Marilyn Vance Explained

Marilyn Vance
Nationality:American
Occupation:Costume designer, film producer, executive producer, associate producer, set designer, film director, actress
Years Active:1980–present
Children:Ladd Vance
Gregg Vance

Marilyn Vance is an American costume designer and filmmaker.

Background

Born Marilyn Kaye, she was once married to Kenny Vance of Jay and the Americans. Marilyn became a costume designer in Hollywood. She is the mother of film producer Ladd Vance and actor/producer-writer Gregg Vance[1] of Phat Beach fame, and over the course of her career as costume designer and film producer, she has been credited as Marilyn Straker, Marilyn Vance-Straker, Marilyn Kay Vance, and Marilyn Vance.[2] [3] [4] When Vance was asked about how a costumer could also be a film producer, she stated that for her it was a "natural progression" of her career.[5]

Career

Costume Design

Vance began her costume design career in the 1980s on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. While still working in television, she began costume design for many notable films, such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Untouchables, and Pretty Woman,[3] [6] receiving specific recognition for her contributions to The Untouchables, Pretty Woman, The Rocketeer,[7] and Mystery Men. She designed the red off-the-shoulder evening gown Julia Roberts wore in Pretty Woman, which has been referred to as "iconic" by Vogue Paris.[8] [9]

She was noted in the late 1980s for her use of designer clothing for product placement.[10] [11] [12] [13]

In 1988, she was nominated for both an Oscar[14] [15] and a BAFTA Film Award for her work on The Untouchables.[16] In 1990, she received a BAFTA nomination for her costumer work on Pretty Woman.[17] In 1992, she won a Saturn Award for her work on The Rocketeer,[18] and a Saturn nomination in 2000 for her work on Mystery Men.[19] At the 11th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in 2009, she received a Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award for her feature work.[20] [21]

Producer

While still continuing her work as a costume designer,[22] Vance began her work as film producer, with her first production being The First Power in 1990.[23] This was followed by Judgment Night,[24] The Getaway, and Timecop. She partnered as co-chairman with E! Entertainment founder Alan Mruvka in 1993 with The Ministry of Film (MOF) as a motion picture and television production company.[25] [26] [27] Her first productions with MOF were the Erotic Confessions video series (1994–1997)[22] and Embrace of the Vampire in 1995. She returned to television in 1996 with The Legend of Gator Face for Hallmark Entertainment and the Pacific Blue series for USA Network. These were followed in 1998 by the MOF productions Intimate Sessions video series[22] and the film Digging to China.

In 1996, Vance and Mruvka established the Ministry of Sound, a music and production and publishing company.[28]

MOF was dissolved by Mruvka in 1998.[29] In 1999, Vance sued Mruvka, alleging he diverted assets from their production company, the Ministry of Film Inc.[30] In 2003, Vance won a $1 million jury verdict against her former partner.[31] Vance continued in film and television with her ongoing work as either costume designer, producer, or both for Pacific Blue (1996–2000), Red Letters (2000), Run for the Money (2002), The Girl Next Door (2004), Two Sisters (2008), My Best Friend's Girl (2008), and Unknown Sender (2008).[32] [33]

Vance is also a co-founder of Vance Entertainment, a Hollywood-based entertainment development and production company along with her son and actor Gregg Vance .Marilyn and Gregg optioned every ghost story (many hundreds) written by the legendary, and renowned Paranormal Investigator and Author Dr. Hans Holzer, considered internationally as the 'Founding Father of Modern Day Paranormal Research'.

Awards and recognition

Partial filmography

Costume Designer

Producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography. IMDb.
  2. Web site: Marilyn Vance-Straker . . June 25, 2009.
  3. Web site: Marilyn Vance-Straker Biography . Film Reference . June 25, 2009.
  4. Web site: interview with producer Ladd Vance . lukeford.net . June 25, 2009.
  5. News: Used People . Calhoun . John . February 1, 1993 . TCI (Teacher's Curriculum Institute) . June 25, 2009.
  6. News: Marilyn Vance filmography . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022001256/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/236308/Marilyn-Vance/filmography . October 22, 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2012 . July 10, 2009.
  7. Book: Spada , James . Julia: her life . . 2004 . illustrated . 144 . 978-0-312-28565-4 .
  8. Web site: Reyand . Florain . The secrets behind Julia Roberts' red dress in Pretty Woman . Vogue Paris . August 14, 2020 .
  9. Web site: Goldstone . Penny . This legendary fashion moment from Pretty Woman almost never was . Marie Claire UK . November 14, 2019 . 28 October 2021.
  10. Book: Bruzzi , Stella . Stella Bruzzi . Undressing cinema: clothing and identity in the movies . . 1997 . illustrated . 15, 27, 205, 206 . 978-0-415-13957-1 . June 25, 2009.
  11. News: Directors . June 4, 1987 . . 14 . June 25, 2009.
  12. News: In the movies, the clothes can make the villain . Marvel . Bill . September 11, 1988 . Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2009.
  13. News: Fashion Cerruti's Suave Assault on Hollywood . https://archive.today/20130202104228/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66520778.html?dids=66520778:66520778&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09,+1989&author=ANNE+BOGART&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Fashion+Cerruti's+Suave+Assault+on+Hollywood&pqatl=google . dead . February 2, 2013 . Bogart . Anne . August 9, 1989 . . June 25, 2009.
  14. News: Surprises in the Academy Award Nominations . Harmetz . Aljean . February 18, 1988 . . June 25, 2009.
  15. News: The Academy Award Nominees . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021051935/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73570078.html?dids=73570078:73570078&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+18,+1988&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+Academy+Award+Nominees&pqatl=google . dead . October 21, 2012 . February 18, 1988 . . June 25, 2009.
  16. Web site: Costume Design 1987 . . June 25, 2009.
  17. Web site: Costume Design 1990 . . June 25, 2009.
  18. Web site: Past Saturn Awards . saturnawards.org . June 25, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080207072429/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html . February 7, 2008 .
  19. Web site: 2000 Saturn Award Nominees . alienpassages.com . June 25, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707111649/http://www.alienpassages.com/Saturn/nominees.htm . July 7, 2011 .
  20. News: Costume designers guild nominations . King . Susan . . June 25, 2009. January 14, 2009.
  21. News: Costume designers honor 'Slumdog' . Chagollan . Steve . February 18, 2009 . . June 25, 2009.
  22. Book: Seger , Linda . When Women Call the Shots: The Developing Power and Influence of Women in Television and Film . . 2003 . 202, 203, 223 . 978-0-595-26838-2 .
  23. News: 'First Power' Has Blood and Flesh-but Lacks Spirit . Thomas . Kevin . April 9, 1990 . . June 25, 2009.
  24. News: Tomorrow's hottest actors featured in Judgment Night' . January 7, 1994 . . June 25, 2009.
  25. News: Duo travels to Filmtown . Carver . Benedict . May 21, 1998 . . July 10, 2009.
  26. News: Digging to China . Kronke . David . September 11, 1998 . . July 6, 2009.
  27. News: Earnings up at Overseas . Martin Peers . Benedict Carver . August 14, 1998 . Variety. July 10, 2009.
  28. Book: Inc, Nielsen Business Media . Billboard . 1996-09-14 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . en.
  29. Web site: Ministry Sets Foreign Policy . November 4, 1998 . allbusiness.com . . July 10, 2009.
  30. News: Battle lines drawn in $10 mil Ministry suit . Shirkani . K.D. . December 20, 1999 . . June 24, 2009.
  31. News: Jury awards producer $1 mil . Shprintz . Janet . June 10, 2003 . . July 10, 2009.
  32. Web site: Marilyn Vance film credits . television.aol.com . June 25, 2009.
  33. News: Marilyn Vance filmography . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010190346/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/236308/Marilyn-Vance . October 10, 2008 . June 25, 2009. Stephen. Movies & TV Dept. . . Stephen Holden . 2008 . Holden.

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