Edward Stevenson (costume designer)
Edward "Eddie" Manson Stevenson (born May 13, 1906 in Pocatello , Idaho , † December 2, 1968 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American costume designer who won an Oscar in 1961 for best costume design .
Life
Stevenson, the only son of a superintendent of the branch of the railway undertaking Oregon Short Line Railroad in Idaho, first attended the St. Joseph School and Pocatello High School in his hometown before he clipped because of a lung condition to California and there until 1922, the Hollywood High School attended. While still at school, he met the then famous fashion designer and costume designer André-Ani from a neighbor who was a cousin of Hollywood star Gloria Swanson and then began to work for him. He first worked as a sketch artist for the film production company Norma Talmadge Productions , before becoming assistant to André-Anis at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925, where he designed costumes for actresses such as Greta Garbo , Janet Gaynor and Alma Rubens .
After being mediated by actress Louise Fazenda , he moved to the production company First National as head of the costume design department before it merged with Warner Bros. in September 1928 . After leaving there, he worked in the following years for various production companies such as Hal Roach Studios and Columbia Pictures and also founded his own fashion company Blakely House in the early 1930s , which specialized in the manufacture of everyday clothing. In 1935 he became assistant to Bernard Newman , chief costume designer at RKO Pictures , whom he followed between 1936 and 1950 as head of the costume design department. He then worked again for various film production companies.
In 1952 he was nominated twice for the Oscar for best costume design: On the one hand with Charles Le Maire for the color film David and Bathsheba (1951) by Henry King with Gregory Peck , Susan Hayward and Raymond Massey in the leading roles , on the other hand with Margaret Furse for the black and white film The Dirty Sparrow and the Queen (1950) by Jean Negulesco with the main actors Irene Dunne , Alec Guinness and Andrew Ray .
From the mid-1950s, Stevenson became the exclusive costume designer for Lucille Ball and its television show I Love Lucy (1955 to 1957) and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957 to 1960).
In 1961 he won an Oscar with the costume designer legend Edith Head for best costume design in the black and white film So Eine Affäre (The Facts of Life, 1960) by Melvin Frank with Lucille Ball, Bob Hope and Ruth Hussey in the leading roles.
Stevenson was then again the costume designer of Lucille Ball for the television shows The Lucy Show (1962 to 1968) and Here's Lucy (1968). In the course of his 45-year career in the Hollywood film industry, he has worked on the costume design of over 200 films and television programs.
Filmography (selection)
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Awards
Web links
- Edward Stevenson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Stevenson, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stevenson, Edward Manson (full name); Stevenson, Eddie (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American costume designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pocatello , Idaho |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1968 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |