Charles LeMaire
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-04-22
Day of Death
1985-06-08 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Charles LeMaire
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles LeMaire (April 22, 1897 – June 8, 1985) was an American costume designer. He was born in Chicago.
LeMaire's early career was as a vaudeville performer, but he became a costume designer for such Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. By 1925 he turned to the movies. LeMaire was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to institute a costume design Oscar. In a career spanning 37 years and nearly 300 films, he earned a total of three Academy Awards and an additional 13 nominations.
LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.
Known For
Crew
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
Costume Design
(1961)
The Marriage-Go-Round
Costume Design
(1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Costume Design
(1959)
Holiday for Lovers
Costume Designer
(1959)
Say One for Me
Costume Design
(1959)
The Man Who Understood Women
Costume Design
(1958)
The Hunters
Costume Design
(1958)
From Hell to Texas
Costume Design
(1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Costume Design
(1958)
The Bravados
Wardrobe Designer
(1958)
The Long, Hot Summer
Wardrobe Designer
(1958)
Mardi Gras
Costume Design
(1958)
Fraulein
Costume Designer
(1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Wardrobe Designer
(1958)
The Gift of Love
Costume Design
(1958)
The Young Lions
Wardrobe Designer
(1957)
The Wayward Bus
Wardrobe Designer
(1957)
Top Secret Affair
Costume Design
(1957)
The Enemy Below
Costume Design
(1957)
Desk Set
Costume Design
(1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Costume Design
(1957)
An Affair to Remember
Costume Design
(1957)
Forty Guns
Costume Design
(1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Wardrobe Master
(1956)
Bus Stop
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1956)
Carousel
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1956)
Three Brave Men
Wardrobe Designer
(1956)
23 Paces to Baker Street
Wardrobe Designer
(1956)
Hilda Crane
Costume Design
(1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Costume Design
(1956)
Bigger Than Life
Wardrobe Designer
(1956)
The Girl Can't Help It
Wardrobe Designer
(1955)
A Man Called Peter
Costume Design
(1955)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Costume Design
(1955)
The View from Pompey's Head
Costume Design
(1955)
The Left Hand of God
Wardrobe Master
(1955)
House of Bamboo
Wardrobe Designer
(1955)
The Tall Men
Wardrobe Master
(1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Costume Designer
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1954)
Gorilla at Large
Costume Design
(1954)
Garden of Evil
Wardrobe Master
(1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1954)
Three Young Texans
Wardrobe Coordinator
(1954)
Woman's World
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
The Girl Next Door
Wardrobe Designer
(1953)
The President's Lady
Costume Design
(1953)
King of the Khyber Rifles
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
Taxi
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
The Desert Rats
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1953)
Dangerous Crossing
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
City of Bad Men
Wardrobe Coordinator
(1953)
Niagara
Costume Design
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1953)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
Pickup on South Street
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1953)
A Blueprint for Murder
Wardrobe Master
(1953)
Inferno
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Costume Design
(1952)
Diplomatic Courier
Costume Design
(1952)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Wardrobe Master
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
Costume Design
(1952)
Belles on Their Toes
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1952)
We're Not Married!
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1952)
5 Fingers
Wardrobe Designer
(1952)
Way of a Gaucho
Costume Design
(1952)
My Pal Gus
Costume Design
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1952)
My Wife's Best Friend
Costume Design
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
Wardrobe Master, Wardrobe Designer
(1952)
Stars and Stripes Forever
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1952)
Monkey Business
Other
(1952)
Night Without Sleep
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
Fourteen Hours
Wardrobe Master
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
Costume Design
(1951)
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Costume Design
(1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
Costume Design
(1951)
Let's Make It Legal
Costume Design
(1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Wardrobe Master
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
Fixed Bayonets!
Wardrobe Master
(1951)
The Frogmen
Costume Design
(1951)
Rawhide
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Costume Design
(1951)
Anne of the Indies
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
On the Riviera
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
Elopement
Costume Design
(1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
The 13th Letter
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1951)
Love Nest
Wardrobe Master
(1950)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Mister 880
Wardrobe Master
(1950)
My Blue Heaven
Costume Design
(1950)
I'll Get By
Costume Design
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
Wardrobe Designer, Wardrobe Coordinator
(1950)
No Way Out
Wardrobe Designer
(1950)
Stella
Wardrobe Coordinator
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
All About Eve
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Wabash Avenue
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Under My Skin
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Two Flags West
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Whirlpool
Costume Design
(1950)
The Gunfighter
Wardrobe Coordinator
(1949)
Come to the Stable
Wardrobe Master
(1949)
The Fan
Costume Design
(1949)
Thieves' Highway
Wardrobe Master
(1949)
House of Strangers
Wardrobe Designer
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
Costume Supervisor
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1948)
Cry of the City
Wardrobe Master
(1948)
The Street with No Name
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
Wardrobe Master
(1948)
Yellow Sky
Costume Supervisor
(1948)
Call Northside 777
Wardrobe Master
(1947)
Daisy Kenyon
Wardrobe Master
(1947)
Captain from Castile
Costume Design
(1947)
Moss Rose
Wardrobe Master
(1947)
Mother Wore Tights
Wardrobe Master
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
Costume Design
(1947)
Kiss of Death
Wardrobe Designer
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Wardrobe Designer
(1947)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Costume Supervisor
(1946)
Strange Triangle
Costume Design