15 Facts About Dorothea Redmond

Dorothea Holt Redmond was an illustrator and production designer noted for her work on Alfred Hitchcock films.

Dorothea Redmond worked on more than 30 films, including Gone with the Wind and The Ten Commandments, as well as seven Hitchcock productions, among them Rebecca, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief.

Dorothea Redmond was born in Los Angeles on May 18,1910, to Mary and Harry Holt, who was a co-owner Western Lithograph Co.

Dorothea Redmond attended the University of Southern California, where she studied architecture and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1933.

Dorothea Redmond attended what is the Art Center College of Design, and was awarded a degree in illustration in 1936, and later taught at the school.

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Dorothea Redmond was hired by Selznick International Pictures in 1938, making her what the Los Angeles Times reported that year as the first woman to work in the "heretofore exclusively male field" of motion-picture production design.

Tania Modleski, a professor of English at the University of Southern California, emphasized how Dorothea Redmond was responsible for influencing the German Expressionist aesthetic that Hitchcock was credited with, and that Dorothea Redmond was widely considered one of the most talented illustrators in the film industry.

Dorothea Redmond's daughter recounted how "She just loved his personality and his taste" and that Hitchcock was "one of her very favorite people to work with".

Dorothea Redmond worked with the architectural firm of William Pereira and Charles Luckman.

Dorothea Redmond was hired by what is Walt Disney Imagineering in 1966.

Dorothea Redmond designed many other aspects of the stores and eateries in New Orleans Square.

Dorothea Redmond designed Fantasyland at Disney World in Florida, as well as portions of Main Street and mosaic murals in the archway of Cinderella Castle that were implemented there and in Tokyo Disneyland.

Dorothea Redmond was designing the pre-production interior sets for Gone With The Wind and Rebecca, while Redmond was working for David O Selznick on the set of The Prisoner of Zenda at the time of their meeting.

Holt Dorothea Redmond died at age 98 on February 27,2009, due to congestive heart failure at her home in the Hollywood Hills.

Dorothea Redmond was survived by her husband, a son and daughter, three granddaughters and three great-grandsons.