Grace Gregory

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Grace Gregory (born 1910 in Missouri , † November 14, 1985 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer who was nominated for an Oscar for best production design twice in her career . In the course of her twenty-five years of activity, she created the sets for over 350 film and television productions.

life and career

Grace Gregory Jones, born in the state of Missouri in 1910, began her work as a production designer in Hollywood in 1947. During her career she worked for virtually all film genres. Until the mid-1950s, Gregory created the set designs for films such as Love Rush on Capri , When the Marabunta Threats , Elephant Path , White Christmas or The Bridges of Toko-Ri . At the Academy Awards in 1955 , she was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Production Design category for the film drama A Country Girl starring Grace Kelly along with Hal Pereira , Roland Anderson and Sam Comer .

She then worked for cinema productions such as We Are Not Angels , On a Day Like Any Other , The Mount of Temptation , Storm Over Persia , The Devil's Curve or Houseboat . In 1964 she was nominated again for an Oscar for the cinema production In Love with a Stranger with Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen in the leading roles. Again together with Pereira, Anderson and Comer.

In addition to her work in film, she also created the sets for 323 episodes of the television series Bonanza between 1959 and 1972 .

Awards (selection)

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1947: The Perfect Marriage
  • 1947: The Unruly Wife (Suddenly It's Spring)
  • 1947: Golden Earrings (Golden Earrings)
  • 1948: The Sainted Sisters
  • 1948: Dream Girl
  • 1948: Isn't It Romantic?
  • 1949: Woman in Self-Defense (The Accused)
  • 1949: Bloody Diamonds (Rope of Sand)
  • 1949: My Friend Irma
  • 1950: Love rush on Capri (September Affair)
  • 1951: Peking Express (Peking Express)
  • 1951: Darling, How Could You!
  • 1951: Spies, Love and the Fire Brigade (My Favorite Spy)
  • 1951: Thunder in the East
  • 1952: The Turning Point
  • 1952: Entry prohibited (Off Limits)
  • 1953: The Girls of Pleasure Island
  • 1953: White Mistress in Jamaica (Jamaica Run)
  • 1953: Here Come the Girls
  • 1954: The Jivaro Treasure (Jivaro)
  • 1954: When the marabunta threatens (The Naked Jungle)
  • 1954: Elephants path (Elephant Walk)
  • 1954: White Christmas (White Christmas)
  • 1954: The Bridges at Toko-Ri (The Bridges at Toko-Ri)
  • 1954: The Country Girl (The Country Girl)
  • 1955: We're No Angels (We're No Angels)
  • 1955: On a Day Like Any Other (The Desperate Hours)
  • 1955: I want you to love me (Lucy Gallant)
  • 1956: Broadway Magic (Anything Goes)
  • 1956: The Birds and the Bees
  • 1956: The Vagabond King
  • 1956: The Search for Bridey Murphy
  • 1956: The Mount of Temptation (The Mountain)
  • 1957: The night knows no shadows (Fear Strikes Out)
  • 1957: Storm over Persia (Omar Khayyam)
  • 1957: Melody of Destiny (The Joker Is Wild)
  • 1957: The Devil's Curve (The Devil's Hairpin)
  • 1958: Desire Under the Elms
  • 1958: Flames over Maracaibo (Maracaibo)
  • 1958: The Colossus of New York
  • 1958: The Party Crashers
  • 1958: As Young as We Are
  • 1958: Houseboat (Houseboat)
  • 1959: Something like that from women! (That Kind of Woman)
  • 1959: Five Pennies (The Five Pennies)
  • 1959: Li'l Abner
  • 1960: The Lady and the Killer (Heller in Pink Tights)
  • 1963: My Six Loves
  • 1963: In love with a stranger (Love with the Proper Stranger)

TV Shows

  • 1959–1972: Bonanza (TV series, 323 episodes)

Short films

  • 1947: Paris in the Spring

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grace Gregory in: Thilo Wydra Grace: A Biography. , Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2014
personal data
SURNAME Gregory, Grace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Grace Gregory (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Missouri , USA
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1985
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA