Marjorie Best(1903-1997)
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Illinois-born Marjorie Best moved to Los Angeles after graduating high
school to attend the Chouinard Art Institute. She went to work as a
designer for the renowned Western Costume Co. in 1926, then several
years later moved to United Costumers. When Warner Bros. bought that
company in 1936, she accepted a job in the studio's wardrobe
department, and it wasn't long before she became one of the company's
finest costume designers, noted for her work on men's costumes and
period films. She won an Academy Award for her work on Adventures of Don Juan (1948), and was
nominated for Oscars in Costume Design for Giant (1956), Sunrise at Campobello (1960) and
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
