Occupation Costume designer Education Royal College of Art Role Costume designer | Name Elizabeth Haffenden Years active 1934–1975 | |
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Born April 18, 1906 ( 1906-04-18 ) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK Died May 29, 1976, London, United Kingdom Similar People Edward Carfagno, Robert Surtees, Ralph E Winters, Karl Tunberg, Sam Zimbalist | ||
Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer who won two Academy Awards; the first was for the film Ben-Hur in the category Best Costume design-Color during the 1959 Academy Awards. Her second was for the film A Man for All Seasons during the 1966 Oscars, also for Best Costume design-Color. She also won the BAFTA Award.
Haffenden designed the costumes for most of the Gainsborough Melodramas of the 1940s.
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