Charles Le Maire

Charles Le Maire

Charles Le Maire , also Charles LeMaire (born April 22, 1897 in Chicago , Illinois , † June 8, 1985 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American costume designer who won the Oscar for best costume design three times .

biography

In the 1920s, Le Maire was first a costume designer for music revues , in the mid-1920s also for some silent films , before he worked exclusively for film from the mid-1930s. In the course of his career in the film industry, he was involved in the equipment of over 200 productions.

At the Academy Awards in 1951 , he won an Oscar for best costume design for the first time, together with the legendary Edith Head for the black and white film All About Eva (1950) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz . In 1952 he was responsible for the costume designs in the film drama A Stranger ( Phone Call from a Stranger ).

The following year, at the Academy Awards in 1952 , he was nominated twice, together with Edward Stevenson for the color film David and Bathsheba (1951) by Henry King ; and with Renié for the black and white film The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) by George Cukor . In 1953 he was nominated again in the category of best costume design. This time for the color film With a Song in the Heart (1952) by Walter Lang , also with Dorothy Jeakins for the black and white film Meine Cousin Rachel (1952) by Henry Koster . He was also nominated twice at the 1954 Academy Awards , for the color film How to fish for a millionaire (1953) by Jean Negulesco together with William Travilla , and again with Renié for the black and white film Companion of his Life (1953) by Henry Levin .

For his third nomination in 1954, the color film Das Gewand (1953) by Henry Koster, he and Emile Santiago received his second Oscar for best costume design.

He was then nominated in 1955 for the costume designs for two color films: On the one hand Rhythm in the Blood (1954) by Walter Lang together with Travilla and Miles White , on the other hand together with René Hubert for Desirée (1954) by Henry Koster.

At the Academy Awards in 1956 , he not only won his third Oscar for the costumes of the color film All Glory on Earth (1955) by Henry King, but was also nominated together with Mary Wills for The Virgin Queen (1955) by Henry Koster.

He then received nominations in 1957 together with Mary Wills for the black and white film Moderne Jugend (1956, Teenage Rebel) by Edmund Goulding, 1958 for The great love of my life (1957) by Leo McCarey , in 1959 together with Mary Wills for A Certain Smile ( A Certain Smile , 1958) by Jean Negulesco and finally again at the Academy Awards in 1960 with Mary Wills for the black and white film The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) by George Stevens .

Web links

• Charles Lemaire in the Internet Movie Database (English)