---
name: "Theoni V. Aldredge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/theoni-v-aldredge"
fi1m_id: "theoni-v-aldredge"
imdb_id: "nm0017649"
tmdb_id: 8868
wikidata_id: "Q451071"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "21 August 1932"
died: "20 January 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-24T02:17:04.138998+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."
---

# Theoni V. Aldredge

## Identity

Theoni V. Aldredge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/theoni-v-aldredge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** theoni-v-aldredge
- **IMDb ID:** nm0017649
- **TMDB ID:** 8868
- **Wikidata ID:** Q451071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoni_V._Aldredge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8868

Costume designer. Born 21 August 1932 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Died 20 January 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 21 August 1932, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 20 January 2011
- **Active:** 1975–1993
- **Also known as:** Theoni V. Aldridge, Theoni Aldredge, Θεώνη Βαχλιώτη-Όλντριτζ , Θεώνη Βαχλιώτη , Θεώνη Όλντριτζ , Theoni Athanasiou Vachliotis
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (2), 1980s 74 (3), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 3, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $590m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoni_V._Aldredge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8868

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Addams Family Values*](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md) (78)

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## Biography

Theoni V. Aldredge was a Greek-American costume designer who worked extensively in theatre and film. She trained at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and began her Broadway career in 1959 with the wardrobe for Geraldine Page in *Sweet Bird of Youth*. For two decades she served as principal designer for Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival.

Aldredge received three Tony Awards for her stage designs, for *Annie*, *Barnum* and *La Cage aux Folles*, along with numerous other nominations. Her film credits include *Network* (1976), *The Great Gatsby* (1974), for which she won an Academy Award, *Ghostbusters* (1984), *Moonstruck* (1987) and *Addams Family Values* (1993). She was married to actor Tom Aldredge.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Annie* (1982), Fi1m 58, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Fi1m 80, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

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

- *The Rage: Carrie 2* (1999), Costume Design
- *The Mirror Has Two Faces* (1996), Costume Design
- *The First Wives Club* (1996), Costume Design
- *Mrs. Winterbourne* (1996), Costume Design
- *Milk Money* (1994), Costume Design
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *Stanley & Iris* (1990), Costume Design
- *We're No Angels* (1989), Costume Design
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Costume Designer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder* (1987), series, Costume Design
- *Barnum* (1986), Costume Design
- *42nd Street* (1986), Costume Design
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Monsignor* (1982), Costume Design
- *Annie* (1982), Costume Designer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/annie.md)
- *Alice at the Palace* (1982), Costume Design
- *Rich and Famous* (1981), Costume Design
- *Circle of Two* (1981), Costume Design
- *A Change of Seasons* (1980), Costume Designer
- *Loving Couples* (1980), Costume Design
- *Can't Stop the Music* (1980), Costume Design
- *Baryshnikov on Broadway* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Rose* (1979), Costume Design
- *The Champ* (1979), Costume Design
- *Eyes of Laura Mars* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Cheap Detective* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Fury* (1978), Costume Design
- *Bruges-La-Morte* (1978), Costume Design
- *Semi-Tough* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Belle of Amherst* (1976), Costume Design
- *Network* (1976), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *Harry and Walter Go to New York* (1976), Costume Designer
- *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Costume Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md)
- *After the Fall* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Great Gatsby* (1974), Costume Design
- *King Lear* (1974), Costume Design
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1973), Costume Design
- *Hogan's Goat* (1971), Costume Design
- *Promise at Dawn* (1970), Costume Design
- *I Never Sang for My Father* (1970), Costume Design
- *George M!* (1970), Costume Design
- *Last Summer* (1969), Costume Design
- *Uptight* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Love Song of Barney Kempinski* (1968), Costume Design
- *You're a Big Boy Now* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Three Sisters* (1966), Costume Design
- *Hamlet* (1964), Costume Design
- *Phaedra* (1962), Costume Design
- *Never on Sunday* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Ogre of Athens* (1956), Costume Design
- *Stella* (1955), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1975: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Great Gatsby*
- 1963: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Phaedra*
- 1961: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Never on Sunday*

### Other awards — 3 won, 11 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 2001: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1991: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1990: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1984: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1982: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1981: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1980: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1979: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1977: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *Annie*
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1976: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1974: 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 1972: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play 1961: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play (nominated)

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

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