---
name: "Adele Parmenter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adele-parmenter"
fi1m_id: "adele-parmenter"
imdb_id: "nm0663128"
tmdb_id: 1494607
roles: ["Wardrobe master"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T07:09:37.056770+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adele Parmenter

## Identity

Adele Parmenter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adele-parmenter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adele-parmenter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0663128
- **TMDB ID:** 1494607
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494607

Wardrobe master.

## Details

- **Work:** Wardrobe master
- **Active:** 1948–1957
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1494607

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adele Parmenter worked in film wardrobe and costume departments. She received credit for costume design on *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957) and *Champion* (1949). Other credits include wardrobe master or supervisor on *Red River* (1948), *Wagon Master* (1950), *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), and *Advise & Consent* (1962), and costume design on *It Happened in Athens* (1962).

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Fi1m 78, Wardrobe Master — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, Wardrobe Master — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *It Happened in Athens* (1962), Costume Design
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *My Gun Is Quick* (1957), Costumer
- *5 Steps to Danger* (1956), Wardrobe Designer, Costume Design
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), as Wardrobe Master — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md)
- *Bright Victory* (1951), as Wardrobe Master
- *Wagon Master* (1950), as Wardrobe Master
- *Champion* (1949), Costume Design
- *Red River* (1948), as Wardrobe Master — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

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