Mary Wills (costume designer)
Mary Wills (July 4, 1914 – February 7, 1997[1]) was an American costume designer.
Wills was born in Prescott, Arizona.[2] In the 1930s, her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3]
Willis studied at the University of Arizona before completing her bachelor's degree at the University of New Mexico. She began her career creating sets and costumes at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.[3] She went on to earn a master's degree at the Yale University Art and Drama School.[2]
Her first job in Hollywood was working as a sketch artist on Gone with the Wind.[3]
She was nominated for an Oscar seven times, earning the Academy Award for her colorful designs for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm in 1962. In addition to designing for film, she has also worked on live shows, including Shipstead & Johnson's Ice Follies and the New Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.[3]
Wills died in Sedona, Arizona, at age 82 of renal failure.[2][3] Her original sketches are part of the collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[4]
References
- ^ "Mary Wills". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^ a b c "Mary Wills; Costume Designer Won Oscar for 'Brothers Grimm'". Los Angeles Times. 1997-02-11. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ a b c d e "OBITUARY - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993-2009)". tucsoncitizen.com. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ^ "Mary Wills | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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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)
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