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Charles LeMaire (April 22, 1897 – June 8, 1985) was an American costume designer. 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 three Academy Awards and an additional 13 nominations.
LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.
Filmography
all 128
Movies 128
Costume Design
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Movie
Costume Design
The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)
Movie
Costume Design
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
Movie
Costume Designer
Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Movie
Costume Design
Say One for Me (1959)
Movie
Costume Design
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Movie
Costume Design
Mardi Gras (1958)
Movie
Costume Design
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Movie
Costume Design
The Hunters (1958)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Fiend Who Walked The West (1958)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Bravados (1958)
Movie
Costume Designer
Fraulein (1958)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Movie
Costume Design
From Hell to Texas (1958)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Young Lions (1958)
Movie
Costume Design
The Gift of Love (1958)
Movie
Costume Design
The Enemy Below (1957)
Movie
Costume Design
Forty Guns (1957)
Movie
Costume Design
Desk Set (1957)
Movie
6
Costume Design
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Movie
Costume Design
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Movie
1
Wardrobe Designer
The Wayward Bus (1957)
Movie
Costume Design
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Three Brave Men (1956)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Movie
8
Wardrobe Designer
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Movie
Costume Design
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Bus Stop (1956)
Movie
5
Wardrobe Designer
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Movie
Costume Design
Hilda Crane (1956)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carousel (1956)
Movie
Costume Design
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
Movie
Costume Design
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Tall Men (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Left Hand of God (1955)
Movie
Costume Designer
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
House of Bamboo (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Movie
Costume Design
A Man Called Peter (1955)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Movie
8
Wardrobe Coordinator
Three Young Texans (1954)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Woman's World (1954)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Garden of Evil (1954)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Movie
Costume Design
Gorilla at Large (1954)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Movie
1
Wardrobe Coordinator
City of Bad Men (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Inferno (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Movie
6.5
Wardrobe Supervisor
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Movie
5
Costume Design
The President's Lady (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
The Desert Rats (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Movie
Costume Design
Niagara (1953)
Movie
6
Wardrobe Master
Taxi (1953)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
My Pal Gus (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Night Without Sleep (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Master / Wardrobe Designer
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
We're Not Married! (1952)
Movie
3
Costume Design
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Movie
6
Wardrobe Supervisor
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
5 Fingers (1952)
Movie
Costume Design
Elopement (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Anne of the Indies (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Love Nest (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Movie
6.1
Wardrobe Supervisor
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
On the Riviera (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Rawhide (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
The 13th Letter (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
Movie
Costume Design
The Frogmen (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
All About Eve (1950)
Movie
5.33
Wardrobe Supervisor
Two Flags West (1950)
Movie
6
Costume Design
I'll Get By (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Mister 880 (1950)
Movie
Costume Design
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
No Way Out (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer / Wardrobe Coordinator
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Movie
6
Wardrobe Coordinator
Stella (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Movie
Costume Supervisor
The Gunfighter (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wabash Avenue (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Under My Skin (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
Movie
Costume Design
Whirlpool (1950)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Come to the Stable (1949)
Movie
6
Wardrobe Designer
House of Strangers (1949)
Movie
Costume Design
The Fan (1949)
Movie
Costume Supervisor
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Movie
Costume Supervisor
Yellow Sky (1948)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Cry of the City (1948)
Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
The Street with No Name (1948)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Movie
Costume Design
Captain from Castile (1947)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Kiss of Death (1947)
Movie
Wardrobe Master
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Movie
Costume Supervisor
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
Movie
Costume Design
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Movie
5.92
Wardrobe Master
Moss Rose (1947)
Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Movie
6
Costume Design
Strange Triangle (1946)
Movie
Information
Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday1895-04-22
Deathday1985-06-08 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCharles Le Maire
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
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