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born: "24 February 1925"
died: "17 July 1999"
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# Patricia Zipprodt

Costume designer. Born 24 February 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 17 July 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 24 February 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 17 July 1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Zipprodt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7145904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/961075

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Graduate*](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md) (86)

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## Biography

Patricia Zipprodt (24 February 1925 – 17 July 1999) was an American costume designer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she attended Bradford Junior College and Wellesley College before studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Her first Broadway credit was *The Potting Shed* in 1957, after which she designed costumes for more than 50 productions.

Zipprodt worked extensively in theatre, ballet and opera, including designs for the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera. She received Tony Awards for her work on *Fiddler on the Roof* (1964), *Cabaret* (1967) and *Sweet Charity* (1986), and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1992. Her film credits include *The Graduate* (1967) and *1776* (1972); she also designed for television adaptations such as *The Glass Menagerie* (1973) and *Alice in Wonderland* (1983).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, nytimes.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Graduate* (1967), Fi1m 86, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Met - Il Barbiere di Siviglia* (1988), Costume Design
- *Sunday in the Park with George* (1986), Costume Design
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1983), Costume Design
- *The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser* (1982), Costume Designer
- *Pippin* (1981), Costume Design
- *June Moon* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1973), Costume Design
- *1776* (1972), Costume Design
- *Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man* (1970), Costume Design
- *Last of the Mobile Hot Shots* (1970), Costume Design
- *The Graduate* (1967), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-graduate.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 7 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1991: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1986: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1984: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1983: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1976: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1975: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1973: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1969: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1967: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1965: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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