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Charles Le Maire(1895-1985)

  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Costume Designer
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Charles Le Maire
Charles Le Maire was born on 22 April 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a costume designer, known for All About Eve (1950), An Affair to Remember (1957) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). He was married to Beatrice Goetz and Sandra Hahle. He died on 8 June 1985 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
BornApril 22, 1895
DiedJune 8, 1985(90)
BornApril 22, 1895
DiedJune 8, 1985(90)
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  • Won 3 Oscars
    • 3 wins & 13 nominations total

Known for

Poster for 50th anniversary rerelease, 1 sheet movie poster app. 27" x 40"
All About Eve
8.2
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department(as Charles LeMaire)
  • 1950
An Affair to Remember (1957)
An Affair to Remember
7.4
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1957
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
6.8
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1953
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7.1
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department(as Charles Le Maìre)
  • 1953

Credits

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Costume and Wardrobe Department



  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • special gowns and sketches (as Charles La Maire)
    • 1960
  • Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, and Robert Wagner in Say One for Me (1959)
    Say One for Me
    5.5
    • wardrobe director
    • 1959
  • Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Richard Widmark, Dorothy Malone, and Dolores Michaels in Warlock (1959)
    Warlock
    7.1
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 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
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1959
  • Yul Brynner and Joanne Woodward in The Sound and the Fury (1959)
    The Sound and the Fury
    6.2
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1959
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
    The Diary of Anne Frank
    7.4
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1959
  • These Thousand Hills (1959)
    These Thousand Hills
    6.3
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1959
  • Paul Newman, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, and Joanne Woodward in Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
    Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
    5.9
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • In Love and War (1958)
    In Love and War
    6.1
    • executive wardrobe designer
    • 1958
  • John Wayne and Eiko Ando in The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
    The Barbarian and the Geisha
    5.8
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
    The Fiend Who Walked the West
    6.4
    • wardrobe director
    • 1958
  • A Certain Smile (1958)
    A Certain Smile
    5.6
    • executive wardrobe designer
    • 1958
  • David Hedison and Patricia Owens in The Fly (1958)
    The Fly
    7.1
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • The Bravados (1958)
    The Bravados
    7.0
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • Don Murray and Diane Varsi in From Hell to Texas (1958)
    From Hell to Texas
    6.9
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958

Costume Designer



  • Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
    Walk on the Wild Side
    6.7
    • Costume Designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1962
  • The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)
    The Marriage-Go-Round
    5.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1961
  • Henry Fonda and Leslie Caron in The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
    The Man Who Understood Women
    4.4
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1959
  • Holiday for Lovers (1959)
    Holiday for Lovers
    5.6
    • 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
  • Susan Hayward in Woman Obsessed (1959)
    Woman Obsessed
    5.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • Susan Hayward and Jeff Chandler in Thunder in the Sun (1959)
    Thunder in the Sun
    5.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959
  • Jill St. John, Pamela Beaird, Ahna Capri, Ray Ferrell, Joan Freeman, Mimi Gibson, Donald Losby, Diane Mountford, David Nelson, Terry Rangno, Mary Jane Saunders, Ray Stricklyn, Clifton Webb, Nancy DeCarl, David Harrison, Chris Van Scoyk, Jon Van Scoyk, and Donald Harrison in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1958)
    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
    6.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • Pat Boone, Christine Carère, Gary Crosby, Sheree North, and Tommy Sands in Mardi Gras (1958)
    Mardi Gras
    5.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • John Wayne and Eiko Ando in The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
    The Barbarian and the Geisha
    5.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, and Lee Philips in The Hunters (1958)
    The Hunters
    6.4
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • Mickey Rooney, Tom Ewell, Dina Merrill, and Mickey Shaughnessy in A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
    A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
    5.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • Ten North Frederick (1958)
    Ten North Frederick
    6.7
    • executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
    • 1958
  • Fräulein (1958)
    Fräulein
    6.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • The Gift of Love (1958)
    The Gift of Love
    6.4
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Charles La Maire
  • Born
    • April 22, 1895
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • June 8, 1985
    • Palm Springs, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Beatrice GoetzNovember 28, 1943 - January 1978 (her death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Partly responsible for getting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to start awarding a yearly Oscar for Best Costume Design, which they only began doing in 1948. Several years earlier, he had lobbied the Academy through the studio he was working for at the time,20th Century-Fox.
  • Nickname
    • Charles LeMaire

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