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==Life==
==Life==
Dillon was born in Hendon to Teresa and Joseph Thomas Dillon. She was one of six children who 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 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 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"/>
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"/>


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=The New York Times|access-date=2017-04-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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>


==Production designer/Art director==
==Production designer/Art director==

Revision as of 09:26, 28 May 2017

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, Hendon, London, England – 12 April 2000, Hove, East Sussex, England) was an English film and production designer who won an Oscar for the Olivier version of Hamlet (1948).[1]

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 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 (known as Una) and Teresa were left to fulfil their parent's ambition for them.[2]

Dillon initially worked as an architect but in 1934 she was invited to join the film industry.[3] This built of her enthusiasm for acting and drawing. She became a film and production designer, who won an Oscar for the Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet.[1] It was said that for twenty-five years she was the only women film director in the British film industry.[4]

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.[4] In 1985 Carman retired to Hove with her sister "Una" who had founded Dillons Booksellers.[2] Carmen survived her sister and died in 2000 with no survivors.[5]

Production designer/Art director

References

  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. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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

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