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Gile Steele(1908-1952)

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Gile Steele
Gile Steele was born on 24 September 1908 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a costume designer, known for The Heiress (1949), The Merry Widow (1952) and Kind Lady (1951). He died on 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California, USA.
BornSeptember 24, 1908
DiedJanuary 16, 1952(43)
BornSeptember 24, 1908
DiedJanuary 16, 1952(43)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift in The Heiress (1949)
The Heiress
8.1
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1949
Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas in The Merry Widow (1952)
The Merry Widow
5.7
  • Costume Designer
  • 1952
Kind Lady (1951)
Kind Lady
7.1
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1951
Joan Fontaine, Bing Crosby, Roland Culver, and Richard Haydn in The Emperor Waltz (1948)
The Emperor Waltz
6.0
  • Costume Designer
  • 1948

Credits

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Costume Designer

  • Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas in The Merry Widow (1952)
    The Merry Widow
    5.7
    • costumes: men
    • 1952
  • June Allyson and Arthur Kennedy in The Girl in White (1952)
    The Girl in White
    6.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1952
  • Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, and Eleanor Parker in Scaramouche (1952)
    Scaramouche
    7.5
    • costumes designed by
    • 1952
  • Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen in The Belle of New York (1952)
    The Belle of New York
    6.1
    • costumes: men
    • 1952
  • Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Broderick Crawford in Lone Star (1952)
    Lone Star
    6.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1952
  • Howard Keel, Fred MacMurray, and Dorothy McGuire in Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
    Callaway Went Thataway
    6.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 1951
  • Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Leslie Caron, and Louis Calhern in The Man with a Cloak (1951)
    The Man with a Cloak
    6.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 1951
  • The Law and the Lady (1951)
    The Law and the Lady
    6.5
    • costume designer: men
    • 1951
  • Excuse My Dust (1951)
    Excuse My Dust
    6.0
    • men
    • 1951
  • Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Bruce Cabot, Edmund L. Hartmann, Jack Kirkwood, George Marshall, Robert O'Brien, Robert L. Welch, and Harry Leon Wilson in Fancy Pants (1950)
    Fancy Pants
    6.4
    • costumes: men
    • 1950
  • Hedy Lamarr, Ray Milland, and Macdonald Carey in Copper Canyon (1950)
    Copper Canyon
    6.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1950
  • Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949)
    Samson and Delilah
    6.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1949
  • Joan Fontaine, Bing Crosby, Roland Culver, and Richard Haydn in The Emperor Waltz (1948)
    The Emperor Waltz
    6.0
    • costumes: men
    • 1948
  • Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
    Mourning Becomes Electra
    6.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1947
  • Anthony Quinn, Ray Milland, and Barbara Stanwyck in California (1947)
    California
    6.1
    • costume designer: men
    • 1947

Costume and Wardrobe Department

  • Howard Keel, Fred MacMurray, and Dorothy McGuire in Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
    Callaway Went Thataway
    6.6
    • costume designer: Howard Keel
    • 1951
  • Kind Lady (1951)
    Kind Lady
    7.1
    • costumes: men
    • 1951
  • Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso (1951)
    The Great Caruso
    6.5
    • costumes: men's
    • 1951
  • Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949)
    Samson and Delilah
    6.8
    • costumes
    • 1949
  • Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift in The Heiress (1949)
    The Heiress
    8.1
    • wardrobe: men
    • 1949
  • Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, and Cedric Hardwicke in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    6.5
    • wardrobe: men
    • 1949
  • Jane Russell and Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948)
    The Paleface
    6.6
    • wardrobe: men
    • 1948
  • I Remember Mama (1948)
    I Remember Mama
    7.8
    • costumes: men's
    • 1948
  • Bob Hope in Where There's Life (1947)
    Where There's Life
    6.5
    • wardrobe: men
    • 1947
  • Ray Milland and Teresa Wright in The Imperfect Lady (1946)
    The Imperfect Lady
    6.3
    • men's costumes
    • 1946
  • Song of Russia (1944)
    Song of Russia
    5.9
    • costumes: men
    • 1944
  • Madame Curie (1943)
    Madame Curie
    7.2
    • costumes: men's
    • 1943
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont in The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
    The Cross of Lorraine
    6.6
    • costumes: men's
    • 1943
  • Cabin in the Sky (1943)
    Cabin in the Sky
    7.1
    • costumes: men's
    • 1943
  • John Carroll and Ruth Hussey in Pierre of the Plains (1942)
    Pierre of the Plains
    5.1
    • wardrobe: men
    • 1942

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 24, 1908
    • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • January 16, 1952
    • Culver City, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Distinguished costume designer, resident in Los Angeles from 1929. He worked on many prestige pictures for MGM (1938-1944) and Paramount (1946-1949). In his spare time he was an avid painter, whose works went on display at several California art exhibitions from the early 1930's. Died from a heart attack, aged just 43.

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