--- name: "Cecil Beaton" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cecil-beaton" roles: ["Costume designer"] born: "14 January 1904" died: "18 January 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T04:21:33.538416+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." --- # Cecil Beaton Costume designer. Born 14 January 1904 in Hampstead, London, England. Died 18 January 1980. ## Details - **Work:** Costume designer - **Born:** 14 January 1904, Hampstead, London, England - **Died:** 18 January 1980 - **Active:** 1958–1964 - **Also known as:** Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, Sir Beaton, Sir Cecil Beaton - **Frequently works with:** [Alan Jay Lerner](https://film.one/person/alan-jay-lerner.md) - **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Beaton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108810 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*My Fair Lady*](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer, and stage and costume designer for films and theatre. He designed the costumes and production for the films *Gigi* (1958) and *My Fair Lady* (1964). Beaton won Academy Awards for his work on both films. He was born on 14 January 1904 in Hampstead, London, and died on 18 January 1980. *Sources: collections.vam.ac.uk, ibdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *My Fair Lady* (1964), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Production Design, Costume design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand* (2017), Set Designer - *My Fair Lady* (1964), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) - *The Doctor's Dilemma* (1959), Costume Design - *Gigi* (1958), as Gentleman in Park (uncredited) · Production Design, Costume Design - *Anna Karenina* (1948), Costume Design - *An Ideal Husband* (1947), Costume Design - *Beware of Pity* (1946), Costume Design - *On Approval* (1944), Costume Design - *The Young Mr. Pitt* (1942), Costume Design - *Major Barbara* (1941), Costume Design ## Gallery - ![Cecil Beaton](https://film.one/media/person/1239425/gallery-fb26f5879e56.jpg) Cecil Beaton — Lafayette Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Sir_Cecil_Beaton%2C_1928_studio_portrait_%28by_Lafayette%29_%E2%80%93_National_Portrait_Gallery_%28unframed%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cecil Beaton, and his sisters Nancy and Barbara, arriving at an Eton (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1239425/gallery-d6b0d6790e65.jpg) Cecil Beaton, and his sisters Nancy and Barbara, arriving at an Eton (1930) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Cecil_Beaton_arriving_at_an_Eton_restored.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cecil Beaton Photographs- GeneralCecil Beaton self portraits: Cecil Beaton (in shorts and shirt) with wicker baskets beside a wall with Chinese characters in Pu](https://film.one/media/person/1239425/gallery-016efa587d2a.jpg) Cecil Beaton Photographs- GeneralCecil Beaton self portraits: Cecil Beaton (in shorts and shirt) with wicker baskets beside a wall with Chinese characters in Pu — Cecil Beaton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Cecil_Beaton_Photographs-_General%3B_Beaton%2C_Cecil_IB4287C_cropped_rotated_restored.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cecil Beaton self portrait, 1969](https://film.one/media/person/1239425/gallery-d8ea035ef879.jpg) Cecil Beaton self portrait, 1969 — Cecil Beaton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Cecil_Beaton_self_portrait%2C_1969.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 3 won - 1965: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *My Fair Lady* - 1965: Best Art Direction, Color (won), for *My Fair Lady* - 1959: Best Costume Design (won), for *Gigi* ### Other awards — 4 won, 2 nominated - Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1970: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won) - Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical 1961: Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (nominated) - Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1960: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won) - Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical 1960: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (nominated) - Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1957: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *My Fair Lady* - Tony Award for Best Costume Design 1955: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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