Charles LeMaire

For the botanist, see Charles Antoine Lemaire.

Charles LeMaire
File:Charles LeMaire.jpg
Born	April 22, 1897 Chicago
Died	June 8, 1985 Palm Springs, California (aged 88)
Nationality	United States
Known for	Costume designer
Awards	Academy Awards

Charles LeMaire (1897–1985) 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 four Academy Awards and an additional 12 nominations.

LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.

Filmography

• The Razor's Edge (1946)
• Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• The Gunfighter (1950)
• All About Eve (1950)
• David and Bathsheba (1951)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• The Robe (1953)
• Désirée (1954)
• Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
• Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)
• Carousel (1956)
• Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

^1 Oscar win ^2 Oscar nomination

External links

• Charles LeMaire at the Internet Movie Database
• AllMovieGuide
• Charles Le Maire costume designs, 1921 and undated, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Charles Le Maire costume designs for the Greenwich Village follies, 1925 and 1926., held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts