974
• The Dance of Death, New York City, 1974
• Music! Music!, New York City, 1974
• An American Millionaire, New York City, 1974
• In Praise of Love, New York City, 1974
• Mert and Phil, New York City, 1974
• Kid Champion, New York City, 1974
• A Dolls House, New York City, 1975
• Little Black Sheep, New York City, 1975
• Souvenir, Los Angeles, CA, 1975
• A Chorus Line, New York Shakespeare Festival, Shubert Theatre, NewYork City, 1975-1990
• The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Morosco Theatre, 1976
• Rich and Famous, New York City, 1976
• Threepenny Opera, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1977
• Marco Polo Sings a Solo, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Annie, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1977-1981 then ANTA Theatre,Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and Uris Theatre, New York City, 1981
• The Dream, Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1977
• Ballroom, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1978-1979
• The Grand Tour, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Break a Leg, Palace Theatre, 1979
• The Madwoman of Central Park West, 22 Steps Theatre, New York City, 1979
• I Remember Mama, Majestic Theatre, 1979
• The Human Voice, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Clothes for a Summer Hotel, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Onward Victoria, Martin Beck Theatre, 1980
• 42nd Street, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1980-1981 thenMajestic Theatre, 1981-1987 later St. James Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Barnum, St. James Theatre, 1980-1982
• Alice in Concert, Public/Anspacher Theatre, 1981
• Woman of the Year, Palace Theatre, 1981-1982
• Dreamgirls, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1981-1985 then Ambassador Theatre, 1987
• Ghosts, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1982
• A Little Family Business, Martin Beck Theatre, 1982 then Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982-1983
• Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Anspacher Theatre, 1982-1983
• Merlin, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1983
• Buried Inside Extra, Public/Martinson Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Private Lives, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1983
• The Corn Is Green, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1983
• La Cage aux Folles, Palace Theatre, 1983-1987
• The Nest of the Wood Grouse, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, 1984
• The Rink, Martin Beck Theatre, 1984
• Blithe Spirit, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott!; or, Night of 100 Years, Palace Theatre, 1987
• King Richard II, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre/Central Park, 1987
• King Henry IV, Part I, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre/Central Park, 1987
• Teddy and Alice, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
• Much Ado about Nothing, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre/Central Park, 1988
• Chess, Imperial Theatre, 1988
• Gypsy, St. James Theatre, 1989-1990
• Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1989-1990
• Oh, Kay!, Richard Rogers Theatre, New York City, 1990
• Nick and Nora, Marriott Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1991
• The Secret Garden, St. James Theatre, 1991
• Gypsy, 1991
• The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1992
• Night and the City, 1992
• Putting It Together, City Center Stage I, New York City, 1993
• The Flowering Peach, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1994
• The School for Scandal, Lyceum Theatre, 1995
• Taking Sides, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1996
• Three Sisters, Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1997
• Annie, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1997
• Dreamgirls, Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI, 1997
• The Time of the Cuckoo, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City,1999
• EFX, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 1999
• Hotel Suite (also known as Neil Simon's Hotel Suite), Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Follies, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City, 2001
• Also designed costumes for Mack and Mabel and La Cage aux Folles at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ; costume designer with CollennMcMillan for La Cage aux Folles, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia,PA; also designed costumes for productions of Ziegfeld and St. Louis.
• Major Tours
• Costume Designer
• A Short Happy Life, U.S. cities, 1961
• The Best Man, U.S. cities, 1961-1962
• The Porcelain Year, U.S. cities, 1965
• Luv, U.S. cities, 1966
• A Delicate Balance, U.S. cities, 1967
• You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
• (includes "The Shock of Recognition," "The Footsteps of Doves," "I'll BeHome for Christmas," and "I'm Herbert"), U.S. cities, 1967-68.
• Cactus Flower, U.S. cities, 1967-1968
• The Only Game in Town, U.S. cities, 1968
• A Chorus Line, U.S. cities, 1975-1980
• The Belle of Amherst, U.S. cities, 1976-1977 1979
• The Baker's Wife, U.S. cities, 1976
• Annie, U.S. cities, 1978-1981 1986
• Sarah in America, U.S. cities, 1981
• Barnum, U.S. cities, 1981-1982
• 42nd Street, U.S. cities, 1983-1985
• Dreamgirls, U.S. cities, 1983-1987
• La Cage aux Folles, U.S. cities, 1987
• The Secret Garden, U.S. cities, 1992
• Film Art Director
• (As Denny Aldredge) Stella, 1955
• Film Costume Designer
• Stella, 1955
• (As Denny Vachlioti) Pote tin Kyriaki (also known as Never on Sunday), 1960
• Girl of the Night, Warner Bros., 1960
• (As Denny Vachlioti) Phaedra (also known as Faidra), 1962
• (As Denny Vachlioti) Topkapi 1964.
• The Three Sisters, 1966
• You're a Big Boy Now, Seven Arts, 1967
• (And wardrobe supervisor) No Way to Treat a Lady, Paramount, 1968
• (As Denny Vachlioti) Oedipus the King, 1968
• Up Tight!, 1968
• Last Summer, Paramount, 1969
• I Never Sang for My Father, Columbia, 1970
• Promise at Dawn (also known as La promesse de l'aube), AvcoEmbassy, 1971
• The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1974
• (Miss Dunaway's clothes) Three Days of the Condor, 1975
• Harry and Walter Go to New York, Columbia, 1976
• Network, United Artists, 1977
• (And wardrobe) Semi-Tough, United Artists, 1977
• (And wardrobe) The Cheap Detective (also known as Neil Simon'sThe Cheap Detective), Columbia, 1978
• (As Theoni V. Aldridge) The Fury!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
• Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
• (And production designer) The Champ, United Artists, 1979
• The Rose, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
• Middle Age Crazy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• (Miss MacLaine's costumes) A Change of Seasons, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• Can't Stop the Music, Associated Film Distributors, 1980
• Loving Couples, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• (Miss Dunaway's costumes) The First Deadly Sin, 1980
• Circle of Two (also known as Obsession), 1980
• Rich and Famous, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981
• Annie, Columbia, 1982
• Monsignor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Racing with the Moon, Paramount, 1984
• Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984
• Moonstruck, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
• We're No Angels, Paramount, 1989
• Stanley & Iris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• Other People's Money, Warner Bros., 1991
• Addams Family Values, Paramount, 1993
• Milk Money, Paramount, 1994
• The First Wives Club, Paramount, 1996
• Mrs. Winterbourne, TriStar, 1996
• The Mirror Has Two Faces, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1996
• The Rage: Carrie 2, United Artists, 1999
• Film Wardrobe Designer
• (Miss Jessica Lange's wardrobe) Night and the City, 1992
• Television Costume Designer
• Movies
• Alice at the Palace, 1981
• A Streetcar Named Desire, CBS, 1995
• Specials
• Baryshnikov on Broadway, 1980
• (London stage) Barnum!, 1986
• "Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987
• Miniseries
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness, and Murder, NBC, 1987

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Designers, 3rd ed.