Shirley Russell

Infobox actress
name = Shirley Russell
birthname = Shirley Ann Kingdon
birthdate = Birth date|1935|3|11
deathdate = Dda|2002|3|4|1935|3|11|
deathplace = London, England
birthplace =London, England
spouse = Ken Russell (1956–1978)
yearsactive = 1956–2002
baftaawards = 1970 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Women in Love (nominee)
1978 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Valentino (nominee)
1980 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Yanks (winner)
1980 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Agatha (nominee)
1980 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Agatha (nominee)
1982 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Reds (nominee)
1983 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Reds (nominee)
1986 Saturn Award for The Bride, nominee
1988 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Hope and Glory (nominee)
1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special (Gulliver's Travels, nominee)
1997 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Gulliver's Travels (winner)
2001 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Longitude (nominee)
2003 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Shackleton (winner)

Shirley Russell (March 11, 1935 – March 4, 2002) was an award-winning British costume designer and the first wife of film director Ken Russell, to whom she was married from 1956 to 1978 and with whom she had five children.Xavier, James, Alex, Victoria and Toby.

Russell was born Shirley Ann Kingdon in London, England. She and her husband met in art school and converted to Roman Catholicism prior to their marriage [ [http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/russellken.html Ken Russell at Moviecrazed.com] ] . The couple collaborated on "Women in Love", "The Music Lovers", "The Devils", "The Boy Friend", "Savage Messiah", "Mahler", "Tommy", "Lisztomania", and "Valentino".

Following her divorce from Ken Russell she lived for many years with one of his First Assistant Directors, Jonathan Benson, in an elegant Thameside house in Chiswick. She ran her own firm of film costumiers for most of her career, particularly specialising in 1930s and 1940s clothing.

Russell's additional credits include "The Little Prince", "Agatha", "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "Reds", "The Return of the Soldier ", "The Razor's Edge", "Hope and Glory", "The Bride", "Yanks", "Gulliver's Travels", "I Dreamed of Africa", and "Shackleton".

She died of cancer in March 2002.

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751455/ Shirley Russell at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-article-shirley-russell.html A tribute to Shirley Russell]