Biography
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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.
Filmography
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Movies 46
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
State Fair (1962)
Tender Is the Night (1962)
The Comancheros (1961)
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
The Miracle (1959)
Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
Born Reckless (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
Band of Angels (1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)
Giant (1956)
The Burning Hills (1956)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Blowing Wild (1953)
The Charge at Feather River (1953)
The Iron Mistress (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Carson City (1952)
Room for One More (1952)
Distant Drums (1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Fort Worth (1951)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Raton Pass (1951)
The West Point Story (1950)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Bright Leaf (1950)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Montana (1950)
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Life with Father (1947)
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Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderFemale
Birthday1903-04-10
Deathday1997-06-14 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceJacksonville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMarjorie O. Best
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
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