Diana Eden
Diana Eden (born 1940) is a costume designer for stage, television, and film. She has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards, and she won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
She was born Diana Moore Ede in Tunbridge Wells, England, and moved to Toronto with her family when she was ten. Her father was a British doctor and her mother was Canadian. Eden started dancing at age five and, at fifteen, joined the National Ballet of Canada on a Swan Lake tour. She made her debut in a 1955 tour performance in Washington, D.C. She was considered a brilliant dancer, but grew too tall for ballet.
She earned a BA in Art and Archaeology from the University of Toronto. After graduation, she joined the National Company of My Fair Lady as a dancer, then moved to New York City to perform on Broadway. She appeared in Hot Spot and, in June 1964, was cast in Fade In, Fade Out with Carol Burnett. Eden also had small TV roles on The Nurses and appeared in The Producers and Valley of the Dolls.
In her spare time, she began designing clothes for fellow dancers. She moved to Los Angeles in 1969 to pursue design full time, opened a boutique near Melrose Avenue, and sold her own creations. By 1974 she began designing for stage shows, including costumes for Ann-Margret’s dancers in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. She started getting contracts from touring or premiering stage productions. In 1980 she became a full-time designer and worked on Broadway productions. She also assisted Bob Mackie on the Jubilee! Las Vegas show at the MGM Grand.
In 1984 she won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Tamara. From 1985 to 1988, Eden was the resident designer for the TV sitcom The Facts of Life, creating up to forty outfits per week, and she later designed for Santa Barbara.
She received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 1993 for A League of Their Own. In the mid-1990s she designed for Sweet Justice, Ned and Stacey, and Family Law (1999–2002). She also worked on Passions, earning Daytime Emmy nominations in 2007 and 2008. Additional credits include The Tony Danza Show, For Your Love, and Ladies Man, along with Making Contact, Stealing Christmas, and Stealing Las Vegas.
In 2002 she co-authored Retro Chic: A Guide to Fabulous Vintage and Designer Resale Shopping in North America and Online with Gloria Lintermans, a guide to vintage fashion and shopping.
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