---
name: "Elizabeth Haffenden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-haffenden"
fi1m_id: "elizabeth-haffenden"
imdb_id: "nm0353111"
tmdb_id: 10011
wikidata_id: "Q181230"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "18 April 1906"
died: "29 May 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-25T03:21:06.592070+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."
---

# Elizabeth Haffenden

## Identity

Elizabeth Haffenden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-haffenden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-haffenden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0353111
- **TMDB ID:** 10011
- **Wikidata ID:** Q181230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haffenden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10011

Costume designer. Born 18 April 1906 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. Died 29 May 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 18 April 1906, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 29 May 1976
- **Active:** 1943–1973
- **Also known as:** Liz Haffenden,  E. Haffenden 
- **Frequently works with:** [Fred Zinnemann](https://film.one/person/fred-zinnemann.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 61 (1), 1950s 76 (1), 1960s 75 (3), 1970s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Adventure 3, History 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $299m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Haffenden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10011

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Man for All Seasons*](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) (81)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Fiddler on the Roof*](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md) (77)
- **Tubi:** [*Ben-Hur*](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sundowners*](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md) (70)

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## Biography

Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. She trained at Croydon School of Art and the Royal College of Art, and began her career in theatre before moving into film in the 1930s.

She served as head of the costume department at Gainsborough Studios from 1942 to 1949, designing for most of the studio’s melodramas of the period. From the late 1950s she worked frequently with Joan Bridge; their collaborations included *Ben-Hur* (1959), *The Sundowners* (1960), *A Man for All Seasons* (1966) and *The Day of the Jackal* (1973).

Haffenden won Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for *Ben-Hur* (1959) and *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), and a BAFTA Award for the latter. Other notable credits include *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968) and *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Fi1m 77, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)
- *The Sundowners* (1960), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md)
- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)
- *The Man in Grey* (1943), Fi1m 61, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-grey.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Conduct Unbecoming* (1975), Costume Design
- *Luther* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Homecoming* (1973), Costume Design
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Pope Joan* (1972), Costume Design
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *Half a Sixpence* (1967), Costume Design
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)
- *The Liquidator* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders* (1965), Costume Design
- *Behold a Pale Horse* (1964), Costume Design
- *I Thank a Fool* (1962), Costume Design
- *The Sundowners* (1960), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md)
- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)
- *I Accuse!* (1958), Costume Design
- *Carve Her Name with Pride* (1958), Costume Designer
- *Davy* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Shiralee* (1957), Costume Design
- *Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison* (1957), Costume Design
- *Moby Dick* (1956), Costume Design
- *Invitation to the Dance* (1956), Costume Design
- *Bhowani Junction* (1956), Costume Design
- *Footsteps in the Fog* (1955), Costume Designer
- *The Dark Avenger* (1955), Costume Design
- *Beau Brummell* (1954), Costume Design
- *Laughing Anne* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Late Edwina Black* (1951), Costume Design
- *Portrait of Clare* (1950), Costume Design
- *So Long at the Fair* (1950), Costume Design
- *Christopher Columbus* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Bad Lord Byron* (1949), Costume Design
- *The First Gentleman* (1948), Costume Design
- *Uncle Silas* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Magic Bow* (1946), Costume Design
- *Bedelia* (1946), Costume Design
- *Caravan* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Wicked Lady* (1945), Costume Design
- *A Place of One's Own* (1945), Costume Design
- *Madonna of the Seven Moons* (1945), Costume Design
- *Love Story* (1944), Costume Design
- *Two Thousand Women* (1944), Costume Design
- *Give Us the Moon* (1944), Costume Design
- *Fanny by Gaslight* (1944), Costume Design
- *Dear Octopus* (1943), Costume Design
- *The Man in Grey* (1943), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-in-grey.md)
- *The Young Mr. Pitt* (1942), Costume Design
- *Ten Days in Paris* (1940), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Last Waltz* (1936), Costume Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won

- 1967: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *A Man for All Seasons*
- 1960: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *Ben-Hur*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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