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Eileen Diss Biography (1931-)

Born May 13, 1931; daughter of Thomas and Winifred Diss; married Raymond Everett, 1953; children: two sons, one daughter. Addresses: Home: 4 Gloucester Walk, London W8 4HZ, England.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Production designer, set decorator, art director

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Production Designer
• Series
• Maigret, 1962-1963
• Great Mysteries (also known as Orson Welles' Great Mysteries), 1973
• Miniseries
• Shoulder to Shoulder, 1974
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, NBC, 1987
• Porterhouse Blue, 1987
• Love on a Branch Line, 1993
• A Dance to the Music of Time, 1997
• Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Movies
• The Tea Party, 1964
• Up the Junction, 1965
• Somerset Maugham, 1969
• Uncle Vanya, 1970
• Cider with Rosie, 1971
• The Duchess of Malfi, 1972
• Candide, 1973
• The Importance of Being Earnest, 1973
• Pygmalion, 1973
• Caesar and Cleopatra, 1974
• Robinson Crusoe, 1974
• The Gathering Storm, 1974
• Moll Flanders, 1975
• Ghosts, 1976
• The Winslow Boy, 1976
• You Never Can Tell, 1977
• Hedda Gabler, 1980
• The Rear Column, 1980
• The Marquise, 1980
• The Potting Shed, 1981
• Behaving Badly, 1989
• Nobody Here But Us Chickens, 1989
• Head over Heels, 1993
• Dead Gorgeous, 2002
• Also worked as production designer on Alice through the Looking Glass; Trouble in Tahiti; An Afternoon at the Festival; Now Lies She These.
• Specials
• Romeo and Juliet (also known as Play of the Month: Romeo and Juliet), 1967
• The Merry Widow, 1968
• Tales of Hoffmann, 1969
• Die Fledermaus, 1971
• Falstaff, 1972
• The Yeoman of the Guard, 1974
• Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil, 1985
• "Rocket to the Moon," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986
• Partners in Crime, Series II (also known as The Ambassador's Boots), PBS, 1986
• "Jeeves and Wooster," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1990
• "The Best of Friends," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1992
• "Jeeves and Wooster, Series II," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1992
• "Jeeves and Wooster, Series III," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1993
• "Jeeves and Wooster, Series IV," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
• Landscape, BBC-TV, 1995
• Television Art Director
• Movies
• The Sign of Four, 1983
• Television Set Decorator
• Movies
• Behind Enemy Lines (also known as 92 Grosvenor Street), 1985
• Film Production Designer
• A Doll's House (also known as Maison de poupee), World Film, 1973
• Sweet William, World Northal, 1979
• Betrayal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• (With Fred Carter) Sherlock Holmes's The Sign of Four, Mapleton, 1983
• Secret Places, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• (With Edward Pisoni) 84 Charing Cross Road, Columbia, 1986
• (With Chris Townsend) A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
• August, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
• Stage Production Designer
• Exiles, 1969
• Butley, 1971
• The Caretaker, 1972 and 1991
• Otherwise Engaged, 1975
• Blithe Spirit, National Theatre, London, 1976
• The Apple-Cart, 1977
• The Rear Column, 1978
• The Homecoming, 1978
• The Philanderer, National Theatre, 1978
• Close of Play, National Theatre, 1979
• When We Are Married, National Theatre, 1979
• Watch on the Rhine, National Theatre, 1980
• The Caretaker, National Theatre, 1980
• The Hothouse, 1980
• Translations, 1981
• Quartermaine's Terms, 1981
• Incident at Tulse Hill, 1981
• Measure for Measure, National Theatre, 1981
• Rocket to the Moon, 1982
• The Communication Cord, 1983
• The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, National Theatre, 1983
• The Common Pursuit, 1984
• Other Places, 1985
• The Seagull, 1985
• Sweet Bird of Youth, 1985
• Circe and Bravo, 1986
• The Deep Blue Sea, 1988
• Veterans Day, 1989
• The Mikado, 1989
• Steel Magnolias, 1989
• Burn This, 1990
• The Philanthropist, 1991
• Private Lives, 1992
• A Month in the Country, 1992
• Oleanna, 1993
• Betrayal, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1994
• Dumb Waiter, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, 1994
• Old Times, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, 1994
• One for the Road, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, 1994
• Moonlight, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, 1994
• Landscape, Pinter Festival, Gate Theatre, 1994
• Landscape, National Theatre, 1995
• Cellmates, 1995
• Taking Sides, Chichester and London, 1995
• The Hothouse, Chichester and London, 1995
• Stage Set Designer
• The Weekend, Strand Theatre, London, 1994