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Occupation. Costume designer. Louis Torakis (April 13, 1928 [1] - May 1, 2014) was an American costume designer. He was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Costumes for his work on the television program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. [2]
- Costume designer
- May 1, 2014 (aged 86), Studio City, California, U.S.
- Louis Torakis, April 13, 1928, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
May 4, 2014 · Michael Travis, the costume designer who created the outlandish and flamboyant outfits for Liberace‘s stage extravaganzas, died Thursday at his home in Studio City. He was 86.
May 4, 2014 · Michael Travis, best known for designing Liberace's famously extravagant costumes, died Thursday in his Studio City home. He was 86. He had been hospitalized last month due to serious...
Biographical / Historical. Costume designer Michael Travis was born Louis Torakis to a Detroit Greek-American family in 1928. While serving in the postwar United States Army he was stationed in Paris. Upon his discharge in1949 he remained in the city to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne on the GI Bill.
May 4, 2014 · View comments. Michael Travis, best known for designing Liberace’s famously extravagant costumes, died Thursday in his Studio City home. He was 86. He had been hospitalized last month due to ...
Oct 15, 2017 · Liberace, clad in one of costume designer Michael Travis' lavish outfits, performs his honky tonk piano number in the early 1980s. Travis died in Studio City at the age of 86. (Handout) Costume ...
Overview. Born. April 13, 1928 · Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died. May 1, 2014 · Studio City, California, USA. Birth name. Louis Torakis. Mini Bio. Michael Travis was born on April 13, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a costume designer, known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), Play of the Week (1959) and The Steve Lawrence Show (1965).
