Charles LeMaire

American costume designer (1897–1985)

Charles LeMaire

Born	(1897-04-22)April 22, 1897 Chicago
Died	June 8, 1985(1985-06-08) (aged 88) Palm Springs, California
Nationality	United States
Known for	Costume designer
Awards	Academy Awards

Charles LeMaire (April 22, 1897 – June 8, 1985) was an American costume designer. He was born in Chicago.

LeMaire's early career was as a vaudeville performer, but he became a costume designer for such Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. By 1925 he turned to the movies. LeMaire was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to institute a costume design Oscar. In a career spanning 37 years and nearly 300 films, he earned a total of three Academy Awards and an additional 13 nominations.

LeMaire married Beatrice Hayman Goetz (1892-1978), the former wife of film producer Harry Goetz, in Beverly Hills on November 27, 1943.^[1] He died of heart failure in 1985.

Filmography

Take a Chance (1933)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
All About Eve (1950)¹
David and Bathsheba (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Robe (1953)¹
Désirée (1954) ²
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)¹
Carousel (1956)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

^1 Oscar win ^2 Oscar nomination

References

^ The Los Angeles Times; Publication Date: 28/ Nov/ 1943; Publication Place: Los Angeles, California, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/380728165/?article=a59ff9e6-4f61-424b-8e10-848285c38467&focus=0.027657151,0.66347486,0.16323903,0.77376926&xid=3398

External links

Charles LeMaire at IMDb
AllMovieGuide
Charles Le Maire costume designs, 1921 and undated, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Charles Le Maire costume designs for the Greenwich Village follies, 1925 and 1926., held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

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Academy Award for Best Costume Design

1948–1956

1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska
1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla
1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès
1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada
1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire
1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff

1957–1958

1957: Orry-Kelly
1958: Cecil Beaton

1959–1960

1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden
1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles

1961–1966

1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff
1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills
1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff
1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton
1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton
1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden

1967–1980

1967: John Truscott
1968: Danilo Donati
1969: Margaret Furse
1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese
1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo
1972: Anthony Powell
1973: Edith Head
1974: Theoni V. Aldredge
1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund
1976: Danilo Donati
1977: John Mollo
1978: Anthony Powell
1979: Albert Wolsky
1980: Anthony Powell

1981–2000

1981: Milena Canonero
1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo
1983: Marik Vos-Lundh
1984: Theodor Pištěk
1985: Emi Wada
1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright
1987: James Acheson
1988: James Acheson
1989: Phyllis Dalton
1990: Franca Squarciapino
1991: Albert Wolsky
1992: Eiko Ishioka
1993: Gabriella Pescucci
1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
1995: James Acheson
1996: Ann Roth
1997: Deborah Lynn Scott
1998: Sandy Powell
1999: Lindy Hemming
2000: Janty Yates

2001–2020

2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
2002: Colleen Atwood
2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
2004: Sandy Powell
2005: Colleen Atwood
2006: Milena Canonero
2007: Alexandra Byrne
2008: Michael O'Connor
2009: Sandy Powell
2010: Colleen Atwood
2011: Mark Bridges
2012: Jacqueline Durran
2013: Catherine Martin
2014: Milena Canonero
2015: Jenny Beavan
2016: Colleen Atwood
2017: Mark Bridges
2018: Ruth E. Carter
2019: Jacqueline Durran
2020: Ann Roth

2021–present

Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)

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