Wittop, Freddy
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Fred "Freddy" Wittop Koning (1921- ), dancer under the name Frederico Ray and theatrical costume designer.
From the description of Freddy Wittop scrapbooks, 1927-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476224
From the description of Freddy Wittop costume designs, [ca. 1961-1985]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476226
From the description of Freddy Wittop papers, 1927-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476223
d. Feb. 2 in Atlantis, Fla., aged 89.
From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122637855
Costume designer and dancer Freddy Wittop (1911-2001) was born Frederick Wittop Koning in Bussum, the Netherlands.
Under the name Frederico Rey, he danced with such notables as La Argentinita and Jose Greco. He also formed his own dance company in 1951 and toured for seven years. In 1959, Wittop designed costumes for the Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak house and actively worked in New York for the next fourteen years. Wittop died at the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida, shortly after being chosen as the 2001 recipient of the Theatre Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Award.
From the description of Freddy Wittop costume designs, 1964-1968. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 669055983
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Subjects:
- Theater
- Costume
- Costume design
- Costume designers
- Dancers
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
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- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- France--Paris (as recorded)
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
