Marjorie Best
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-04-10
Day of Death
1997-06-14 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
Marjorie Best
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer known for her period designs.
Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department.
Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired.
Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.
Crew
(1963)
Spencer's Mountain
Costume Design
(1962)
State Fair
Costume Design
(1962)
Tender Is the Night
Costume Design
(1961)
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Costume Design
(1961)
The Comancheros
Costume Design
(1960)
Guns of the Timberland
Costume Design
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
Costume Design
(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello
Costume Design
(1960)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Costume Design
(1959)
Rio Bravo
Costume Design
(1959)
Yellowstone Kelly
Costume Design
(1959)
The Miracle
Costume Design
(1959)
The Nun's Story
Costume Design
(1959)
The Hanging Tree
Costume Design
(1958)
The Left Handed Gun
Costume Design
(1958)
Lafayette Escadrille
Costume Design
(1958)
Fort Dobbs
Costume Design
(1958)
Born Reckless
Costume Design
(1957)
Band of Angels
Costume Design
(1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Costume Design
(1956)
Giant
Costume Design
(1956)
The Burning Hills
Costume Design
(1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders
Costume Design
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
Costume Design
(1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe
Costume Design
(1953)
Blowing Wild
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1953)
The Charge at Feather River
Costume Design
(1952)
Carson City
Wardrobe Designer
(1952)
The Crimson Pirate
Costume Design
(1952)
Room for One More
Costume Design
(1952)
The Iron Mistress
Costume Design
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
Costume Design
(1951)
Raton Pass
Costume Design
(1951)
Fort Worth
Wardrobe Master, Wardrobe Designer
(1951)
Distant Drums
Wardrobe Designer
(1951)
Along the Great Divide
Wardrobe Designer
(1950)
Rocky Mountain
Costume Design
(1950)
Montana
Costume Design
(1950)
Bright Leaf
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
The Great Jewel Robber
Costume Design
(1950)
The Flame and the Arrow
Costume Design
(1950)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Costume Design
(1950)
The West Point Story
Wardrobe Designer
(1949)
Look for the Silver Lining
Costume Design
(1948)
Adventures of Don Juan
Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Design
(1947)
Life with Father
Costume Design