---
name: "Theadora Van Runkle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/theadora-van-runkle"
fi1m_id: "theadora-van-runkle"
imdb_id: "nm0887916"
tmdb_id: 6455
wikidata_id: "Q439661"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "27 May 1928"
died: "1 November 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T00:37:59.992326+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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# Theadora Van Runkle

## Identity

Theadora Van Runkle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/theadora-van-runkle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** theadora-van-runkle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0887916
- **TMDB ID:** 6455
- **Wikidata ID:** Q439661
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theadora_Van_Runkle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6455

Costume designer. Born 27 May 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 1 November 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 27 May 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 1 November 2011
- **Active:** 1967–1986
- **Also known as:** Dorothy Schweppe
- **Frequently works with:** [Warren Beatty](https://film.one/person/warren-beatty.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 81 (3), 1980s 67 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $482m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theadora_Van_Runkle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6455

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) (92)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Theadora Van Runkle, born Dorothy Schweppe, was an American costume designer. She was born on 27 March 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began her career as a fashion illustrator. After working as a sketch artist on the 1966 film *Hawaii*, she received her first credit as a costume designer on *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967).

Van Runkle designed costumes for films including *Bullitt* (1968), *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1968), *The Godfather Part II* (1974) and *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986). She earned Academy Award nominations for *Bonnie and Clyde*, *The Godfather Part II* and *Peggy Sue Got Married*, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the series *Wizards and Warriors* (1983). She received the Costume Designers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. She died in Los Angeles on 4 November 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)
- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), Fi1m 55, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas.md)
- *The Jerk* (1979), Fi1m 77, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Fi1m 92, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Costume Designer
- *That Championship Season* (1999), Costume Design
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), Costume Design
- *I'm Losing You* (1998), Costume Design
- *Kiss of Death* (1995), Costume Design
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Costume Design
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Costume Design
- *Stella* (1990), Costume Design
- *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989), Costume Design
- *Everybody's All-American* (1988), Costume Design
- *Wildfire* (1988), Costume Design
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Costume Designer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)
- *Rhinestone* (1984), Costume Design
- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), Costume Designer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas.md)
- *Heartbeeps* (1981), Costume Design
- *S.O.B.* (1981), Costume Design
- *The Jerk* (1979), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *New York, New York* (1977), Costume Design
- *Nickelodeon* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *Mame* (1974), Costume Design
- *Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies* (1973), Costume Design
- *Kid Blue* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Woman I Love* (1972), Costume Designer
- *Johnny Got His Gun* (1971), Costume Designer
- *Myra Breckinridge* (1970), Costume Design
- *The Reivers* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Arrangement* (1969), Costume Design
- *A Place for Lovers* (1968), Costume Designer
- *Bullitt* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1968), Costume Design
- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1987: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Peggy Sue Got Married*
- 1975: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Godfather Part II*
- 1968: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Bonnie and Clyde*

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

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