Nina Lawson

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1926 – 2008

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Who was Nina Lawson?

Nina Lawson was a Scottish wigmaker who ran the Metropolitan Opera wig department from 1956 to 1987. She was responsible for cleaning up to 750 wigs a week in her early tenure, from every chorus member's wig to those of stars including Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, and Plácido Domingo.

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Born
Jul 27, 1926
Forth
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Died
Sep 9, 2008
Ayr

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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