Emmy-winning set decorator Leslie Frankenheimer has died. Also the wife of entertainment attorney John Frankenhemer, she died January 22 after a long battle against leukemia, according to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Her age was not disclosed. During her more than 30 year career, Frankenheimer won 4 Emmys — for the ABC series Max Headroom in 1987, CBS’ Buddy Faro in 1999, the TNT movie James Dean in 2002 and the HBO series Carnivàle in 2004. She was also nominated in 2002 for the NBC series Emeril. Frankenheimer joined the TV Academy in 1995 and began serving on its Art Directors/Set Decorators Peer Group Exec Committee in 2002. She was elected governor of her peer group in 2011 and was recently re-elected to a second two-year term. Frankenheimer’s numerous other TV credits included Scarecrow And Mrs. King, L.A. Law, SeaQuest 2032, Star Trek: Voyager, Come on, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story, Karen Sisco, The Closer, Kitchen Confidential,...
- 1/26/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Leslie Frankenheimer, a four-time Emmy Award-winning set decorator and the wife of prominent entertainment attorney John Frankenheimer, has died. She was 64. Frankenheimer, a governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Art Directors/Set Decorators peer group, died Jan. 22 in Los Angeles after a long battle with leukemia, the TV Academy reported. Frankenheimer shared Emmys for her work on ABC's Max Headroom in 1987, CBS' Buddy Faro in 1999, the TNT telefilm James Dean in 2002 and HBO's Carnivale in 2004. She was nominated in 2002 for NBC's Emeril. Her other TV credits included L.
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- 1/26/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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