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Marjorie Best

Marjorie Best

Costume Designer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer known for her period designs. Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department. Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired. Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.

Born: April 10, 1903 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Died: June 14, 1997 (Age 94)

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Marjorie Best  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.8
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design, Wardrobe Supervisor1948
Movie
7
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Designer1951
Movie
6.4
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1957
Movie
6.2
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Supervisor1953
Movie
4.5
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1958
Movie
6.5
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Supervisor1950
Movie
6.2
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Designer1952
Movie
6.6
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Designer1951
Movie
6.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1958
Movie
6
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Designer, Wardrobe Master1951
Movie
7.7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1956
Movie
5.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1960
Movie
5.9
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1954
Movie
6.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1951
Movie
5.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1954
Movie
5.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1958
Movie
7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1947
Movie
6.1
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1949
Movie
5.9
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1950
Movie
6.1
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1951
Movie
8.1
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1959
Movie
6.5
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1950
Movie
7.1
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1952
Movie
7.5
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1960
Movie
6.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1957
Movie
6.9
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1963
Movie
5.7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1962
Movie
6.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1960
Movie
5.8
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1962
Movie
5.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1956
Movie
6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1953
Movie
7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1961
Movie
7.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1952
Movie
6.9
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1960
Movie
6.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1950
Movie
6.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1950
Movie
6.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1950
Movie
7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1959
Movie
6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1952
Movie
6.3
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1958
Movie
5.7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1959
Movie
7.6
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1959
Movie
4.8
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1954
Movie
5.7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1961
Movie
6
Costume & Make-UpWardrobe Designer1950
Movie
6.7
Costume & Make-UpCostume Design1959
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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