---
name: "Robert De Mora"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-de-mora"
fi1m_id: "robert-de-mora"
imdb_id: "nm0210432"
tmdb_id: 1005624
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "22 October 1934"
died: "21 September 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:06:13.643062+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."
---

# Robert De Mora

## Identity

Robert De Mora

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-de-mora
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-de-mora
- **IMDb ID:** nm0210432
- **TMDB ID:** 1005624
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005624

Costume designer. Born 22 October 1934 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 21 September 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 22 October 1934, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 21 September 2020
- **Active:** 1976–1983
- **Also known as:** Robert DeMora , Robert Schuler DeMora Jr. 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 56 (2), 1980s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $116m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005624

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Risky Business*](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Marathon Man*](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Exorcist II: The Heretic*](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md) (38)

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## Biography

Robert De Mora was an American costume designer. Born Robert Schuler DeMora Jr on 22 October 1934 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he began designing for high school plays in the 1950s.

His film credits include *Marathon Man* (1976), *Cruising* (1980), *Risky Business* (1983), *Grease 2* (1982), *The Last Dragon* (1985) and *Clifford* (1994). He also worked as assistant costume designer on *The Birdcage* (1996). De Mora maintained a long collaboration with Bette Midler, designing costumes for her stage shows, films, television specials and concert tours over more than four decades.

He received two Primetime Emmy nominations for art direction and costume design on the 1997 Bette Midler special *Diva Las Vegas*. De Mora also designed costumes for Broadway productions including *Bette Midler* (1973) and *Leader of the Pack* (1985). He died on 21 September 2020 in Jeffersonville, New York.

*Sources: nytimes.com, imdb.com, lancasteronline.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Risky Business* (1983), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Fi1m 38, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *That Old Feeling* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Clifford* (1994), Costume Design
- *Stealing Home* (1988), Costume Design
- *A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon* (1988), Costume Design
- *Heartbeat* (1987), Costume Design
- *A Different Affair* (1987), Costume Design
- *Band of the Hand* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Last Dragon* (1985), Costume Design
- *Bette Midler: No Frills* (1983), Costume Design
- *Risky Business* (1983), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)
- *Jinxed!* (1982), Costume Design
- *Grease 2* (1982), Costume Design
- *Soup for One* (1982), Costume Design
- *Nighthawks* (1981), Costume Designer
- *Times Square* (1980), Costume Design
- *Divine Madness* (1980), Costume Design
- *Cruising* (1980), Costume Design
- *The Wanderers* (1979), Costume Design
- *Winter Kills* (1979), Costume Design
- *A Different Story* (1978), Costume Design
- *American Hot Wax* (1978), Costume Design
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Costume Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)
- *The Bette Midler Show* (1976), Set Designer

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