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Ralph Jester

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Occupation
  
Costume Designer

Years active
  
1934-1959


Name
  
Ralph Jester

Role
  
Costume designer

Ralph Jester Ralph Jester costume sketch for Lulu Daughter of Jethro Played by

Born
  
July 10, 1901 (
1901-07-10
)
Tyler, Texas, USA

Died
  
September 25, 1991, Los Angeles, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Similar People
  
Dorothy Jeakins, Edith Head, Arnold Friberg, Anne Bauchens, Jesse L Lasky - Jr

Ralph Jester (July 10, 1901 – September 25, 1991) was an American costume designer. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He is perhaps best known as one of the costume designers of The Ten Commandments.

Ralph Jester Ralph Jester costume sketch for harem wife from Omar Khayyam

Oscar Nominations

Both were for Best Costumes.

  • 29th Academy Awards-(In the color costumes category)-Nominated for The Ten Commandments. Nomination shared with Arnold Friberg, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and John Jensen. Lost to The King and I.
  • 31st Academy Awards-Nominated for The Buccaneer. Nomination shared with Edith Head and John Jensen. Lost to Gigi.

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