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11 Facts About Ted Haworth

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Edward S Haworth was an American production designer and art director.

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Ted Haworth's father, William, was a playwright and theatrical producer.

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Ted Haworth began working in the motion picture business as an illustrator, set designer, and assistant art director at Warner Brothers.

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Ted Haworth earned his first Academy Award nomination for art direction on Marty.

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Ted Haworth won the Oscar for art direction two year later for his work on Sayonara.

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Ted Haworth had three marriages, to Miriam Severy, Hallie Stagner, and Anna Wackevitch.

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Ted Haworth had four children: production designer Sean Haworth, pop artist Jann Haworth, and daughters Maria and Holly.

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From 1973 until his death in 1993, Ted Haworth lived in Sundance, Utah.

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Ted Haworth was in an automobile accident in December 1992 and developed a blood clot in his brain.

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Ted Haworth died three months later in February 1993, at age 75.

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Ted Haworth was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2009.