---
name: "Mary Malin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-malin"
fi1m_id: "mary-malin"
imdb_id: "nm0539640"
tmdb_id: 14311
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T00:22:50.451840+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."
---

# Mary Malin

## Identity

Mary Malin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mary-malin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mary-malin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0539640
- **TMDB ID:** 14311
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14311

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1977–1996
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Badalato](https://film.one/person/bill-badalato.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 68 (1), 1980s 71 (2), 1990s 65 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $669m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14311

## Biography

Mary Malin is a costume designer who has worked in film and television since the 1970s. She began with assistant and supervisor roles before taking lead costume design credits on feature films.

Her credits include *Murder by Death* (1976) as assistant costume designer, *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), *Lethal Weapon* (1987), *Hot Shots!* (1991), *Life Stinks* (1991), *Losing Isaiah* (1995), *Broken Arrow* (1996) and *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998). She has also designed for television films and received one Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmreference.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Broken Arrow* (1996), Fi1m 60, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/broken-arrow.md)
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Fi1m 70, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *The Goodbye Girl* (1977), Fi1m 68, Costume Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goodbye-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Have Dreams, Will Travel* (2007), Costume Design
- *Bee Season* (2005), Costume Design
- *Manhood* (2003), Costume Designer
- *Dancing at the Harvest Moon* (2002), Costume Design
- *Double Bang* (2001), Costume Design
- *Jack the Dog* (2001), Costume Designer
- *The Color of Friendship* (2000), Costume Design
- *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Inheritance* (1997), Costume Design
- *Broken Arrow* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/broken-arrow.md)
- *Losing Isaiah* (1995), Costume Design
- *Trial by Jury* (1994), Costume Design
- *Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum'* (1992), Costume Design
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)
- *Life Stinks* (1991), Costume Design
- *Betsy's Wedding* (1990), Costume Design
- *Rainbow Drive* (1990), Costume Design
- *Dead Solid Perfect* (1988), Costume Design
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Costume Designer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *The Survivors* (1983), Costume Supervisor
- *The Goodbye Girl* (1977), Costume Assistant — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goodbye-girl.md)
- *Murder by Death* (1976), Assistant Costume Designer

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