Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone in 'The Flintstones' Designed by Rosanna Norton

Sleeveless, one-shoulder white leather dress constructed of fitted bodice, white stitching and lace up closure at left side seam, attached four piece skirt of ragged cut leather pieces.

Nominated for an Academy for Best Costume Design- 1995

Elizabeth Perkins was born in Queens, New York and raised by her Greek immigrant parents in Colrain, Massachusetts. She studied at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University from 1978 to 1981 and very quickly transitioned to Broadway, appearing in Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” (1984). She would go on to perform in productions with the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Steppenwolf Theater. Perkins has always expressed gratitude for the ability to work consistently in a career that she loves, and she is relentless in searching out and campaigning for roles.

Perkins’s foray into Hollywood was in the romantic comedy “About Last Night” (1986) and “Screen World” named her as one of the twelve “Promising New Actors of 1986.” She would follow with films such as “Big” (1988), “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994), “Avalon” (1990), “The Doctors” (1991) and “He Said, She Said” (1991). She would also appear on multiple television series, most notably “Weeds” (2005- 2009) playing the part of the alcoholic neighbor, Celia Hodes. Perkins received multiple nominations by the Emmy and Golden Globes for outstanding actor for her performance.

Perkins always loved playing comedy because it stretches your acting muscles and because you do not tend to take negative emotions home with you. For the 1994 live action film “The Flintstones,” she played Wilma Flintstone starring opposite John Goodman as Fred. She has nothing negative to say about the fun-loving cast and the creative crew that created the fantasy pre-historic world. In researching for the role, she met with Jean Vander Pyl, who originally supplied the voice for Wilma Flintstone in the original Hanna-Barbera cartoons (1960- 1966). The “hook” she gave Perkins for the character of Wilma was saying the name “Fred” in two syllables- “Frer-ED.”

Costume designer, Rosanna Norton, loves the research portion of designing for films. The director of the film, Brian Levant, loved the original “Flintstones” cartoons, so Norton’s research consisted of watching hours of cartoons and creating those costumes out of suedes and leathers. Norton has said the most difficult challenging part of costume design is getting the costumes done on time. Because of the money involved, a delay of shooting because of costumes is never acceptable. Elizabeth Perkins loved her costumes and even admits to taking a couple of pieces home, including one of her white leather dresses.