They designed sets, costumes, and lighting for many productions, including Mame, Here's Love, Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, The Fig Leaves Are Falling, and The Golden Apple.
William Eckart was born October 21, 1920, in New Iberia, Louisiana and died on January 24, 2000, in Dallas, Texas, aged 79.
His wife Jean was born on August 18, 1921, in Glencoe, Illinois and died on September 6, 1993, aged 72.
The couple received three Tony Award nominations: for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Fiorello!
[1] In 2006, a book entitled The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart by Andrew Harris was published.