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Adele Palmer(1915-2008)

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Adele Palmer was born on 21 October 1915 in Santa Ana, California, USA. She was a costume designer, known for The Quiet Man (1952), The Best of Everything (1959) and Daredevils of the Clouds (1948). She was married to Thomas P. Wilder and George R. Batcheller. She died on 1 July 2008 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
BornOctober 21, 1915
DiedJuly 1, 2008(92)
BornOctober 21, 1915
DiedJuly 1, 2008(92)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Barry Fitzgerald, and Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man (1952)
The Quiet Man
7.7
  • Costume Designer
  • 1952
Brian Aherne, Diane Baker, Stephen Boyd, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans, Martha Hyer, Louis Jourdan, Hope Lange, and Suzy Parker in The Best of Everything (1959)
The Best of Everything
6.6
  • Costume Designer
  • 1959
James Cardwell, Mae Clarke, and Robert Livingston in Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
Daredevils of the Clouds
5.8
  • Costume Designer
  • 1948
John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima
7.0
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1949

Credits

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Costume Designer

  • Golden Hands of Kurigal
    TV Movie
    • costume supervision
    • 1966
  • Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Hound-Dog Man (1959)
    Hound-Dog Man
    5.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • Brian Aherne, Diane Baker, Stephen Boyd, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans, Martha Hyer, Louis Jourdan, Hope Lange, and Suzy Parker in The Best of Everything (1959)
    The Best of Everything
    6.6
    • costumes designed by
    • 1959
  • James Stewart and Vera Miles in The FBI Story (1959)
    The FBI Story
    6.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, and Robert Wagner in Say One for Me (1959)
    Say One for Me
    5.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Richard D. Zanuck, Lionel Newman, Richard Anderson, Bradford Dillman, Richard Fleischer, Meyer Levin, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Murphy, and Diane Varsi in Compulsion (1959)
    Compulsion
    7.4
    • costumes designed by
    • 1959
  • Yul Brynner and Joanne Woodward in The Sound and the Fury (1959)
    The Sound and the Fury
    6.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • In Love and War (1958)
    In Love and War
    6.1
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
    The Long, Hot Summer
    7.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • Lana Turner, Arthur Kennedy, Hope Lange, Lee Philips, Russ Tamblyn, and Diane Varsi in Peyton Place (1957)
    Peyton Place
    7.2
    • costumes designed by
    • 1957
  • Skip Homeier and Kristine Miller in Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
    Thunder Over Arizona
    5.4
    • costumes designed by
    • 1956
  • Maureen O'Hara and Ray Milland in Lisbon (1956)
    Lisbon
    5.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1956
  • Dakota Incident (1956)
    Dakota Incident
    6.0
    • costumes designed by
    • 1956
  • Scott Brady and Joan Vohs in Terror at Midnight (1956)
    Terror at Midnight
    6.4
    • costume supervision
    • 1956

Costume and Wardrobe Department

  • Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (1966)
    Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Cyclotrode 'X' (1966)
    Cyclotrode 'X'
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • F.B.I. 99
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Jungle Gold (1966)
    Jungle Gold
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Sakima and the Masked Marvel
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Joan Marsh in The Baron's African War (1966)
    The Baron's African War
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • costume supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Gregory Gaye in Missile Monsters (1958)
    Missile Monsters
    4.2
    • wardrobe supervisor
    • 1958
  • Ralph Meeker and Janice Rule in A Woman's Devotion (1956)
    A Woman's Devotion
    5.8
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956
  • The Man Is Armed (1956)
    The Man Is Armed
    6.0
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956
  • A Strange Adventure (1956)
    A Strange Adventure
    5.6
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956
  • When Gangland Strikes (1956)
    When Gangland Strikes
    6.0
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956
  • Sabu in Jaguar (1956)
    Jaguar
    5.4
    • costume supervisor
    • 1956
  • Rod Cameron and Julie London in The Fighting Chance (1955)
    The Fighting Chance
    7.0
    • costume supervisor
    • 1955
  • Mickey Rooney in The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955)
    The Twinkle in God's Eye
    5.9
    • costume supervisor
    • 1955
  • No Man's Woman (1955)
    No Man's Woman
    6.4
    • costume supervisor
    • 1955

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Adele
  • Born
    • October 21, 1915
    • Santa Ana, California, USA
  • Died
    • July 1, 2008
    • Santa Barbara, California, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Thomas P. Wilder1949 - 2002 (his death)

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    Was wardrobe supervisor and costume designer for Republic Pictures for over two decades and over 200 films.

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