Biography: Theoni V. Aldredge was born Theoni Athanasiou Vachlioti on August 22, 1922 in Salonika, Greece. She attended the Goodman School of Drama after immigrating to the United States in 1949. She married American actor Tom Aldredge in 1953.

Film/TV Credits: Her costume design credits include: "The Rage: Carrie 2, " "The First Wives Club," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Milk Money," "Addams Family Values," "Other People's Money," "Stanley & Iris," "Moonstruck," "Ghostbusters," "Annie," "Rich and Famous," "The Rose," "The Champ," "Network," "After the Fall," "The Great Gatsby," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Last Summer," "Uptight," "Hamlet," "Girl of the Night," and "Stella."

Other Awards: Won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for "The Great Gatsby" in 1974. Received a Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild in 2000. Received the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award from the Theatre Development Fund in 2002.

Trivia:
She was a principal designer for various producers and directors including: David Merrick, Michael Bennett, Joseph Papp, Gower Champion and Arthur Laurents.
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in her honor on January 25, 2011.