Julie Harris (costume designer)

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Julie Harris
Born
Diana Julie Harris

(1921-03-26)26 March 1921
London, England
Died30 May 2015(2015-05-30) (aged 94)
London, England
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1947–1991

Diana Julie Harris (26 March 1921 – 30 May 2015) was an English costume designer. In a career spanning over four decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across film and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on John Schlesinger's romantic drama film Darling (1965).

Career

Born in

Rank Organisation, until that studio wound down its business in the 1950s.[2]

Over the next 30 years, she worked with actors such as

television movies
until her retirement in 1991.

Harris won the

sword and sandal spoof set in ancient Rome and Egypt,[4] described as "perhaps the best" of the series.[5]

Harris died after a brief illness from a chest infection, aged 94, on 30 May 2015.[3]

Notable credits

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1965 Best Costume Design – Black-and-White Darling Won [6]

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1964 Best British Costume Design – Black and White Psyche 59 Nominated [7]
1965 Best British Costume Design – Colour Help! Nominated [8]
1966 The Wrong Box Won [9]
1967 Casino Royale Nominated [10]
1976 Best Costume Design The Slipper and the Rose Nominated [11]

Saturn Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1977 Best Costumes The Slipper and the Rose Nominated

References

  • Harper, Sue, Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know. London: Continuum International Publishing Group 2000.
    ISBN 0-8264-4733-3
    , pp. 215–16
  1. ^ Harris, Julie. "Julie Harris". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e Botting, Josephine (June 1, 2015). "Remembering Julie Harris, costume designer for Bond and Hitchcock". British Film Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Designer Julie Harris dies at 94". Belfast Telegraph. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ^ Angelini, Sergio. "Carry On Cleo (1964)". BFI Online. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "Carry On Films". Icon Nominations. United Kingdom: ICONS Ltd. Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2009. the 30 Carry On films of producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas are among the most fondly remembered comedies in British cinema ... Perhaps the best was Carry On Cleo (1964)
  6. ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "18th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "19th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "20th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  10. ^ "21st BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  11. ^ "30th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.

Further reading

Williams, Melanie (2016). "The Girl You Don't See: Julie Harris and the Costume Designer in British Cinema". Feminist Media Histories. 2 (2): 71–106.

doi:10.1525/fmh.2016.2.2.71
.

External links
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