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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
This is a list of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
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.
Presenters for the 23rd Academy Awards for the best film efforts in 1950 were fifties' favorites Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Debra Paget, Debbie Reynolds, Jan Sterling, and Mercedes McCambridge. Best Costume Design - Black and White nominees were:
1. Hamlet (1948) Approved | 154 min | Drama. 7.6. Rate. 82 Metascore. Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king. Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight. Votes: 17,833. Roger K. Furse (Black and white) 2.
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).
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Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, [1] October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design [3] between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history.
