Linda Fisher Biography (1943-)

Born September 30, 1943, in Lindsay, CA; daughter of James Howard (an Air Force pilot) and Doris (maiden name, Lundgren) Fisher; married Richard Paul Cressen (a psychologist), November, 1976.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
Costume designer
Birth Details
September 30, 1943
Lindsay, California, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Costume Designer
  • Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, Yale Drama School, New Haven, CT, 1968
  • Three Sisters, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, 1968
  • White Lies/Black Comedy, Williamstown Summer Theatre, Williamstown, MA, 1968
  • Wait until Dark, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1968
  • The Seagull, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1968, 1974, and McCarterTheater, 1973
  • How to Succeed in Business, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1968, later Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1978
  • The Trial of A. Lincoln, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1969-1970
  • The Unseen Hand and Forensic and the Navigators (double-bill), Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1970
  • Chemmy Circle, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1970
  • Ring Round the Moon, Hartford Stage Company, 1970
  • A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1970
  • The Brass Butterfly, Chelsea Theatre Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1971
  • Subject to Fits (workshop production), New York Public Theatre, 1971
  • Wipe-Out Games, Arena Stage, 1971
  • Pantagleize, Arena Stage, 1971
  • A Public Prosecutor Is Sick of It All, Arena Stage, 1972
  • What Price Glory?, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1972
  • Charley's Aunt, Hartford Stage Company, 1972, later Academy Festival Theatre, Lake Forest, IL, 1979
  • A Streetcar Named Desire, Hartford Stage Company, 1972
  • Tooth of Crime, McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, 1972
  • Uncle Vanya, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1972, then Center Stage,Baltimore, MD, 1973, later Academy Festival Theatre, 1979, and Hartman Theatre, 1980
  • Juno and the Paycock, Hartford Stage Company, 1973
  • The Karl Marx Play, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1973
  • Nobody's Earnest, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1973
  • What the Butler Saw, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1973
  • The Entertainer, McCarter Theater, 1973
  • The Daughter-in-Law, McCarter Theater, 1974
  • The Rivals, Williamstown Summer Theatre, 1974
  • You Never Can Tell, McCarter Theater, 1974
  • Hay Fever, Center Stage, 1974
  • The Show-Off, Long Wharf Theatre, 1975
  • Guys and Dolls, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1975
  • Boccaccio, Edison Theatre, New York City, 1975
  • A Raisin in the Sun, Hartford Stage Company, 1975
  • Afternoon Tea, Hartford Stage Company, 1975
  • He Who Gets Slapped, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts,1975
  • The Animal Kingdom, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1976
  • Gypsy, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1976
  • Much Ado about Nothing, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1976
  • The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1976
  • Envoi Messages, Indiana Repertory Theatre, 1976
  • Catsplay, Arena Stage, 1977
  • The Plough and the Stars, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, 1977
  • Volpone, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 1977
  • Purlie, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1977
  • Enrico IV, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1977
  • Winter's Tale, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, 1978
  • Rib Cage, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1978
  • Awake and Sing, Hartford Stage Company, 1978
  • Eve, Hartford Stage Company, 1978
  • They'd Come to See Charlie, Hartford Stage Company, 1978
  • Catchpenny Twist, Hartford Stage Company, 1978-1979
  • Bonjour la, Bonjour, Hartford Stage Company, 1978-1979
  • S.S. Glencairn/Sea Plays, Long Wharf Theatre, 1979
  • The Days Between, Playhouse Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1979
  • Two Small Bodies, Playwrights' Horizons, 1979
  • Old World, Hartford Stage Company, 1979
  • The Interview, Academy Festival Theatre, 1979
  • Hillbilly Women, Long Wharf Theatre, 1979
  • Morning's at Seven, Academy Festival Theatre, 1979, then Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1980, later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, LosAngeles, 1981
  • Shout across the River, Phoenix Theatre, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1980
  • The Rainmaker, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 1980
  • Caretaker, Long Wharf Theatre, 1980
  • Vikings, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1980
  • Ardele, Hartford Stage Company, 1980
  • Working, American Stage Festival, 1980
  • The Lady from Dubuque, Hartford Stage Theatre, 1980
  • Watch on the Rhine, Center Stage, 1980
  • Goose and Tom-Tom (workshop production), New York Public Theatre,1980
  • Sally and Marsha, Pepsico Festival, Purchase, NY, 1981
  • Sally's Gone, She Left Her Name, Center Stage, 1981, then Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1985
  • After the Prize, Phoenix Theatre, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 1981
  • The Captivity of Pixie Shedman, Phoenix Theatre, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, 1981
  • Gaslight, American Stage Festival, 1981
  • Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1981
  • Philadelphia, Here I Come, Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1981
  • Rose, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1981
  • Two for the Seesaw, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1981
  • An Enemy of the People, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Anchorage/Fairbanks, AK, 1982
  • Foxfire, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • (With others) Good, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • Greater Tuna, Circle in the Square Downtown, New York City, 1982,then Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1984
  • The Great Magoo, Hartford Stage Company, 1982
  • Last Looks, Center Stage, 1982
  • Palace of Amateurs, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1982
  • The Carmone Brothers Italian Food Products Corp.'s Annual Pasta Pageant, Long Wharf Theatre, 1982
  • Surprise at Campobello, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1982
  • Secret Injury, Secret Revenge, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1982
  • The Workroom, Center Stage, 1982
  • Becoming Memories, South Street Theatre, 1983
  • Summer, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1983
  • The Philanthropist, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1983
  • A Backer's Audition, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1983
  • Old Times, Stage One, New York City, 1983-1984
  • Painting Churches, Second Stage Company, Lamb's Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983-1984 then Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, MI, 1984
  • Fables for Friends, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1984
  • Messiah, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Centre Stage, Toronto, 1984
  • In Celebration, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Space at City Center,New York City, 1984
  • Homesteaders, Long Wharf Theatre, 1984
  • Oliver Oliver, Long Wharf Theatre, 1984
  • Ohio Tip-Off, Center Stage, 1984
  • South Pacific, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion/Music Center, Los Angeles, 1985
  • Not about Heroes, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1985
  • Crystal Clear, Long Wharf Theatre, 1985
  • Bedroom Farce, Center Stage, 1985
  • The Member of the Wedding, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1985
  • Top Girls, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1986
  • A Little Night Music, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1986
  • I Never Sang for My Father, Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1987, then Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1987-1988
  • Harvey, Guthrie Theatre, 1989
  • A Tuna Christmas, 1989
  • The March on Russia, Hudson Guild Theatre, 1990
  • A Tuna Christmas, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
  • Bus Stop, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1996
  • Long Day's Journey into Night, Irish Repertory Theatre, 1998
  • Mystery School, Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, 1998
  • Eclipsed, Irish Repertory Theatre, 1999
  • The Hostage, Irish Repertory Theatre, 2000
  • Modern Orthodox, Long Wharf Theatre, 2000
  • The Bungler, Long Wharf Theatre, 2000
  • A Life, Irish Repertory Theatre, 2001
  • The Smell of the Kill, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 2001
  • The Streets of New York, Irish Repertory Theatre, 2001-2002
  • Outward Bound, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 2002
  • Also worked as costume designer for X-Notes on a Private Mythology, Yale Drama School; You Can't Take It With You, Yale Drama School.
  • Stage Associate Costume Designer
  • All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1983
  • Film Costume Designer
  • Rachel River, Taurus Entertainment, 1987
  • Heart of Midnight, Samuel Goldwyn, 1988
  • Necessary Parties, Wonderworks, 1988
  • Just Like in the Movies, Alon Kasha, 1989
  • Getting In (also known as Student Body), 1994
  • After the Storm, Trimark Pictures, 2001
  • Television Costume Designer
  • Movies
  • A Sunday Dinner, Showtime, 1982
  • Mornings at Seven, CBS, 1982
  • (Prologue to #44) The Mysterious Stranger, PBS, 1982
  • The Final Verdict, TNT, 1990
  • They (also known as Children of the Mist and They Watch), 1993
  • Greater Tuna, HBO, 1994
  • Kiss and Tell, ABC, 1996
  • Miniseries
  • The Langoliers (also known as Stephen King's The Langoliers), ABC, 1995
  • Specials
  • The Seagull, 1975
  • Private History of a Campaign That Failed, PBS, 1981
  • "Pudd'nhead Wilson," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984
  • Series
  • (Credit sequence) Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1986-1988
  • Pilots
  • The Cavanaughs, CBS, 1986
  • Mabel and Max, CBS, 1987

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