Gile Steele
Gile Steele (24 September 1908, in Ohio – 16 January 1952, in Culver City, California) was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards in 1948 for his work on The Emperor Waltz. He won the Oscar for The Heiress in 1949 and Samson and Delilah in 1950. He died abruptly in 1952 at the age of 43.
External links
- Gile Steele at IMDb
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- 1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska
- 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla
- 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
- 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
- 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès
- 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
- 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada
- 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire
- 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
- 1957: Orry-Kelly
- 1958: Cecil Beaton
- 1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden
- 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
- 1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff
- 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills
- 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff
- 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton
- 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton
- 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
- 1967: John Truscott
- 1968: Danilo Donati
- 1969: Margaret Furse
- 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese
- 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo
- 1972: Anthony Powell
- 1973: Edith Head
- 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge
- 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund
- 1976: Danilo Donati
- 1977: John Mollo
- 1978: Anthony Powell
- 1979: Albert Wolsky
- 1980: Anthony Powell
- 1981: Milena Canonero
- 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo
- 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh
- 1984: Theodor Pištěk
- 1985: Emi Wada
- 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright
- 1987: James Acheson
- 1988: James Acheson
- 1989: Phyllis Dalton
- 1990: Franca Squarciapino
- 1991: Albert Wolsky
- 1992: Eiko Ishioka
- 1993: Gabriella Pescucci
- 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
- 1995: James Acheson
- 1996: Ann Roth
- 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott
- 1998: Sandy Powell
- 1999: Lindy Hemming
- 2000: Janty Yates
- 2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
- 2002: Colleen Atwood
- 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
- 2004: Sandy Powell
- 2005: Colleen Atwood
- 2006: Milena Canonero
- 2007: Alexandra Byrne
- 2008: Michael O'Connor
- 2009: Sandy Powell
- 2010: Colleen Atwood
- 2011: Mark Bridges
- 2012: Jacqueline Durran
- 2013: Catherine Martin
- 2014: Milena Canonero
- 2015: Jenny Beavan
- 2016: Colleen Atwood
- 2017: Mark Bridges
- 2018: Ruth E. Carter
- 2019: Jacqueline Durran
- 2020: Ann Roth
- 2021: Jenny Beavan
- 2022: Ruth E. Carter
- 2023: Holly Waddington
- Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)