Biography
Mary Wills (1914–1997) was an American costume designer. She studied at the University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico, where she began creating sets and costumes, and earned a master's degree at the Yale University School of Drama. Her first Hollywood work was as a sketch artist on Gone with the Wind (1939).
Wills designed costumes for numerous films, including Song of the South (1946), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Cape Fear (1962) and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). She received seven Academy Award nominations and won the award for Best Costume Design for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. She also designed for live shows such as Shipstads & Johnson's Ice Follies and the New Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.
Wills died in Sedona, Arizona.
