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name: "Yvonne Blake"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "17 April 1940"
died: "17 July 2018"
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updated: "2026-09-20T05:36:08.123089+00:00"
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# Yvonne Blake

Costume designer. Born 17 April 1940 in Manchester, England, UK. Died 17 July 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 17 April 1940, Manchester, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 July 2018
- **Also known as:** Yvonne Ann Blake
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Blake, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21964

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Nicholas and Alexandra*](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md) (58)

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## Biography

Yvonne Blake (17 April 1940 – 17 July 2018) was a British-Spanish costume designer. Born in Manchester, England, she began her career as an assistant at Hammer Film Productions and received early credits on films including *Fahrenheit 451* (1966) and *Where Eagles Dare* (1968). She designed costumes for *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), sharing the Academy Award for Best Costume Design with Antonio Castillo.

Blake worked on several notable productions, including *Jesus Christ Superstar* (1973), *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), *Superman* (1978) and *Superman II* (1980), *Flesh + Blood* (1985), *What Dreams May Come* (1998) and *Goya's Ghosts* (2006). She received four Goya Awards and nominations for BAFTA and Emmy Awards. In 2016 she became president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.

*Sources: nytimes.com, hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Fi1m 58, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *The Invaders* (2016), Costume Design
- *Wax* (2014), Costume Design
- *Wigs* (2014), Costume Supervisor
- *Goya's Ghosts* (2006), Costume Design
- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Maidens' Conspiracy* (2006), Costume Designer
- *The Bridge of San Luis Rey* (2004), Costume Design
- *The Reckoning* (2004), Costume Design
- *Carmen* (2003), Costume Designer
- *James Dean* (2001), Set Costumer
- *Presence of Mind* (2000), Costume Designer
- *What Dreams May Come* (1998), Costume Design
- *Blessed Assurance* (1997), Costume Design
- *Looking for Richard* (1996), Costume Design
- *Crime of the Century* (1996), Costume Design
- *The Detective and Death* (1994), Costume Design
- *Cradle Song* (1994), Costume Design
- *Company Business* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Return of the Musketeers* (1989), Costume Design
- *Rowing with the Wind* (1988), Costume Design
- *Onassis: The Richest Man in the World* (1988), Costume Design
- *Harem* (1986), Costume Design
- *Flesh + Blood* (1985), Costume Design
- *Scarab* (1984), Costume Design
- *Finders Keepers* (1984), Costume Designer
- *Bearn* (1983), Costume Design
- *The Adventures of Enrique and Ana* (1981), Costume Design
- *Green Ice* (1981), Costume Design
- *Superman II* (1980), Costume Design
- *Escape to Athena* (1979), Costume Design
- *Superman* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), Costume Design
- *Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra* (1976), Costume Design
- *Robin and Marian* (1976), Costume Design
- *Crime and Passion* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Four Musketeers* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Three Musketeers* (1973), Costume Design
- *Jesus Christ Superstar* (1973), Costume Design
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)
- *The Last Valley* (1971), Costume Design
- *Brotherly Love* (1970), Costume Design
- *A Talent for Loving* (1969), Costume Design
- *Where Eagles Dare* (1968), Costume Design
- *Duffy* (1968), Costume Designer
- *Assignment K* (1968), Costume Design
- *Charlie Bubbles* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Spy with a Cold Nose* (1966), Costume Design
- *Fahrenheit 451* (1966), as Book Person: 'The Jewish Question' (uncredited) · Assistant Costume Designer, Assistant Art Director
- *The Idol* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Shadow of the Cat* (1961), Assistant Costume Designer

## Gallery

- ![Premios Goya 2017](https://film.one/media/person/1244397/gallery-8dd2636629e1.jpg) Premios Goya 2017 — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Yvonne_Blake_en_los_Premios_Goya_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yvonne Blake](https://film.one/media/person/1244397/gallery-f9e4dfc29a59.jpg) Yvonne Blake — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Yvonne_Blake_en_los_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1976: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Four Musketeers*
- 1972: Best Costume Design (won), for *Nicholas and Alexandra*

### Other awards — 4 won

- Goya Award for Best Costume Design 2004: Goya Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *The Bridge of San Luis Rey*
- Goya Award for Best Costume Design 2003: Goya Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *Carmen*
- Goya Award for Best Costume Design 1994: Goya Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *Cradle Song*
- Goya Award for Best Costume Design 1988: Goya Award for Best Costume Design (won), for *Rowing with the Wind*

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

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