Diana Eden
| Diana Eden | |
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| Born | 1940 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Awards | Nominee for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards; winner of a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award |
Diana Eden (born 1940) is a costume designer for the stage, television, and film. She has been nominated for one Primetime Emmy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards.
Diana Eden was born "Diana Moore Ede" in Tunbridge Wells England in 1940, however her family moved to Toronto when she was ten years old. Her father was a British medical physician and her mother Canadian. Eden began dancing at the age of five and by the age of fifteen she was dancing with the National Ballet of Canada, for the company's touring performance of Swan Lake. She made her debut in the show's 1955 performance in Washington D.C. Eden grew too tall for ballet, despite being called "one of the National Ballet of Canada's most brilliant young dancers" by the Toronto Star.
She graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in Art and Archaeology, and immediately upon graduation she joined the National Company of My Fair Lady as a dancer, and toured with the cast for a full year. She then moved to New York City to continue performing on Broadway. She performed in the musical Hot Spot among others, and in June 1964 Eden was cast in the Broadway musical Fade In, Fade Out featuring Carol Burnett. Additionally she had appeared in small roles on TV series The Nurses, and films The Producers and Valley of the Dolls. She began designing clothing in her spare time for her fellow dancers as early as 1964, and eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1969 to advance her career as an actress. She opened a small boutique near Melrose Avenue, selling clothing she designed while she pursued her acting career.
In 1974 Eden received a contract to provide some of the costumes for Ann-Margret and her dancers for her Las Vegas act at Caesar's Palace. Eden began designing for additional stage shows as well, eventually including nationally touring or premiering stage plays. In 1980 she became a designer full-time and continued to design for the stage, including shows produced for Broadway. She also assisted Bob Mackie for the Las Vegas stage show Jubilee! as it entered the MGM Grand Hotel, working under Mackie at Elizabeth Courtney Designs. In 1984 she received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Costume Design for her work on the stage play Tamara.
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