Elizabeth Haffenden

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Elizabeth Haffenden (born April 18, 1906 in Croydon , Surrey , England , † May 29, 1976 in London ) was a British costume designer who won two Oscar for best costume design in a color film and another British Academy Film Award for best costumes won.

Life

Costumes from the movie Ben Hur (1959)

After attending school, Elizabeth Haffenden first attended the Croydon College of Art and then studied at the Royal College of Art in London. She began her career as a costume designer in the film industry in 1934 with the film Colonel Blood and worked on the production of over sixty films until shortly before her death.

At the Oscar ceremony in 1960 , she won the first Oscar for Best Costume Design in a color film, specifically for after the eponymous novel by Lew Wallace resulting film Ben Hur (1959) by William Wyler with Charlton Heston , Stephen Boyd and Haya Harareet in the lead roles .

In 1966 she and Joan Bridge received a nomination for the first time for the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA Film Award) for the best costumes for The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) by Terence Young with Kim Novak , Richard Johnson and Claire Ufland .

In 1967 she received her second Oscar for best costume design in a color film with Joan Bridge for A Man for Every Season (1966) by Fred Zinnemann with Paul Scofield , Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern . At the same time, she and Joan Bridge also won the BAFTA Film Award 1968 for best costume in this film. In addition, both received in 1968 a further nomination for the BAFTA Film Award for the best costumes in the musical film Half a Sixpence (1967) by George Sidney with Tommy Steele , Julia Foster , and Cyril Ritchard in the leading roles.

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SURNAME Haffenden, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Croydon , Surrey, England
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1976
Place of death London