Marjorie Best

Costume Designer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer known for her period designs. Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department. Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired. Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.

Born: April 10, 1903 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

Died: June 14, 1997 (Age 94)

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Marjorie Best Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Adventures of Don Juan Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design, Wardrobe Supervisor	1948
Along the Great Divide Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Designer	1951
Band of Angels Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1957
Blowing Wild Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Supervisor	1953
Born Reckless Movie	4.5	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1958
Bright Leaf Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Supervisor	1950
Carson City Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Designer	1952
Distant Drums Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Designer	1951
Fort Dobbs Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1958
Fort Worth Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Designer, Wardrobe Master	1951
Giant Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	7.8	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1956
Guns of the Timberland Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1960
His Majesty O'Keefe Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1954
I'll See You in My Dreams Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1951
King Richard and the Crusaders Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1954
Lafayette Escadrille Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1958
Life with Father Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1947
Look for the Silver Lining Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1949
Montana Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1950
Raton Pass Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1951
Rio Bravo Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	8.1	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1959
Rocky Mountain Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1950
Room for One More Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7.1	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1952
Sergeant Rutledge Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	7.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1960
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1957
Spencer's Mountain Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	6.9	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1963
State Fair Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1962
Sunrise at Campobello Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1960
Tender Is the Night Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1962
The Burning Hills Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1956
The Charge at Feather River Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1953
The Comancheros Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1961
The Crimson Pirate Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	7.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1952
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Movie	7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1960
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1950
The Flame and the Arrow Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1950
The Great Jewel Robber Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1950
The Hanging Tree Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1959
The Iron Mistress Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1952
The Left Handed Gun Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1958
The Miracle Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1959
The Nun's Story Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	7.6	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1959
The Silver Chalice Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	4.8	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1954
The Sins of Rachel Cade Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1961
The West Point Story Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Designer	1950
Yellowstone Kelly Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	1959
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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