1960s Costumers You Should Know

There were several notable costumers who first appeared on stage in the 1960s, including Karen Anderson and her daughter Astrid Anderson Bear, Pat and Peggy Kenndy, Olga Lay, Adrienne Martinez (later Adrienne Martine-Barnes), Bruce and Dian Pelz, Jon and Joni Stopa, and Bjo Trimble.

Karen Anderson and Astrid Anderson Bear

The Devil She Is, by Karen Anderson. Loncon II, Worldcon 23, 1965. Presentation award(s): Best Authentic Fantasy. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Astrid Anderson Bear in an undientified costume at the 1966 Westercon. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Karen and Astrid Anderson as The Bat and The Bitten at the St. Louiscon, Worldcon in 1969. Awarded Judge's Choice.

Karen and Astrid Anderson as The Bat and The Bitten at the St. Louiscon, Worldcon in 1969. Awarded Judge's Choice.

Karen and Astrid Anderson as The Bat and The Bitten at the St. Louiscon, Worldcon in 1969. Awarded Judge's Choice.

Karen and Astrid Anderson as The Bat and The Bitten at the St. Louiscon, Worldcon in 1969. Awarded Judge's Choice.

The Bat and the Bitten, by Karen Anderson, Astrid Anderson. Presentation award(s): Honorable Mention, Awarded Judge's Choice: Most Popular. at the St. Louiscon, Worldcon in 1969. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Lisa Deutsch Harrigan

Lisa Deutsch Harrigan in an unidentified costume at the 1967 Westercon. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Lisa Deutsch Harrigan holding a goblet of wine. The presentation title is given as either Thor's Wife Waiting to Offer Him a Drink or How to Welcome Your Husband Home From a Hard Day of Dragon Slaying. Westercon 1969. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Pat and Peggy Kennedy

Adrienne Martinez (later known as Adrienne Martine-Barnes), Pat Kennedy, and Peggy Kennedy as The Keeper and His Whores of Another Color at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Voted Best Group Honorable Mention. Photo by Celia Tiffany.

Olga Ley

Olga Ley and her daughter as the Golden Apples of the Sun and the Silver Apples of the Moon at the NyCon 3 Worldocin in 1967. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Bruce and Dian Pelz

Members of a Lankhmar group presentation, which included Bruce Pelz as Fafhrd, Dian Pelz as Ningauble of the Seven Eyes, and Ted Johnstone as The Gray Mouser, at the Discon 1 Worldcon in 1963. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Bruce Pelz as Fafhrd from a Lankhmar group presentation at the Discon 1 Worldcon in 1963. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

The Gray Mouser, by Bruce Pelz. Discon I, Worldcon 21, 1963. Presentation award(s): Judges' Choice for Sword and Sorcery. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Dian and Bruce Pelz as Thuvia and Kar Komak from Thuvia, Maid of Mars, at the Pacificon II Worldcon in 1964. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Bruce Pelz as Barkentine at the Tricon Worldcon in 1966. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Bruce Pelz as The Dragon Master from the Jack Vance novella at the 1968 Baycon. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Bruce Pelz as Gertrude, Countess of Groan at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Voted Judge's Choice Grand Prize. Photo by Celia Tiffany.

Bruce Pelz, minus his beard, as Gertrude the Bird Woman, Countess of Groan, at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Gertrude, Countess of Groan, by Bruce Pelz. St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Presentation award(s): Most Beautiful, Best Presentation, Best Group. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Chun the Unavoidable, from Jack Vance's "The Dying Earth," by Bruce Pelz. Tricon, Worldcon 24, 1966. Presentation award(s): Best Delivery. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Heidi Saha

Heidi Saha was briefly everywhere as a very young/underage costume model, now surrounded by some controversy. She may be the first costume model to have marketed costume photo merchandise.

Heidi Saha as an unnamed Virgil Finlay drawing at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Photo by Celia Tiffany.

Dragon and assistant, by Betsy Wollheim, Heidi Saha. Discon I, Worldcon 21, 1963. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Joni and Jon Stopa

Joni Stopa and Jon Stopa in unidentified costumes with Forrest J Ackerman at the Seacon Worldcon in 1961. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Jon Stopa in an unidentified costume. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Joni and Jon Stopa, as The Elementals at the Loncon II Worldcon in 1965. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

The Elementals, by Jon Stopa, Joni Stopa. Loncon II, Worldcon 23, 1965. Presentation award(s): Most Beautiful. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Joni and Jon Stopa as Incubus and Succubus, which won Best in Show at the Discon 1 Worldcon in 1963. From the Carl and Mike Resnick Collection.

Incubus and Succubus, by L-R: Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa. Discon I, Worldcon 21, 1963. Presentation award(s): Most Beautiful. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa, and Marsha Brown as People of the Talisman: Lord Ciaron, Eric John Stark, a low canaller at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Tied for Most Beautiful. Photo by Celia Tiffany.

Joni and Jon Stopa and Marsha Brown as People of the Talisman: Lord Ciaron, Eric John Stark, and a low canaller, based on a Leigh Brackett story, at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. From the Carol and Mike Resnick Collection.

Torve the Trog, by Deb Stopa from "The Thurb Revolution" by Alexei Panshin. St. Louiscon, Worldcon 27, 1969. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Water Sprites with an unidentified woman, by Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa. Pacificon II, Worldcon 22, 1964. Presentation award(s): Most Beautiful. From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Bjo Trimble

Bjo Trimble as Antonia, Queen of Atlantis at the St. Louiscon Worldcon in 1969. Not in Competition. Photo by Celia Tiffany.

Unicorn, by Bjo Trimble. Pittcon, Worldcon 18, 1960. Photo by Ben Jason? From the Drew Sanders Collection.

Antonia, Queen of Atlantis, by Bjo Trimble. St. Louiscon, Worldcon 27, 1969. From the Drew Sanders Collections.

1960s Costumers You Should Know

Costumes and Costumers of the 1960s