Patricia Zipprodt was an American costume designer.
13 Facts About Patricia Zipprodt
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Patricia Zipprodt was known for her technique of painting fabrics and thoroughly researching a project's subject matter, especially when it was a period piece.
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Patricia Zipprodt studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology and apprenticed with Charles James and Irene Sharaff.
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Patricia Zipprodt went on to design more than 50 productions over the next 43 years.
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Patricia Zipprodt designed for the New York City Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera.
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Patricia Zipprodt designed costumes and masks for the long-running off-Broadway production of the Jean Genet play The Blacks in the early 1960s.
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Patricia Zipprodt designed television adaptations of The Glass Menagerie, Alice in Wonderland, and Sunday in the Park with George.
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In 1946, following her graduation from Wellesley, Patricia Zipprodt had returned to Chicago, where she met Lieut.
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Patricia Zipprodt proposed, but she declined because she wanted to pursue a career.
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In 1983, Patricia Zipprodt received a Tony Award nomination for her work on Alice in Wonderland, produced by The Mirror Theater Ltd's Sabra Jones.
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Patricia Zipprodt's designs were exact recreations of the John Tenniel drawings for the original publication of the book Alice in Wonderland.
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Colonel O'Brien and Patricia Zipprodt were married on June 5,1993 and remained married until his death in 1998.
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Patricia Zipprodt died of cancer on July 17,1999 at her home in Greenwich Village.