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Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio β 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards in 1948 for his work on The Emperor Waltz. He won the Oscar for The Heiress in 1949 and Samson and Delilah in 1950. He died abruptly in 1952 at the age of 43.
Filmography
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Movies 44

Lone Star (1952)

The Merry Widow (1952)

Scaramouche (1952)

The Belle of New York (1952)

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

The Law and the Lady (1951)

Kind Lady (1951)

Copper Canyon (1950)

Fancy Pants (1950)

Samson and Delilah (1949)

The Heiress (1949)

The Paleface (1948)

The Emperor Waltz (1948)

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

California (1947)

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Best Foot Forward (1943)

I Dood It (1943)

Du Barry was a Lady (1943)

The Man from Down Under (1943)

Above Suspicion (1943)

For Me and My Gal (1942)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Tortilla Flat (1942)

The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

Smilin' Through (1941)

Billy the Kid (1941)

The Bad Man (1941)

Comrade X (1940)

Go West (1940)

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Escape (1940)

Boom Town (1940)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

New Moon (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Florian (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

20 Mule Team (1940)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

The Toy Wife (1938)
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Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday1908-09-24
Deathday1952-01-16 (43 years old)
Birth PlaceOhio, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
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