{{Short description|British-American costume designer (1934–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = May Routh | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|07|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Jabalpur, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|06|01|1934|07|12|df=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Costume designer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''Ronin''<br>''Being There'' | spouse = {{marriage|Brian Eatwell|1983|2007|end=died}} }}
'''Ida May Routh''' (12 July 1934 – 1 June 2022) was a British-American costume designer.
Routh was born in India, where she grew up in Jabalpur. She relocated to England for her education, graduating from the Saint Martin's School of Art.<ref name=Obituary>{{cite web |title=May Routh |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/may-routh-obituary?id=35302749 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=26 June 2022 |date=21 June 2022}}</ref>
She first worked as a fashion illustrator, with her work appearing in the magazines ''Vogue'' and ''Elle''. In 1969, she was offered a position by her former boyfriend Brian Duffy as an assistant to costume designer Anthony Mendleson for the film ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969). Her first credited work as a costume designer was for the David Bowie film ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1976). Other notable credits include ''Being There'' (1979), ''Splash'' (1984), ''Newsies'' (1992) and ''Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald'' (1993). She worked often with director John Frankenheimer, including ''Andersonville'' (1996), ''George Wallace'' (1997), ''Ronin'' (1998) and ''Reindeer Games'' (2000).<ref name=THR>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=May Routh, Costume Designer on ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' and ''Being There'', Dies at 87 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/may-routh-dead-costume-designer-1235163652/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=26 June 2022 |date=11 June 2022}}</ref> She received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on ''Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter'' (1991) and ''Andersonville''.<ref>{{cite web |title=May Routh |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/may-routh |website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
Routh married production designer Brian Eatwell in 1983, and worked with him frequently until his death in 2007.<ref name="Obituary" /> She died on 1 June 2022, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.<ref name="THR" />
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0746132}}
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