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name: "Marjorie Best"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "10 April 1903"
died: "14 June 1997"
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# Marjorie Best

Costume designer. Born 10 April 1903 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. Died 14 June 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 10 April 1903, Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 14 June 1997
- **Active:** 1956–1959
- **Also known as:** Marjorie O. Best
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4312

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Nun's Story*](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) (84)

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## Biography

Marjorie Best was an American costume designer. She was born on 10 April 1903 in Jacksonville, Illinois, and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She began working for the Western Costume Company in 1926, later moved to United Costumers, and joined Warner Bros.' wardrobe department after the studio acquired that company in 1936.

Her first credit as a costume designer was on *Silver River* (1948). Best won an Academy Award for *Adventures of Don Juan* (1949), shared with Leah Rhodes and Travilla. She received further nominations for *Giant* (1956), shared with Moss Mabry, *Sunrise at Campobello* (1960) and *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965). She retired in 1965 and died on 14 June 1997 in Toluca Lake, California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)
- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Spencer's Mountain* (1963), Costume Design
- *State Fair* (1962), Costume Design
- *Tender Is the Night* (1962), Costume Design
- *The Comancheros* (1961), Costume Design
- *The Sins of Rachel Cade* (1961), Costume Design
- *Sunrise at Campobello* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Dark at the Top of the Stairs* (1960), Costume Design
- *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), Costume Design
- *Guns of the Timberland* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Miracle* (1959), Costume Design
- *Yellowstone Kelly* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md)
- *Rio Bravo* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Hanging Tree* (1959), Costume Design
- *Born Reckless* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Left Handed Gun* (1958), Costume Design
- *Fort Dobbs* (1958), Costume Design
- *Lafayette Escadrille* (1958), Costume Design
- *Band of Angels* (1957), Costume Design
- *Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend* (1957), Costume Design
- *Giant* (1956), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *The Burning Hills* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), Costume Design
- *King Richard and the Crusaders* (1954), Costume Design
- *His Majesty O'Keefe* (1954), Costume Design
- *Blowing Wild* (1953), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Charge at Feather River* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Iron Mistress* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Crimson Pirate* (1952), Costume Design
- *Carson City* (1952), Wardrobe Designer
- *Room for One More* (1952), Costume Design
- *Distant Drums* (1951), Wardrobe Designer
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (1951), Costume Design
- *Fort Worth* (1951), as Wardrobe Master · Wardrobe Designer
- *Along the Great Divide* (1951), Wardrobe Designer
- *Raton Pass* (1951), Costume Design
- *The West Point Story* (1950), Wardrobe Designer
- *Rocky Mountain* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Great Jewel Robber* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Flame and the Arrow* (1950), Costume Design
- *Bright Leaf* (1950), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady* (1950), Costume Design
- *Montana* (1950), Costume Design
- *Look for the Silver Lining* (1949), Costume Design
- *Adventures of Don Juan* (1948), Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Design
- *Silver River* (1948), Costume Designer
- *Life with Father* (1947), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 1966: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Greatest Story Ever Told*
- 1961: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Sunrise at Campobello*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Giant*
- 1950: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *Adventures of Don Juan*

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

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