Charles Lemaire

Costume Designer

About

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Also Known As
Charles Le Maire
Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born
April 22, 1897
Died
June 08, 1985
Cause of Death
Heart Failure

Biography

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Began his career designing costumes for major Broadway revues of the 1920s and 30s. LeMaire won three Oscars for his film work, mostly done at Fox from 1943-1960....

Filmography

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The Big Show (1957)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Costumes
The Marriage-Go-Round (1960)
Costume Design
Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
Miss Hayward's Costume

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He received 16 nominations for Academy Awards over the course of his career

Biography

Began his career designing costumes for major Broadway revues of the 1920s and 30s. LeMaire won three Oscars for his film work, mostly done at Fox from 1943-1960.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Big Show (1957)

Costume-Wardrobe (Feature Film)

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Costumes
The Marriage-Go-Round (1960)
Costume Design
Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
Miss Hayward's Costume
Say One for Me (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
These Thousand Hills (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Warlock (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Compulsion (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Woman Obsessed (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Hunters (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Fly (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Young Lions (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Bravados (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Sing, Boy, Sing (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
From Hell to Texas (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
A Certain Smile (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Gift of Love (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Fräulein (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
In Love and War (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Mardi Gras (1958)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Executive Costume Designer
Bernardine (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
April Love (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Wayward Bus (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Forty Guns (1957)
Costume Design
The Way to the Gold (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Desk Set (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Peyton Place (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Three Brave Men (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Enemy Below (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Costume Design
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Executive Costume Designer
Stopover Tokyo (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
No Down Payment (1957)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Love Me Tender (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
On the Threshold of Space (1956)
Wardrobe Director
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Bus Stop (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Carousel (1956)
Wardrobe Director
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Teenage Rebel (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
Hilda Crane (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Proud Ones (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Wardrobe Director
The Last Wagon (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Executive Wardrobe Designer
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
Wardrobe Director
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
Wardrobe Director
The Left Hand of God (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Untamed (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Prince of Players (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Wardrobe Director
House of Bamboo (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Racers (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Violent Saturday (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Tall Men (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Wardrobe Director
How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Wardrobe Director
A Man Called Peter (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
Wardrobe Director
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Wardrobe Director
Woman's World (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Garden of Evil (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Black Widow (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Prince Valiant (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Désirée (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Gorilla at Large (1954)
Wardrobe Director
The Egyptian (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Night People (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Three Young Texans (1954)
Wardrobe Director
King of the Khyber Rifles (1954)
Wardrobe Director
River of No Return (1954)
Wardrobe Director
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Hell and High Water (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Siege at Red River (1954)
Wardrobe Director
Broken Lance (1954)
Wardrobe Director
The Robe (1953)
Wardrobe Director
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Wardrobe Director
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Destination Gobi (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Inferno (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Niagara (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The President's Lady (1953)
Wardrobe Director
City of Bad Men (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Titanic (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Desert Rats (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Silver Whip (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Vicki (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Powder River (1953)
Wardrobe Director
White Witch Doctor (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Man in the Attic (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Tonight We Sing (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Taxi (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Wardrobe Director
My Cousin Rachel (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
Wardrobe Director
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Wardrobe Director
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Pony Soldier (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Return of the Texan (1952)
Wardrobe Director
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Wardrobe Director
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Wardrobe Director
My Pal Gus (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
Wardrobe Director
We're Not Married! (1952)
Wardrobe Director
5 Fingers (1952)
Wardrobe Director
What Price Glory (1952)
Wardrobe Director
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Les Miserables (1952)
Wardrobe Director
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Monkey Business (1952)
Wardrobe Director
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Dreamboat (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Night Without Sleep (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Kangaroo (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Deadline--U.S.A. (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Something for the Birds (1952)
Wardrobe Director
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Wardrobe Director
The Frogmen (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Golden Girl (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Rawhide (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Half Angel (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Follow the Sun (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Wardrobe Director
On the Riviera (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Wardrobe Director
As Young As You Feel (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The Desert Fox (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
Wardrobe Director
People Will Talk (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The 13th Letter (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Anne of the Indies (1951)
Wardrobe Director
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Elopement (1951)
Wardrobe Director
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wardrobe Director
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Call Me Mister (1951)
Wardrobe Director
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Wardrobe Director
Love Nest (1951)
Wardrobe Director
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Wardrobe Director
I'll Get By (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Under My Skin (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Dancing in the Dark (1950)
Wardrobe Director
All About Eve (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Love That Brute (1950)
Wardrobe Director
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Wardrobe Director
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Wardrobe Director
The Jackpot (1950)
Wardrobe Director
The Gunfighter (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Wardrobe Director
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Stella (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Three Came Home (1950)
Wardrobe Director
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Broken Arrow (1950)
Wardrobe Director
No Way Out (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Two Flags West (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Wabash Avenue (1950)
Wardrobe Director
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Costumes
Mister 880 (1950)
Wardrobe Director
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Come to the Stable (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Wardrobe Director
House of Strangers (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Pinky (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Sand (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Whirlpool (1949)
Wardrobe Director
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Wardrobe Director
The Fan (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Wardrobe Director
You're My Everything (1949)
Wardrobe Director
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
Wardrobe Director
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Everybody Does It (1949)
Wardrobe Director
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Wardrobe Director
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Costumes
Cry of the City (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Road House (1948)
Wardrobe Director
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Wardrobe Director
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Yellow Sky (1948)
Wardrobe Director
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Wardrobe Director
The Street with No Name (1948)
Wardrobe Director
The Iron Curtain (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Wardrobe Director
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Wardrobe Director
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Deep Waters (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Wardrobe Director
The Snake Pit (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Gentleman's Agreement (1948)
Wardrobe Director
Captain from Castile (1948)
Costumes
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Wardrobe Director
The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Forever Amber (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Boomerang! (1947)
Wardrobe Director
The Homestretch (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Kiss of Death (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Wardrobe Director
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Bob, Son of Battle (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Moss Rose (1947)
Wardrobe Director
Strange Triangle (1946)
Costumes
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Wardrobe Director
Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Wardrobe Supervisor
Winged Victory (1944)
Wardrobe Director
The Men in Her Life (1941)
Miss Young's costs
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Costumes
George White's Scandals (1934)
Costumes
Take a Chance (1933)
Costumes

Life Events

Videos

Trailer

Snows of Kilimanjaro, The - (Original Trailer) Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Susan Hayward star in the Henry King's adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's story The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952).
Gunfighter, The - (Re-issue Trailer) The fastest gun in the West (Gregory Peck) tries to escape his reputation in The Gunfighter (1950).
Man Called Peter, A - (Textless Trailer) A Scottish boy follows his faith to a bright career preaching in Washington, DC in A Man Called Peter (1955).
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - (Original Trailer) Gentlemen prefer Marilyn Monroe preferring diamonds in her most famous musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) directed by Howard Hawks.
Fourteen Hours - (Original Trailer) Richard Basehart threatens to jump off the ledge of his fourteenth floor hotel room in Fourteen Hours (1951).
Bus Stop - (Original Trailer) An innocent cowboy kidnaps a small-time singer (Marilyn Monroe) with whom he's infatuated in Joshua Logan's Bus Stop (1956).
With A Song In My Heart - (Original Trailer) Singer Jane Froman (Susan Hayward) comes back after a plane crash in the biopic With A Song In My Heart (1952).
Pickup on South Street - (Original Trailer) A pickpocket (Richard Widmark) accidently steals microfilm from the purse of a Communist spy in Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953).
Racers, The - (Textless Trailer) A man (Kirk Douglas) alienates everyone around him on his goal to become a world-famous race car driver in The Racers (1955).
Gentleman's Agreement - (Academy Award trailer) Three Academy Awards went to Gentleman's Agreement (1947) an exposé of American anti-semitism starring Gregory Peck and John Garfield, directed by Elia Kazan.
How to Marry a Millionaire - (Original Trailer) Three models pool their resources to rent a posh penthouse in hopes of snaring rich husbands in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe & Betty Grable.
Kiss Them For Me - (Original Trailer) Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco and plan to throw a wild party in Kiss Them For Me (1957) starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield. Directed by Stanley Donen.

Bibliography

Notes

He received 16 nominations for Academy Awards over the course of his career

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