Charles LeMaire
Biography
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Charles LeMaire (April 22, 1897 – June 8, 1985) was an American costume designer. He was born in Chicago.
LeMaire's early career was as a vaudeville performer, but he became a costume designer for such Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. By 1925 he turned to the movies. LeMaire was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to institute a costume design Oscar. In a career spanning 37 years and nearly 300 films, he earned a total of three Academy Awards and an additional 13 nominations.
LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.
Personal Info
Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-04-22 (128 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Crew
1962
Walk on the Wild Side Costume Design1961
The Marriage-Go-Round Costume Design1959
The Diary of Anne Frank Costume Design1959
Holiday for Lovers Costume Designer1959
Say One for Me Costume Design1959
The Man Who Understood Women Costume Design1958
The Hunters Costume Design1958
From Hell to Texas Costume Design1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha Costume Design1958
The Bravados Wardrobe Designer1958
The Long, Hot Summer Wardrobe Designer1958
Mardi Gras Costume Design1958
Fraulein Costume Designer1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West Wardrobe Designer1958
The Gift of Love Costume Design1958
The Young Lions Wardrobe Designer1957
The Wayward Bus Wardrobe Designer1957
Top Secret Affair Costume Design1957
The Enemy Below Costume Design1957
Desk Set Costume Design1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Costume Design1957
An Affair to Remember Costume Design1957
Forty Guns Costume Design1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Wardrobe Master1956
Bus Stop Wardrobe Supervisor1956
Carousel Wardrobe Supervisor1956
Three Brave Men Wardrobe Designer1956
23 Paces to Baker Street Wardrobe Designer1956
Hilda Crane Costume Design1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free Costume Design1956
Bigger Than Life Wardrobe Designer1956
The Girl Can't Help It Wardrobe Designer1955
A Man Called Peter Costume Design1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Costume Design1955
The View from Pompey's Head Costume Design1955
The Left Hand of God Wardrobe Master1955
House of Bamboo Wardrobe Designer1955
The Tall Men Wardrobe Master1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Costume Designer1955
Daddy Long Legs Wardrobe Supervisor1954
Gorilla at Large Costume Design1954
Garden of Evil Wardrobe Master1954
Three Coins in the Fountain Wardrobe Supervisor1954
There's No Business Like Show Business Wardrobe Supervisor1954
Three Young Texans Wardrobe Coordinator1954
Woman's World Wardrobe Master1953
Man on a Tightrope Wardrobe Master1953
The Girl Next Door Wardrobe Designer1953
The President's Lady Costume Design1953
King of the Khyber Rifles Wardrobe Master1953
Taxi Wardrobe Master1953
The Desert Rats Wardrobe Supervisor1953
Dangerous Crossing Wardrobe Supervisor1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Wardrobe Master1953
City of Bad Men Wardrobe Coordinator1953
Niagara Costume Design1953
How to Marry a Millionaire Wardrobe Supervisor1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor Wardrobe Master1953
Pickup on South Street Wardrobe Supervisor1953
A Blueprint for Murder Wardrobe Master1953
Inferno Wardrobe Supervisor1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Costume Design1952
Diplomatic Courier Costume Design1952
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Wardrobe Master1952
With a Song in My Heart Costume Design1952
Belles on Their Toes Wardrobe Supervisor1952
We're Not Married! Wardrobe Supervisor1952
5 Fingers Wardrobe Designer1952
Way of a Gaucho Costume Design1952
My Pal Gus Costume Design1952
Deadline - U.S.A. Wardrobe Supervisor1952
My Wife's Best Friend Costume Design1952
Don't Bother to Knock Wardrobe Master1952
Stars and Stripes Forever Wardrobe Supervisor1952
Monkey Business Other1952
Don't Bother to Knock Wardrobe Designer1952
Night Without Sleep Wardrobe Supervisor1951
Fourteen Hours Wardrobe Master1951
You're in the Navy Now Costume Design1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker Costume Design1951
The House on Telegraph Hill Costume Design1951
Let's Make It Legal Costume Design1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still Wardrobe Master1951
Halls of Montezuma Wardrobe Supervisor1951
Fixed Bayonets! Wardrobe Master1951
The Frogmen Costume Design1951
Rawhide Wardrobe Supervisor1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Costume Design1951
Anne of the Indies Wardrobe Supervisor1951
On the Riviera Wardrobe Supervisor1951
Elopement Costume Design1951
The Secret of Convict Lake Wardrobe Supervisor1951
The 13th Letter Wardrobe Supervisor1951
Love Nest Wardrobe Master1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Mister 880 Wardrobe Master1950
My Blue Heaven Costume Design1950
I'll Get By Costume Design1950
Cheaper by the Dozen Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Panic in the Streets Wardrobe Designer1950
No Way Out Wardrobe Designer1950
Stella Wardrobe Coordinator1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends Wardrobe Supervisor1950
All About Eve Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Under My Skin Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Wabash Avenue Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Two Flags West Wardrobe Supervisor1950
Panic in the Streets Wardrobe Coordinator1950
Whirlpool Costume Design1950
The Gunfighter Wardrobe Coordinator1950
Broken Arrow Wardrobe Supervisor1949
Come to the Stable Wardrobe Master1949
The Fan Costume Design1949
Thieves' Highway Wardrobe Master1949
House of Strangers Wardrobe Designer1949
Down to the Sea in Ships Costume Supervisor1949
Dancing in the Dark Wardrobe Supervisor1948
Cry of the City Wardrobe Master1948
The Street with No Name Wardrobe Supervisor1948
Sitting Pretty Wardrobe Master1948
Yellow Sky Costume Supervisor1948
Call Northside 777 Wardrobe Master1947
Daisy Kenyon Wardrobe Master1947
Captain from Castile Costume Design1947
Moss Rose Wardrobe Master1947
Mother Wore Tights Wardrobe Master1947
Miracle on 34th Street Costume Design1947
Kiss of Death Wardrobe Designer1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Wardrobe Designer1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Costume Supervisor1946
Strange Triangle Costume Design