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by KennyBlanken 951 days ago
There are in fact theater lights at least as early as the 90's with cold mirrors to direct IR to a heatsink, to extend the life of gobos and gels, and put less IR on actors.

Cold mirrors that large are expensive and it's just complexity/something to break or need servicing (cleaning) so I doubt they were stocked much by rental companies or saw much usage in tv/movie production.