---
name: "Marit Allen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marit-allen"
fi1m_id: "marit-allen"
imdb_id: "nm0020801"
tmdb_id: 11714
wikidata_id: "Q433537"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "17 September 1941"
died: "26 November 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-07T04:37:59.600611+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."
---

# Marit Allen

## Identity

Marit Allen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marit-allen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marit-allen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0020801
- **TMDB ID:** 11714
- **Wikidata ID:** Q433537
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marit_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11714

Costume designer. Born 17 September 1941 in Cheshire, England, UK. Died 26 November 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 17 September 1941, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 November 2007
- **Active:** 1973–2007
- **Also known as:** Marit Lieberson
- **Frequently works with:** [Allan Scott](https://film.one/person/allan-scott.md), [Ang Lee](https://film.one/person/ang-lee.md), [James Schamus](https://film.one/person/james-schamus.md), [Nicolas Roeg](https://film.one/person/nicolas-roeg.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 66 (7), 2000s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 65 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Thriller 4, Horror 3, Action 2, Comedy 2, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 24 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,249m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marit_Allen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11714

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Witches*](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Wide Shut*](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md) (81)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Dead Man*](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Mrs. Doubtfire*](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wind*](https://film.one/film/wind.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Marit Allen was an English costume designer and former fashion journalist. Born in Cheshire, she began her career in 1961 at Queen magazine before moving to British Vogue, where she edited the 'Young Idea' pages until 1973. She later established a journalism degree course at Central Saint Martins.

Allen entered film costume design after being approached by director Nicolas Roeg. Her early credit included wardrobe for Julie Christie on *Don't Look Now* (1973), credited as Marit Lieberson. She went on to design costumes for more than 30 films, including *Little Shop of Horrors* (1986), *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), *Brokeback Mountain* (2005) and *La Vie en Rose* (2007). She frequently collaborated with Roeg and Ang Lee.

Allen received an Academy Award nomination for *La Vie en Rose*, along with BAFTA, Emmy and Costume Designers Guild nominations. She died in Sydney, Australia, in 2007.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *La Vie en Rose* (2007), Fi1m 66, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/la-vie-en-rose.md)
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Hulk* (2003), Fi1m 72, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)
- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Fi1m 74, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Wind* (1992), Fi1m 60, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), Fi1m 38, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *Little Shop of Horrors* (1986), Fi1m 76, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/little-shop-of-horrors.md)
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Fi1m 90, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Love in the Time of Cholera* (2007), Costume Design
- *La Vie en Rose* (2007), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/la-vie-en-rose.md)
- *All the King's Men* (2006), Costume Design
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Nomad: The Warrior* (2005), Costume Design
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), Costume Design
- *Hulk* (2003), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Weight of Water* (2001), Costume Design
- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), Costume Design
- *Forever Mine* (1999), Costume Design
- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)
- *Snow White: A Tale of Terror* (1997), Costume Design
- *Dead Man* (1995), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)
- *The Secret Garden* (1993), Costume Design
- *Stalin* (1992), Costume Design
- *Wind* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), Costume Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)
- *Mermaids* (1990), Costume Design
- *The Witches* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *Eat a Bowl of Tea* (1989), Costume Design
- *The Rachel Papers* (1989), Costume Design
- *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988), Costume Design
- *White Mischief* (1987), Costume Design
- *Little Shop of Horrors* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/little-shop-of-horrors.md)
- *Dream Lover* (1986), Costume Design
- *Déjà Vu* (1985), Costume Design
- *Florence Nightingale* (1985), Costume Design
- *The Hit* (1984), Costume Design
- *Eureka* (1983), Costume Design
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1982), Costume Designer
- *Richard's Things* (1980), Costume Design
- *Bad Timing* (1980), Costume Design
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Costume Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *La Vie en Rose*

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

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