Charles LeMaire

For the botanist, see Charles Antoine Lemaire.

Charles LeMaire

Born	April 22 1897 Chicago
Died	June 8 1985 Palm Springs, California (aged 88)
Nationality	United States
Field	Costume designer
Awards	Academy Awards

Charles LeMaire (1897–1985) was an American costume designer. Despite his French sounding name, he was born in Chicago.

LeMaire's early career was as a vaudeville performer, but he became a costume designer for such Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. By 1925 he turned to the movies. LeMaire was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to institute a costume design Oscar. In a career spanning 37 years and nearly 300 films, he earned a total of four Academy Awards and an additional 12 nominations.

LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.

Filmography

The Razor's Edge (1946)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
All About Eve (1950)¹
David and Bathsheba (1951)¹
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Robe (1953)¹
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)¹
Carousel (1956)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

^1 Oscar win ^2 Oscar nomination

External links

Charles LeMaire at the Internet Movie Database
AllMovieGuide

Academy Award for Costume Design (1948–1960)

1948–1956 Black & White / Color separate	1948 (Black & white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff

1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton

1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Arlington Valles

Complete list (1948–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

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Name	Lemaire, Charles
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Date of birth	1897
Place of birth	Chicago
Date of death	1985
Place of death	Palm Springs, California (aged 88)