Ret Turner

{{Short description|American costume designer (1929–2016)}}

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| birth_name = Walter Raymond Turner

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Walter Raymond "Ret" Turner (April 14, 1929 – May 4, 2016){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/arts/television/ret-turner-award-winning-costume-designer-dies-at-87.html|title=Ret Turner, Award-Winning Costume Designer, Dies at 87|work=The New York Times|date=May 8, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2016}} was an American costume designer, best known for his dressing of entertainment icons such as Cher,{{cite web|url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ret-turner|title=Ret Turner|work=Archive of American Television|access-date=November 16, 2015}} Lucille Ball, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Shirley Booth, Lily Tomlin, Marie Osmond,{{cite book|last1=Osmond|first1=M.|last2=Wilkie|first2=M.|last3=Moore|first3=J.|title=Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-0-446-54991-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyEmtrGjEcoC&pg=PT40|access-date=November 16, 2015}} Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Billy Crystal, and Jean Stapleton. He had 23 Emmy nominations and five wins.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/ret-turner|title=Ret Turner|work=Television Academy|access-date=November 16, 2015}}

Turner began his career on the Dinah Shore Chevrolet Show, and except for his reoccurring role as one of the Flying Silvermans on The Andy Williams Show, has been designing ever since. Alongside Bob Mackie and Ray Aghayan, Turner opened a design and costume rental company, Ret Turner Costume Rentals, that featured their designs and costumes.{{Cite web|title=Ret Turner profile|url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ret-turner|website=Archive of American Television|access-date=November 10, 2015}}