Norma Koch

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Norma Koch (born March 27, 1898 , † July 29, 1979 in Jamaica , Queens , New York City , New York ) was an American costume designer who once won the Oscar for best costume design and was nominated twice for this Oscar was.

Life

Norma Koch began her career as a costume designer in the Hollywood film industry in 1946 with the film An elegant crook (A Scandal in Paris) and worked on the costume design of almost forty films until 1972.

At the 1963 Academy Awards , she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in a Black and White Film in What Really Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) by Robert Aldrich with Bette Davis , Joan Crawford and Victor Buono in the lead roles .

In 1965 she was nominated for this Oscar for the costumes in the black and white film Lullaby for a Corpse (1964) by Robert Aldrich with Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten . The film was intended as a follow-up to What Really Happened To Baby Jane? thought, whereby Joan Crawford fell ill at the beginning of the shooting and was replaced by Olivia de Havilland. Another nomination for the Oscar for best costumes she got together with Bob Mackie and Ray Aghayan at the Academy Awards in 1973 for her last film Lady Sings the Blues (1972), one of Sidney J. Furie staged biopic about the jazz singer Billie Holiday with Diana Starring Ross , Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1963 : Oscar for the best costumes in a black and white film

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personal data
SURNAME Cook, Norma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1898
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1979
Place of death Jamaica , Queens , New York City , New York