Background
Russell was born as Shirley Ann Kingdon in London, England.
Russell was born as Shirley Ann Kingdon in London, England.
The couple collaborated on Women in Love, The Music Lovers, The Devils, The Boy Friend, Savage Messiah, Mahler, Tommy, Lisztomania, and Valentino. Following her divorce from Ken Russell, she lived for many years with director Jonathan Benson in Chiswick. She ran her own firm of film costumiers for most of her career, particularly specialising in 1930s and 1940s clothing.
Russell"s other credits include The Little Prince, Lady Chatterley"s Lover, The Return of the Soldier, The Razor"s Edge, Hope and Glory, The Bride, Yanks, Gulliver"s Travels, I Dreamed of Africa, and Shackleton.
She received Oscar nominations for her work in Agatha (1979) and Reds (1981). She died from cancer in March 2002, one week before her 67th birthday.