Charles LeMaire

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Nationality United States Name Charles LeMaire		Role Costume designer Known for Costume designer

Born April 22, 1897 Chicago Died June 8, 1985, Palm Springs, California, United States Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Ex-spouse Beatrice Goetz, Sandra Hahle Similar People Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Lyle R Wheeler, William Travilla, Edward Stevenson

Charles lemaire

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.