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'''Carmen Dillon''' (25 October 1908, [[Hendon]], London, England &ndash; 12 April 2000, [[Hove]], East Sussex, England) was an English film and production designer who won an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for the [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier]] version of ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1948).<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226973/awards |title=IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards |accessdate=2008-12-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>
'''Carmen Dillon''' (25 October 1908{{spaced ndash}}12 April 2000) was an English film art director and production designer who won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for the [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier]] version of ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1948).<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226973/awards |title=IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards |access-date=2008-12-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Dillon was born in Hendon to Teresa and Joseph Thomas Dillon. She was one of six children for whom their Catholic parents paid to get well educated. Carmen went to the [[New Hall School|New Hall Convent School]] in Chelmsford. The elder brother died during World War one, a sister became a nun and another brother emigrated. Carmen and her sister [[Agnes Dillion|Agnes (known as Una)]] and Teresa were left to fulfil their parent's ambition for them.<ref name=una>Jean H. Cook, ‘Dillon, Agnes Joseph Madeline [Una] (1903–1993)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51834, accessed 11 April 2017]</ref>
Dillon was born in Hendon to Irish-born Joseph Thomas Dillon and his wife Teresa. She was one of six children, for whom their Catholic parents paid to be well educated. Carmen went to the [[New Hall School|New Hall Convent School]] in Chelmsford. The elder brother died during World War one, one sister became a nun and another brother emigrated. Carmen and her sisters Teresa and [[Agnes Dillon]] (known as Una) were left to fulfil their parent's ambitions for them.<ref name=una>Jean H. Cook, ‘Dillon, Agnes Joseph Madeline [Una] (1903–1993)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51834, accessed 11 April 2017]</ref>


Dillon initially worked as an architect and designer, and was invited to design the cover for the newly formed [[Electrical Association for Women]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pursell|first=Carroll|date=1999|title=Domesticating Modernity: The Electrical Association for Women, 1924-86|journal=The British Journal for the History of Science|volume=32|issue=1|pages=47–67|doi=10.1017/S0007087498003483|jstor=4027969|issn=0007-0874}}</ref>
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Dillon initially worked as an architect but in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry.<ref name=car>Laurie N. Ede, ‘Dillon, Carmen Joseph (1908–2000)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74014, accessed 11 April 2017]</ref> This built of her enthusiasm for acting and drawing. She became a film and production designer, who won an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for the [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier]]'s 1948 film of ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226973/awards |title=IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards |accessdate=2008-12-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> It was said that for twenty-five years she was the only women film director in the British film industry.<ref name="Nicholson2008"/>


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However in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry.<ref name="car">Laurie N. Ede, ‘Dillon, Carmen Joseph (1908–2000)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74014, accessed 11 April 2017]</ref> This built on her enthusiasm for acting and drawing. She became an art director and production designer, and won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Laurence Olivier]]'s 1948 film of ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com" /> It was said that for twenty-five years she was the only woman art director in the British film industry.<ref name="Nicholson2008" />
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None of the three Dillon sisters married and they spent 42 years together in a large flat in Kensington. Tess Dillon had led the physics department at [[Queen Elizabeth College]].<ref name="Nicholson2008">{{cite book|author=Virginia Nicholson|title=Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBuVbWDOjJUC&pg=PT262|date=5 June 2008|publisher=Penguin Adult|isbn=978-0-14-102062-4|pages=262–}}</ref> In 1985 Carman retired to Hove with her sister "Una" who had founded [[Dillons Booksellers]].<ref name=una/> Carmen survived her sister and died in 2000 with no survivors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/28/arts/carmen-dillon-91-art-director-known-for-work-on-british-films.html|title=Carmen Dillon, 91, Art Director Known for Work on British Films|date=2000-04-28|work=New York Times|access-date=2017-04-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


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None of the three Dillon sisters married, and they spent 42 years together in a large flat in Kensington. Tess Dillon had led the physics department at [[Queen Elizabeth College]].<ref name="Nicholson2008">{{cite book|author=Virginia Nicholson|title=Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBuVbWDOjJUC&pg=PT262|date=5 June 2008|publisher=Penguin Adult|isbn=978-0-14-102062-4|pages=262–}}</ref> In 1985 Carmen retired to Hove with her sister Una, who had founded [[Dillons Booksellers]].<ref name=una/> Carmen outlived her sister and died in 2000 with no survivors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/28/arts/carmen-dillon-91-art-director-known-for-work-on-british-films.html|title=Carmen Dillon, 91, Art Director Known for Work on British Films|date=2000-04-28|work=New York Times|access-date=2017-04-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Production designer/Art director==

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Murder in the Family]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Claydon Treasure Mystery]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Last Barricade]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Father O'Nine]]'' (1938)
* ''[[French Without Tears (film)|French Without Tears]]'' (1940)
*''[[Freedom Radio]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Quiet Wedding]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Unpublished Story]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Secret Mission]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Talk About Jacqueline]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Gentle Sex]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Way to the Stars]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]'' (1946)
* ''[[School for Secrets]]'' (1946)
* ''[[White Cradle Inn]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Vice Versa (1948 film)|Vice Versa]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Woman Hater (1948 film)|Woman Hater]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Rocking Horse Winner (film)|The Rocking Horse Winner]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Woman in Question]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Reluctant Widow (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Browning Version (1951 film)|The Browning Version]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Meet Me Tonight]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Story of Robin Hood (film)|The Story of Robin Hood]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Sword and the Rose]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue|Rob Roy]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Doctor in the House (film)|Doctor in the House]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Simon and Laura]]'' (1955)
* ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Iron Petticoat]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Checkpoint (1956 film)|Checkpoint]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Prince and the Showgirl]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Miracle in Soho]]'' (1957)
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Carry on Constable]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Watch Your Stern]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Naked Edge]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Naked Edge]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Iron Maiden]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Battle of the Villa Fiorita]]'' (1965)
* ''[[A Dandy in Aspic]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (1969)
* ''[[To Catch a Spy]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Bequest to the Nation (film)|Bequest to the Nation]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Bequest to the Nation (film)|Bequest to the Nation]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977)
* ''[[The Corn Is Green (1979 film)|The Corn Is Green]]'' (1979)
* ''[[The Corn Is Green (1979 film)|The Corn Is Green]]'' (1979)
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{{Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2010s)}}


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Latest revision as of 19:42, 8 December 2023

Carmen Dillon
Born(1908-10-25)25 October 1908
Hendon, London
Died12 April 2000(2000-04-12) (aged 91)
Hove, East Sussex
OccupationArt director
Years active1938 - 1979

Carmen Dillon (25 October 1908 – 12 April 2000) was an English film art director and production designer who won an Oscar for the Olivier version of Hamlet (1948).[1]

Life[edit]

Dillon was born in Hendon to Irish-born Joseph Thomas Dillon and his wife Teresa. She was one of six children, for whom their Catholic parents paid to be well educated. Carmen went to the New Hall Convent School in Chelmsford. The elder brother died during World War one, one sister became a nun and another brother emigrated. Carmen and her sisters Teresa and Agnes Dillon (known as Una) were left to fulfil their parent's ambitions for them.[2]

Dillon initially worked as an architect and designer, and was invited to design the cover for the newly formed Electrical Association for Women.[3]

However in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry.[4] This built on her enthusiasm for acting and drawing. She became an art director and production designer, and won an Oscar for Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet.[1] It was said that for twenty-five years she was the only woman art director in the British film industry.[5]

None of the three Dillon sisters married, and they spent 42 years together in a large flat in Kensington. Tess Dillon had led the physics department at Queen Elizabeth College.[5] In 1985 Carmen retired to Hove with her sister Una, who had founded Dillons Booksellers.[2] Carmen outlived her sister and died in 2000 with no survivors.[6]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "IMDb.com: Carmen Dillon - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ Pursell, Carroll (1999). "Domesticating Modernity: The Electrical Association for Women, 1924-86". The British Journal for the History of Science. 32 (1): 47–67. doi:10.1017/S0007087498003483. ISSN 0007-0874. JSTOR 4027969.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b Virginia Nicholson (5 June 2008). Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War. Penguin Adult. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-0-14-102062-4.
  6. ^ "Carmen Dillon, 91, Art Director Known for Work on British Films". New York Times. 28 April 2000. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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