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- Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska won the color film costume design award for their work on Victor Fleming’s Joan Of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman, competing against Edith Head and Gile Steele on Billy Wilder’s The Emperor Waltz.
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* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head, Gile Steele * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Aaron Copland Actor in a Supporting Role - Ralph Richardson
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards, held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for films in black and white and one for films in color.
Edith Head and her associates were nominated in 1950 for Academy Awards in the Best Costume Design for both black and white and color categories.
Oscars – Costume Design (Color) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
The 1951 Academy Award for Costume Design on a color film was awarded to Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling for Sampson and Delilah (1950).
A winner of eight Academy Awards for Costume Design, Edith Head helped define the style of classic Hollywood with her striking work at Paramount and Universal. Some of the movie stars she dressed included Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Lana Turner, Paul Newman, John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and many more.
Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history. Head is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential costume designers in film history.
