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Martha Swope(1928-2017)

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  • Cinematographer
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Martha Swope was born on 22 February 1928 in Tyler, Texas, USA. She was a cinematographer, known for American Playhouse (1980), Camera Three (1954) and Great Performances: Dance in America (1976). She died on 12 January 2017 in New York, New York, USA.
BornFebruary 22, 1928
DiedJanuary 12, 2017(88)
BornFebruary 22, 1928
DiedJanuary 12, 2017(88)
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Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1954)
Camera Three
6.3
TV Series
  • Camera and Electrical Department
American Playhouse (1980)
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Two by Dove (1995)
Great Performances: Dance in America
7.3
TV Series
  • Camera and Electrical Department
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (1996)
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
7.6
  • Additional Crew
  • 1996

Credits

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  • Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
    Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
    8.0
    • archival photos and footage courtesy of (as Martha Swope Billy Rose)
    • 2024
  • The Legacy Project (2011)
    The Legacy Project
    TV Series
    • photos courtesy of
    • 2011–2016
  • Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014)
    Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • archivist
    • 2014
  • Working in the Theatre (1976)
    Working in the Theatre
    5.5
    TV Series
    • archival photos
    • 2008–2010
  • Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (1996)
    Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
    7.6
    • source: stills
    • 1996
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • archive photographs
    • 1994
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • production photography
    • 1992

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Two by Dove (1995)
    Great Performances: Dance in America
    7.3
    TV Series
    • still photographer
    • 1977–1987
  • Sophisticated Ladies (1982)
    Sophisticated Ladies
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • still photographer
    • 1982
  • Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1954)
    Camera Three
    6.3
    TV Series
    • photographs
    • 1973–1978

Cinematographer

  • The Wiz
    7.0
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 1983

Personal details

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    • New York public library
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  • Alternative name
    • Martha Swope Billy Rose
  • Born
    • February 22, 1928
    • Tyler, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • January 12, 2017
    • New York, New York, USA(complications from Parkinson's disease)
  • Other works
    (Summer 1989) Frank Lazarus, Jerry Herman, Dick Vosburgh and her musical, "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine," was performed in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, Michigan. Pat Paulsen and Neil Rosen were artistic directors.
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    Photographer and designer, she won a Tony Honor for Excellence in 2004 and a lifetime achievement award.

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