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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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Wittop, Freddy. Freddy Wittop costume designs, 1964-1968. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Wittop, Freddy. Freddy Wittop scrapbooks, 1927-1988. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wittop, Freddy. Freddy Wittop papers, 1927-1988. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical costume designs, ca. 1914-1978. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Wittop, Freddy. Freddy Wittop costume designs, [ca. 1961-1985]. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Bracker, Milton, 1909-1964. Milton Bracker and Virginia Lee Warren papers, 1931-1992. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Erté. Paris music halls collection, [ca. 1920-1939]. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wittop, Freddy. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Wittop, Freddy, 1911- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Peter Glenville Papers Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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associatedWith Bracker, Milton, 1909-1964. person
associatedWith Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942. person
associatedWith Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996. person
associatedWith Ray, Frederico. person
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United States
United States
United States
France--Paris
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
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Theater
Costume
Costume design
Costume designers
Dancers
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
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Birth 1911-07-26

Death 2001-02-02

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