Shirley Russell

Shirley Russell (1935-2002) was an Oscar-nominated costume designer for film and television. She was the costume designer for the two part Jim Henson Company TV movie Gulliver's Travels. For her work on the project, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special, and won a BAFTA Award.
Much of Russell's work was for the films of Ken Russell (her husband until 1978), designing costumes for Women in Love and The Music Lovers (both with Glenda Jackson), The Devils (with Vanessa Redgrave), Tommy (with The Who and based on their album), and Valentino (with Rudolf Nureyev). She received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design for Agatha and Reds. 
Other film credits include The Little Prince, The Bride, Greystoke (credited for costuming Andie MacDowell, as well as Cheryl Campbell as Tarzan's mother), Lady Chatterly's Lover, Enigma, and Wagner (with John Gielgud).
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