Carmen Dillon ( born Carmen Dillon ; October 25, 1908 ; Hendon , London , England , UK - April 12, 2000 , Hove , East Sussex , England , UK ) - British art director and film production designer . Winner of the Oscar (1949) in the nomination "The best work of the art director (black and white films) " for the film " Hamlet " (1948), as well as the nominee for the award in the nomination "The best work of the art director (color films) " for the film " Henry V " (1944) [1] .
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Biography and career
Dillon was born in Hendon in the family of the Irishman Joseph Thomas Dillon and his wife Teresa. She was one of six children whose Catholic parents paid for their good education [2] . Carmen went to the New Hall School in Chelmsford. The older brother died during the First World War, one sister became a nun, and the other brother emigrated. Carmen and her sisters Teresa and Agnes Dillon , better known as Una, were left to fulfill their parents' ambitions for them.
Dillon initially worked as an architect, but in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry, which was based on her passion for acting and painting [3] . She became an art director and production designer and received an Oscar for Laurence Olivier's 1948 film Hamlet [1] . It is known that for twenty-five years she was the only female art director in the British film industry [4] .
None of the three Dillon sisters got married, and they spent 42 years together in a large apartment in Kensington. Tess Dillon led the Faculty of Physics at Queen Elizabeth College [4] . In 1985, Carmen moved to Hove with her sister Una, who founded the company Dillons Booksellers [2] . Carmen survived her sister and died on April 12, 2000, at the 92nd year of her life, remaining the last of her large family [5] .
Selected Filmography
- 1943 - The Gentle Sex
- 1944 - Henry V / Henry V
- 1948 - Hamlet
- 1951 - The Browning Version
- 1955 - “ For the Best ” / One Good Turn
- 1955 - Richard III / Richard III
- 1957 - The Prince and the Showgirl
- 1959 - Sapphire / Sapphire
- 1969 - Sinful Davey
- 1971 - The Mediator / The Go-Between
- 1972 - “ Lady Caroline Lamb ” / Lady Caroline Lamb
- 1976 - The Omen / The Omen
- 1977 - " Julia " / Julia
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards Date of treatment December 20, 2008.
- ↑ 1 2 Jean H. Cook, 'Dillon, Agnes Joseph Madeline [Una] (1903–1993)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 accessed 11 April 2017
- ↑ Laurie N. Ede, 'Dillon, Carmen Joseph (1908–2000)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 11 April 2017
- ↑ 1 2 Virginia Nicholson. Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War . - Penguin Adult, June 5, 2008. - P. 262–. - ISBN 978-0-14-102062-4 .
- ↑ Carmen Dillon, 91, Art Director Known for Work on British Films , New York Times (April 28, 2000).