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Marjorie Best (1903-1997)

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Alias:
Marjorie O. Best

Birthplace:
Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Born:
April 10, 1903

Died:
June 14, 1997

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer known for her period designs.  Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department.  Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired.  Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.

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Costume Design:
1947  Life with Father
1948  Adventures of Don Juan
1949  Look for the Silver Lining
1950  Montana
1950  Rocky Mountain
1950  The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950  The Flame and the Arrow
1950  The Great Jewel Robber
1951  I'll See You in My Dreams
1951  Raton Pass
1952  Room for One More
1952  The Crimson Pirate
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  The Charge at Feather River
1954  His Majesty O'Keefe
1954  King Richard and the Crusaders
1954  The Silver Chalice
1956  Giant
1956  The Burning Hills
1957  Band of Angels
1957  Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1958  Born Reckless
1958  Fort Dobbs
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  The Left Handed Gun
1959  Rio Bravo
1959  The Hanging Tree
1959  The Miracle
1959  The Nun's Story
1959  Yellowstone Kelly
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1960  Sergeant Rutledge
1960  Sunrise at Campobello
1960  The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1961  The Comancheros
1961  The Sins of Rachel Cade
1962  State Fair
1962  Tender Is the Night
1963  Spencer's Mountain

Wardrobe Designer:
1947  Life with Father
1948  Adventures of Don Juan
1949  Look for the Silver Lining
1950  Montana
1950  Rocky Mountain
1950  The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950  The Flame and the Arrow
1950  The Great Jewel Robber
1950  The West Point Story
1951  Along the Great Divide
1951  Distant Drums
1951  Fort Worth
1951  I'll See You in My Dreams
1951  Raton Pass
1952  Carson City
1952  Room for One More
1952  The Crimson Pirate
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  The Charge at Feather River
1954  His Majesty O'Keefe
1954  King Richard and the Crusaders
1954  The Silver Chalice
1956  Giant
1956  The Burning Hills
1957  Band of Angels
1957  Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1958  Born Reckless
1958  Fort Dobbs
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  The Left Handed Gun
1959  Rio Bravo
1959  The Hanging Tree
1959  The Miracle
1959  The Nun's Story
1959  Yellowstone Kelly
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1960  Sergeant Rutledge
1960  Sunrise at Campobello
1960  The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1961  The Comancheros
1961  The Sins of Rachel Cade
1962  State Fair
1962  Tender Is the Night
1963  Spencer's Mountain

Wardrobe Master:
1947  Life with Father
1948  Adventures of Don Juan
1949  Look for the Silver Lining
1950  Montana
1950  Rocky Mountain
1950  The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950  The Flame and the Arrow
1950  The Great Jewel Robber
1950  The West Point Story
1951  Along the Great Divide
1951  Distant Drums
1951  Fort Worth
1951  I'll See You in My Dreams
1951  Raton Pass
1952  Carson City
1952  Room for One More
1952  The Crimson Pirate
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  The Charge at Feather River
1954  His Majesty O'Keefe
1954  King Richard and the Crusaders
1954  The Silver Chalice
1956  Giant
1956  The Burning Hills
1957  Band of Angels
1957  Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1958  Born Reckless
1958  Fort Dobbs
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  The Left Handed Gun
1959  Rio Bravo
1959  The Hanging Tree
1959  The Miracle
1959  The Nun's Story
1959  Yellowstone Kelly
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1960  Sergeant Rutledge
1960  Sunrise at Campobello
1960  The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1961  The Comancheros
1961  The Sins of Rachel Cade
1962  State Fair
1962  Tender Is the Night
1963  Spencer's Mountain

Wardrobe Supervisor:
1947  Life with Father
1948  Adventures of Don Juan
1949  Look for the Silver Lining
1950  Bright Leaf
1950  Montana
1950  Rocky Mountain
1950  The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950  The Flame and the Arrow
1950  The Great Jewel Robber
1950  The West Point Story
1951  Along the Great Divide
1951  Distant Drums
1951  Fort Worth
1951  I'll See You in My Dreams
1951  Raton Pass
1952  Carson City
1952  Room for One More
1952  The Crimson Pirate
1952  The Iron Mistress
1953  Blowing Wild
1953  The Charge at Feather River
1954  His Majesty O'Keefe
1954  King Richard and the Crusaders
1954  The Silver Chalice
1956  Giant
1956  The Burning Hills
1957  Band of Angels
1957  Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1958  Born Reckless
1958  Fort Dobbs
1958  Lafayette Escadrille
1958  The Left Handed Gun
1959  Rio Bravo
1959  The Hanging Tree
1959  The Miracle
1959  The Nun's Story
1959  Yellowstone Kelly
1960  Guns of the Timberland
1960  Sergeant Rutledge
1960  Sunrise at Campobello
1960  The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1961  The Comancheros
1961  The Sins of Rachel Cade
1962  State Fair
1962  Tender Is the Night
1963  Spencer's Mountain

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