---
name: "Marilyn Matthews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marilyn-matthews"
fi1m_id: "marilyn-matthews"
imdb_id: "nm0560105"
tmdb_id: 1434261
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:18:23.184879+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."
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# Marilyn Matthews

## Identity

Marilyn Matthews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marilyn-matthews
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marilyn-matthews
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560105
- **TMDB ID:** 1434261
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1434261

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1989–1998
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1434261

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Truman Show*](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Marilyn Matthews is a costume designer whose feature film credits include *The Truman Show* (1998), *Congo* (1995), *Green Card* (1990), *Fearless* (1993) and *Taking Care of Business* (1990). She has also worked as assistant costume designer on *National Treasure* (2004) and *A Little Princess* (1995), and as associate costume designer on *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003).

Earlier credits include set costumer on *Dead Poets Society* (1989) and costume supervisor roles on *Only You* (1994). Matthews has extensive television experience, notably on the series *Fame* (1982–1985), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award and further nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, m.the-numbers.com, shotonwhat.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Fi1m 80, Set Costumer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *National Treasure* (2004), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure.md)
- *44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out* (2003), Costume Design
- *Picking Up the Pieces* (2000), Costume Designer
- *Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder* (2000), Costume Design
- *The Truman Show* (1998), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Ghosts of Mississippi* (1996), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Congo* (1995), Costume Design
- *Only You* (1994), Costume Supervisor
- *Fearless* (1993), Costume Design
- *Green Card* (1990), Costume Design
- *Taking Care of Business* (1990), Costume Design
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Set Costumer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *The Debbie Allen Special* (1989), Costume Design
- *Gardens of Stone* (1987), Costume Supervisor
- *Dancing in the Wings* (1985), Costume Design
- *Murder at the Mardi Gras* (1978), Costume Design
- *Having Babies II* (1977), Costumer

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