---
name: "Kathy O'Rear"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathy-orear"
fi1m_id: "kathy-orear"
imdb_id: "nm0642380"
tmdb_id: 4149
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 51
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:11:12.928272+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kathy O'Rear

## Identity

Kathy O'Rear

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kathy-orear
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kathy-orear
- **IMDb ID:** nm0642380
- **TMDB ID:** 4149
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4149

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1980–1994
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 40 (3), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, History 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $203m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4149

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Cannonball Run II*](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md) (35)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kathy O'Rear is a costume designer. Her film credits as costume designer include *A River Runs Through It* (1992), *Quiz Show* (1994), *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994) and *Joe Somebody* (2001). She worked earlier in the costume and wardrobe department on films including *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), *Cannonball Run II* (1984) and *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985).

O'Rear won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series for her work on the television series *St. Elsewhere* in 1986.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), Fi1m 42, Wardrobe Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, Costumer — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Joe Somebody* (2001), Costume Design
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), Costume Designer
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *A River Runs Through It* (1992), Costume Design
- *No Way Out* (1987), Costumer
- *Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment* (1985), Wardrobe Assistant — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-2-their-first-assignment.md)
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Costume Design — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Costumer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Stranger in Our House* (1979), Costume Design

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