Ruth Morley

{{Short description|Austrian-born American costume designer (1925–1991)}}

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| name = Ruth Morley

| birth_name = Ruth Miriam Birnholz

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|11|19}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|2|12|1925|11|19}}

| death_place = Bronx, New York, US

| occupation = Costume Designer

| yearsactive = 1951–1991

| spouse =

| children = Melissa Hacker and Emily Hacker

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Ruth Morley (November 19, 1925 – February 12, 1991) was an Austrian-born American costume designer, active from the late 1950s through 1991.{{cite book|title=Ruth Morley papers|url=http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=65862|website=Margaret Herrick Library|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|accessdate=21 May 2015}} She was nominated for Best Costumes-Black and White for her work on The Miracle Worker during the 35th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=March 22, 2014|work=oscars.org}} She is also well known for her work on Annie Hall.

Ms. Morley's stage work began in 1951, with Billy Budd. Other Broadway productions included Death of a Salesman, starring Dustin Hoffman, as well as A Thousand Clowns, Toys in the Attic, Inherit the Wind, and Take a Giant Step. In the 1950s she was costume director for the New York City Opera (NYCO).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/13/obituaries/ruth-morley-is-dead-costume-designer-65.html|title=Ruth Morley Is Dead; Costume Designer, 65|accessdate=March 22, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=13 February 1991 }} Her notable costume designs for the NYCO included the world premiere of Robert Kurka's The Good Soldier Schweik at Lincoln Center in 1958.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/04/24/archives/opera-kurkas-schweik.html|title=Opera: Kurka's 'Schweik'|author=Howard Taubman|work=The New York Times|date=24 April 1958 }}