Marilyn Vance

Marilyn Vance
Born	Marilyn Kaye
Residence	Los Angeles
Nationality	American
Other names	Marilyn Vance-Straker Marilyn Kay Vance
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 award-winning American costume designer and filmmaker.

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 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. 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.

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, receiving specific recognition for her contributions to The Untouchables, Pretty Woman,The Rocketeer, The Rocketeer, and Mystery Men. She was noted in the late 80s for her use of designer clothing for product placement.

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

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