Gretchen Rau

{{Short description|American property master, set decorator and art director (1939–2006)}} {{Distinguish|Gretchen Hau}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2018}}

'''Gretchen Rau''' (July 6, 1939 – March 29, 2006) was a professional [[property master]], [[set decorator]], and [[art director]] in the American film industry. Her more notable projects include the films ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'', ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'', ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'', and ''[[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]''.<ref name="LATimesObit">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-me-rau9-story.html |title=Gretchen Rau, 66; Decorated Sets for Several Major Films |last=Noland |first=Claire |date=9 April 2006 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref>

Additionally, she won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for set decoration for ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]'',<ref name="LATimesObit"/> and was nominated for ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' and posthumously for ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]''.

Born in [[New Orleans]], she lived most of her life in [[Northport, New York|Northport, Long Island, New York]] until her death in 2006 from brain cancer, aged 66.<ref name="LATimesObit"/>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0711956}}

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