Marilyn Vance

Marilyn Vance
Born	Marilyn Kaye
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Other names	Marilyn Vance-Straker Marilyn Kay Vance
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Costume designer Film producer Executive producer Associate producer Set designer Film director Actress
Years active	1980-present
Children	Ladd Vance Gregg Vance

Marilyn Vance is an award-winning American costume designer and filmmaker.

Background

Born Marilyn Kaye, she was once married to Kenny Vance of Jay and the Americans. Marilyn became a costume designer in Hollywood. She is the mother of film producer Ladd Vance and actor/producer-writer Gregg Vance, and over the course of her career as costume designer and film producer, she has been credited as Marilyn Straker, Marilyn Vance-Straker, Marilyn Kay Vance, and Marilyn Vance.^[1][2][3]

Career

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Costume Design

Vance began her costume design career in the 1980s on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. While still working in television, she began costume design for many notable films, such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Untouchables, and Pretty Woman,^[4][2] receiving specific recognition for her contributions to The Untouchables, Pretty Woman,The Rocketeer,^[5] The Rocketeer, and Mystery Men. She was noted in the late 80s for her use of designer clothing for product placement.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

In 1988 she was nominated for both an Oscar^[10][11] and a BAFTA Film Award for her work on The Untouchables.^[12] In 1990 she received a BAFTA nomination for her costumer work on Pretty Woman.^[13] In 1992 she won a Saturn Award for he work on The Rocketeer,^[14] and a Saturn nomination in 2000 for her work on Mystery Men.^[15] At the 11th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in 2009, she received a Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award for her feature work.^[16][17]

Producer

While still continuing her work as a costume designer,^[18] Vance began her work as film producer, with her first production being The First Power in 1990.^[19] This was followed by Judgment Night,^[20] The Getaway, and Timecop. She partnered as co-chairman with E! Entertainment founder Alan Mruvka in 1993 with The Ministry of Film (MOF) as a motion picture and television production company.^{[21][22][23][24]} Her first productions with MOF were the Erotic Confessions video series (1994-1997)^[18] and Embrace of the Vampire in 1995. She returned to television in 1996 with The Legend of Gator Face for Hallmark Entertainment and the Pacific Blue series for USA Network. These were followed in 1998 by the MOF productions Intimate Sessions video series^[18] and the film Digging to China. MOF was dissolved by Mruvka in 1998,^[3]

"Ministry Sets Foreign Policy". allbusiness.com. Hollywood Reporter. November 4, 1998. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4778888-1.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10.</ref> However, in 1999 Vance sued Mruvka alleging he diverted assets from their production company, the Ministry of Film Inc.[24]  In 2003 Vance won a $1 million jury verdict against her former partner.[25]  Vance continued in film and television with her ongoing work as either costume designer, producer, or both for Pacific Blue (1996-2000), Red Letters (2000), Run for the Money (2002), The Girl Next Door (2006), Two Sisters (2008), My Best Friend's Girl (2008), and Unknown Sender (2008).[2][26][27]

Awards and recognition

• 2009, received a Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award for her work in feature films from Costume Designers Guild^[16][17]
• 2000, nominated for a Saturn Award for 'Best Costumes' by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Mystery Men^[15]
• 1992, won a Saturn Award for 'Best Costumes' by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for The Rocketeer^[14]
• 1990, nominated for a BAFTA Film Award by British Academy of Film and Television Arts for 'Best Costume Design' for Pretty Woman^[13]
• 1988, nominated for an Academy Award by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 'Best Costume Design' for The Untouchables^[10]
• 1988, nominated for a BAFTA Film Award by British Academy of Film and Television Arts for 'Best Costume Design' for The Untouchables^[12]

Partial filmography

Costume Designer

• The Girl Next Door (2006)
• My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
• Mystery Men (1999)
• G.I. Jane (1997)
• Pacific Blue (81 episodes, 1996-2000) (TV)
• Sommersby (1993)
• Medicine Man (1992)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Predator 2 (1990)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• Little Monsters (1989)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
• Predator (1987)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
• The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• 48 Hrs. (1982)
• The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980) (TV)

Producer

• Unknown Sender (6 episodes, 2008) (TV)
• Red Letters (2000)
• Pacific Blue (101 episodes, 1996-2000) (TV)
• Digging to China (1998) (producer)
• Intimate Sessions (9 episodes, 1998) (TV)
• The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
• Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
• Timecop (1994)
• The Getaway (1994)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• The First Power (1990)

References

1. ^ "Marilyn Vance-Straker". Turner Classic Movies. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=197172&apid=0&category=filmography&action=more. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Marilyn Vance-Straker Biography". Film Reference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Marilyn-Vance-Straker.html. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "interview with producer Ladd Vance". lukeford.net. http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/ladd_vance.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
4. ^ "Marilyn Vance filmography". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/236308/Marilyn-Vance/filmography. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Spada, James (2004). Julia: her life (illustrated ed.). Macmillan. pp. page 144. ISBN 0312285655. OCLC 9780312285654. http://books.google.com/books?id=BQGTILdwausC&pg=PA144&dq=%22Marilyn+Vance-Straker%22&ei=sMJDSrPRKofKkASo9KSaAw. 
6. ^ Bruzzi, Stella (1997). Undressing cinema: clothing and identity in the movies (illustrated ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. pages 15, 27, 205, 206. ISBN 0415139570. OCLC 9780415139571. http://books.google.com/books?id=OahLS9WQIA8C&pg=PA27&dq=%22Marilyn+Vance-Straker%22&ei=sMJDSrPRKofKkASo9KSaAw. Retrieved June 25. 2009. 
7. ^ "Directors". Gainesville Sun. June 4, 1987. pp. page 14. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NbERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2853,1010559&dq=marilyn-vance+film. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
8. ^ Marvel, Bill (September 11, 1988). "In the movies, the clothes can make the villain". Dallas Morning News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D0118133A5A2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
9. ^ Bogart, Anne (August 9, 1989). "Fashion Cerruti's Suave Assault on Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66520778.html?dids=66520778:66520778&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09%2C+1989&author=ANNE+BOGART&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Fashion+Cerruti's+Suave+Assault+on+Hollywood&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
10. ^ ^{a b} Harmetz, Aljean (February 18, 1988). "Surprises in the Academy Award Nominations". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/18/movies/surprises-in-the-academy-award-nominations.html?pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
11. ^ "The Academy Award Nominees". Washington Post. February 18, 1988. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73570078.html?dids=73570078:73570078&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+18%2C+1988&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+Academy+Award+Nominees&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
12. ^ ^{a b} "Costume Design 1987". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1987. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
13. ^ ^{a b} "Costume Design 1990". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1990. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
14. ^ ^{a b} "Past Saturn Awards". saturnawards.org. http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#costume. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
15. ^ ^{a b} "2000 Saturn Award Nominees". alienpassages.com. http://www.alienpassages.com/Saturn/nominees.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
16. ^ ^{a b} King, Susan (2009-01-14). "Costume designers guild nominations". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/14/entertainment/et-costume14. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
17. ^ ^{a b} Chagollan, Steve (February 18, 2009). "Costume designers honor 'Slumdog'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000261.html?categoryid=1983&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
18. ^ ^{a b c} Seger, Linda (2003). When Women Call the Shots: The Developing Power and Influence of Women in Television and Film. iUniverse. pp. pages 202, 203, 223. ISBN 0595268382. OCLC 9780595268382. http://books.google.com/books?id=NP2C6A3X0m0C&pg=PA223&dq=%22Marilyn+Vance-Straker%22&ei=sMJDSrPRKofKkASo9KSaAw. 
19. ^ Thomas, Kevin (April 9, 1990). "`First Power' Has Blood and Flesh-but Lacks Spirit". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60032421.html?dids=60032421:60032421&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+09%2C+1990&author=KEVIN+THOMAS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=FILM+REVIEW+%60First+Power'+Has+Blood+and+Flesh-but+Lacks+Spirit&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
20. ^ "Tomorrow's hottest actors featured in Judgment Night'". Manila Standard. January 7, 1994. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5cVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6516,1121577&dq=marilyn-vance+producer. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
21. ^ Carver, Benedict (May 21, 1998). "Duo travels to Filmtown". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117471144.html?cs=1&query=Marilyn+Vance. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
22. ^ Kronke, David (September 11, 1998). "Digging to China". Los Angeles Times. http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie980910-9,0,6661508.story. Retrieved 2009-07-06. ^{[dead link]}
23. ^ "Earnings up at Overseas". Variety. August 14, 1998. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117479497.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&query=Marilyn+Vance. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
24. ^ ^{a b} Shirkani, K.D. (December 20, 1999). "Battle lines drawn in $10 mil Ministry suit". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117760157.html?categoryid=18&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
25. ^ Shprintz, Janet (June 10, 2003). "Jury awards producer $1 mil". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117887736.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=%22Ministry+of+Film%22. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
26. ^ "Marilyn Vance film film credits". television.aol.com. http://television.aol.com/celebs/marilyn-vance/1974538/credits. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
27. ^ Holden, Stephen. "Marilyn Vance filmography". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/236308/Marilyn-Vance. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 

External links

• Marilyn Vance at the Internet Movie Database
• Marilyn Vance-Straker at Yahoo Movies
• Marilyn Vance-Straker at Inbaseline

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