Beatrice Dawson

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Beatrice Dawson (born January 26, 1908 in Lincoln , Lincolnshire , † April 16, 1976 in North Yorkshire ) was a British costume designer who was nominated once for an Oscar and three times for the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA Film Award).

Life

Beatrice Dawson completed studies at the Chelsea School of Art at the University of London and at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London .

She began her career in the film industry in 1945 as responsible for the jewelry in the by Gabriel Pascal staged feature film Caesar and Cleopatra ( Caesar and Cleopatra ) with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh in the lead roles. In the decades that followed, she worked as a costume designer in the production of nearly seventy films.

At the Academy Awards in 1956 she was nominated for the Oscar for best costume design in black and white film, namely for Mr. Pickwick (Original title: The Pickwick Papers , 1952) by Noel Langley with James Hayter , James Donald and Nigel Patrick .

In 1965 she was equal to twice the film BAFTA Award for best costumes nominated: first, for the black and white film Of Human Bondage ( Of Human Bondage , 1964) a production of Ken Hughes with Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey , the other for the Technicolor Woman of straw ( Woman of straw ), a thriller from 1964 directed by Basil Dearden with Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery in the lead roles.

A third and final nomination for the BAFTA film received Award for Best Costume Design in 1974 for A Doll's House ( A Doll's House , 1973), one directed by Patrick Garland resulting film adaptation of the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen , in the Claire Bloom , Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Richardson starred.

Were other well-known films, where Beatrice Dawson collaborated as costume pictures were of Being Earnest ( The Importance of Being Earnest , 1952) by Anthony Asquith on the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde with Michael Redgrave , Michael Denison and Edith Evans the adventure film the Abominable Snowman ( the Abominable Snowman , 1957) by Val Guest with Peter Cushing , Forrest Tucker and Maureen Connell , the science fiction film the day the earth caught fire ( the day the earth caught fire , 1961) by Val Guest with Leo McKern , Edward Judd and Janet Munro , the film drama Der Diener ( The Servant , 1963) by Joseph Losey with Dirk Bogarde , Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig, and the film drama Accident, also directed by Joseph Losey - Incident in Oxford ( Accident , 1967) with Dirk Bogarde, Jacqueline Sassard and Stanley Baker .

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SURNAME Dawson, Beatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Lincoln , Lincolnshire
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1976
Place of death North Yorkshire