Barbara Lane - Details

Biography

Emmy Award-winning costume designer Barbara Lane began her career in London's West End Theatre, where she designed for a number of show including "Half A Sixpence," "Sail Away" and "The Music Man." She then joined the BBC, here she spent 14 years designing and making costumes for classic serials and futuristic productions such as "Dr. Who," among others. Since leaving the BBC in 1980, Lane has garnered numerous credits on both sides of the Atlantic. On television, she designed on the CBS mini-series "Manions of America," "Golda," starring Ingrid Bergman; "War and Remembrance," for which she was nominated for an Emmy and "Ellis Island," for which
she won an Emmy in 1985. Her film credits include Honorary Consul, starring Richard Gere; Willow and Merchant Ivory's Heat and Dust, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA