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name: "Clare West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clare-west"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "30 January 1879"
died: "13 March 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:28:19.786270+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."
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# Clare West

Costume designer. Born 30 January 1879 in Kansas. Died 13 March 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 30 January 1879, Kansas
- **Died:** 13 March 1961

## Biography

Clare West was an American costume designer, one of the first to work in Hollywood. She contributed to D. W. Griffith productions including *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) and *Intolerance* (1916), the latter involving two years of design work in collaboration with Paul Iribe.

She later served as chief costume designer for Cecil B. DeMille at Famous Players-Lasky (later Paramount) from around 1918 to 1923. In 1923 she moved to Joseph Schenck's company, where she designed for Norma and Constance Talmadge films and created costumes for Buster Keaton pictures including *Sherlock Jr.* (1924) and *The Navigator* (1924).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ladailymirror.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sherlock Jr.* (1924), Fi1m 91, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-jr.md)

## Also known for

- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Costume Design
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Costume Design
- *The Navigator* (1924), Costume Design

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