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Michael Travis (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.
Costume Designer: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Michael Travis was born on 13 April 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). He died on 1 May 2014 in Studio City, California, USA.
- Michael Travis
- May 1, 2014
- April 13, 1928
Costume Designer: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Michael Travis was born on 13 April 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). He died on 1 May 2014 in Studio City, California, USA.
- April 13, 1928
- May 1, 2014
Michael Travis Costume Design Collection. Summary. The collection contains approximately 2,500 costume designs in colored pencil and pastels, on tissue paper mounted on mat boards. The designs were created for entertainers such as Liberace, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick, the Fifth Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, and others.
Michael Travis Costume Design Collection NMAH.AC.1347 Page 2 of 20 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
The collection is arranged into five series. Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups, 1961-1986, undated. Series 2: Costume Designs for Theatrical and Television Productions, 1958-1978, undated. Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs, 1977-1985, undated.
