Deirdre Clancy

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Deirdre Clancy (born 31 March 1943) [1] is a British costume designer. She has won the Olivier Award for Best Costume Design twice. [2] She also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for Mrs. Brown . [3]

She started working in the London theatre in the 1960s and has worked on more than 150 theatre, opera and ballet productions around the world.

In 2000 the University of Central England conferred a doctorate on her. Her work has been the subject of a doctoral thesis by Dr Amela Baksic at Louisiana State University.

She is married to composer Maxwell Steer.

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References

  1. "Birthdays", The Guardian , p. 35, 31 March 2014
  2. "Awards". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  3. "Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2013-05-10.