--- name: "Charles LeMaire" canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-lemaire" roles: ["Costume designer"] born: "22 April 1897" died: "8 June 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-20T03:25:43.715784+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." --- # Charles LeMaire Costume designer. Born 22 April 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 8 June 1985. ## Details - **Work:** Costume designer - **Born:** 22 April 1897, Chicago, Illinois, USA - **Died:** 8 June 1985 - **Active:** 1947–1959 - **Also known as:** Charles Le Maire - **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 10 nominated) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 85 (1), 1950s 67 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 78 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, History 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $11m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_LeMaire, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506014, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26172 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Miracle on 34th Street*](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Charles LeMaire was an American costume designer. Born in Chicago in 1897, he began his career as a vaudeville performer before designing costumes for Broadway productions including the Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. He moved into film work by 1925. LeMaire served as executive designer and wardrobe director at 20th Century-Fox from 1943 to 1959. He worked on nearly 300 films over a 37-year career, including *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), *All About Eve* (1950), *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953) and *An Affair to Remember* (1957). He was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce an Oscar for costume design. He won three Academy Awards and received 13 further nominations. LeMaire died of heart failure in Palm Springs, California, in 1985. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmreference.com, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Fi1m 58, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md) - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) - *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Fi1m 60, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md) - *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) ## Complete filmography (135) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Walk on the Wild Side* (1962), Costume Design - *The Marriage-Go-Round* (1961), Costume Design - *The Man Who Understood Women* (1959), Costume Design - *Holiday for Lovers* (1959), Costume Designer - *Say One for Me* (1959), Costume Design - *Thunder in the Sun* (1959), Costume Designer - *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md) - *Mardi Gras* (1958), Costume Design - *The Barbarian and the Geisha* (1958), Costume Design - *The Hunters* (1958), Costume Design - *The Fiend Who Walked the West* (1958), Wardrobe Designer - *The Bravados* (1958), Wardrobe Designer - *Fraulein* (1958), Costume Designer - *The Long, Hot Summer* (1958), Wardrobe Designer - *From Hell to Texas* (1958), Costume Design - *The Young Lions* (1958), Wardrobe Designer - *The Gift of Love* (1958), Costume Design - *The Enemy Below* (1957), Costume Design - *Forty Guns* (1957), Costume Design - *Desk Set* (1957), Costume Design - *Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?* (1957), Costume Design - *An Affair to Remember* (1957), Costume Design - *The Wayward Bus* (1957), Wardrobe Designer - *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), Wardrobe Designer - *Top Secret Affair* (1957), Costume Design - *The Girl Can't Help It* (1956), Wardrobe Designer - *Three Brave Men* (1956), Wardrobe Designer - *Bigger Than Life* (1956), Wardrobe Designer - *Teenage Rebel* (1956), Wardrobe Designer - *The Best Things in Life Are Free* (1956), Costume Design - *Bus Stop* (1956), Wardrobe Supervisor - *23 Paces to Baker Street* (1956), Wardrobe Designer - *Hilda Crane* (1956), Costume Design - *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* (1956), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Carousel* (1956), Wardrobe Supervisor - *The Lieutenant Wore Skirts* (1956), as Wardrobe Master - *The View from Pompey's Head* (1955), Costume Design - *The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing* (1955), Costume Design - *The Tall Men* (1955), as Wardrobe Master - *The Left Hand of God* (1955), as Wardrobe Master - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Costume Designer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) - *House of Bamboo* (1955), Wardrobe Designer - *Daddy Long Legs* (1955), Wardrobe Supervisor - *A Man Called Peter* (1955), Costume Design - *There's No Business Like Show Business* (1954), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Three Young Texans* (1954), Wardrobe Coordinator - *Woman's World* (1954), as Wardrobe Master - *Garden of Evil* (1954), as Wardrobe Master - *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md) - *Gorilla at Large* (1954), Costume Design - *River of No Return* (1954), as Wardrobe Master - *King of the Khyber Rifles* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor, Wardrobe Master - *City of Bad Men* (1953), Wardrobe Coordinator - *Inferno* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor - *A Blueprint for Murder* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *Dangerous Crossing* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *The President's Lady* (1953), Costume Design - *The Girl Next Door* (1953), Wardrobe Designer - *The Desert Rats* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Treasure of the Golden Condor* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *Niagara* (1953), Wardrobe Coordinator - *Taxi* (1953), as Wardrobe Master - *Stars and Stripes Forever* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *My Pal Gus* (1952), Costume Design - *The Outcasts of Poker Flat* (1952), as Wardrobe Master - *Way of a Gaucho* (1952), Costume Design - *My Wife's Best Friend* (1952), Costume Design - *Night Without Sleep* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *The Snows of Kilimanjaro* (1952), Costume Design - *Monkey Business* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Dreamboat* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Don't Bother to Knock* (1952), as Wardrobe Master · Wardrobe Designer - *We're Not Married!* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Diplomatic Courier* (1952), Costume Design - *Deadline - U.S.A.* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Belles on Their Toes* (1952), Wardrobe Supervisor - *With a Song in My Heart* (1952), Costume Design - *5 Fingers* (1952), Wardrobe Designer - *Elopement* (1951), Costume Design - *Fixed Bayonets!* (1951), as Wardrobe Master - *The Model and the Marriage Broker* (1951), Costume Design - *Let's Make It Legal* (1951), Costume Design - *Anne of the Indies* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Love Nest* (1951), as Wardrobe Master - *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), as Wardrobe Master - *The Secret of Convict Lake* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *The House on Telegraph Hill* (1951), Costume Design - *On the Riviera* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Fourteen Hours* (1951), as Wardrobe Master - *Rawhide* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *You're in the Navy Now* (1951), Costume Design - *The 13th Letter* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *I'd Climb the Highest Mountain* (1951), Costume Design - *The Frogmen* (1951), Costume Design - *Halls of Montezuma* (1951), Wardrobe Supervisor - *All About Eve* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) - *Two Flags West* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *I'll Get By* (1950), Costume Design - *Mister 880* (1950), as Wardrobe Master - *My Blue Heaven* (1950), Costume Design - *No Way Out* (1950), Wardrobe Designer - *Panic in the Streets* (1950), Wardrobe Designer, Wardrobe Coordinator - *Broken Arrow* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Stella* (1950), Wardrobe Coordinator - *Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *The Gunfighter* (1950), Wardrobe Coordinator - *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Wabash Avenue* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Under My Skin* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Mother Didn't Tell Me* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Whirlpool* (1950), Costume Design - *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Thieves' Highway* (1949), as Wardrobe Master - *Come to the Stable* (1949), as Wardrobe Master - *House of Strangers* (1949), Wardrobe Designer - *The Fan* (1949), Costume Design - *Down to the Sea in Ships* (1949), Costume Supervisor - *Yellow Sky* (1948), Costume Supervisor - *Cry of the City* (1948), as Wardrobe Master - *The Street with No Name* (1948), Wardrobe Supervisor - *Sitting Pretty* (1948), as Wardrobe Master - *Call Northside 777* (1948), as Wardrobe Master - *Daisy Kenyon* (1947), as Wardrobe Master - *Captain from Castile* (1947), Costume Design - *Kiss of Death* (1947), Wardrobe Designer - *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), as Wardrobe Master - *I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now* (1947), Costume Supervisor - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) - *Moss Rose* (1947), as Wardrobe Master - *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Wardrobe Designer - *Strange Triangle* (1946), Costume Design ## Gallery - ![Title: Chas. Lamaire Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/382947/gallery-db4d69277157.jpg) Title: Chas. Lamaire Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1926) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chas._Lamaire_LCCN2014719094.jpg/1280px-Chas._Lamaire_LCCN2014719094.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Charles LeMaire](https://film.one/media/person/382947/gallery-9a78fd691503.jpg) Charles LeMaire — George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Charles_LeMaire.jpg/1280px-Charles_LeMaire.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 3 won, 10 nominated - 1960: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Diary of Anne Frank* - 1959: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *A Certain Smile* - 1958: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *An Affair to Remember* - 1957: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Teenage Rebel* - 1956: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* - 1955: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *There's No Business Like Show Business* - 1954: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *The Robe* - 1954: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The President's Lady* - 1953: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *My Cousin Rachel* - 1953: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *With a Song in My Heart* - 1952: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Model and the Marriage Broker* - 1952: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *David and Bathsheba* - 1951: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *All About Eve* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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