Margaret Harris(1905-2000)
Margaret "Percy" Harris was born in 1905 in Hayes, Kent, England as Margaret Frances Harris. A costume and scenic designer for theatre and film, she was part of the design team known as Motley. Percy and her sister, Sophie Harris, together with their friend Elizabeth Montgomery, made drawings of the actors at the Old Vic theatre in London. They sent the artworks to the theatre, hoping that the theatre would pay for them. Instead, actor and director John Gielgud invited them to design the costumes for his 1932 production of "Romeo and Juliet." This began a long career for the trio and a long association with Gielgud. Working under the collective name Motley, they designed multiple shows for the West End and Broadway. Percy Harris died on May 10, 2000, in Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England.