Rita Riggs - Archive Interview Part 7 of 7

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Costume designer Rita Riggs chronicles her long association with Norman Lear throughout the 1970s on the hit series: All in the Family (1971-79), Maude (1972-78), Sanford and Son (1972-77), Good Times (1974-79), One Day at A Time (1975-84), Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1975-78), and The Jeffersons (1975-85). Riggs speaks about the look of each series and the concept of the costume design for the lead characters. Riggs describes her early career at CBS in 1954 working in the costume department on such shows as Climax! and Shower of Stars, as well as the classic "live" series Playhouse 90. Riggs also describes her work at Revue Studios which included working with Alfred Hitchcock on his introductions for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and led to her work on Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), and Marnie (1964). Riggs also talks about her extensive work in feature films that include Seconds (1966), Petulia (1968), and Yes, Giorgio (1982). Riggs speaks of some of her later work including the television movie Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999).

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