Marjorie Best

Costume designer Marjorie Best was famed for her period designs, but she also excelled at creating more everyday garb. In 1949, she earned an Academy Award for being one of the three costumers behind the Errol Flynn vehicle The Adventures of Don Juan... more

Costume designer Marjorie Best was famed for her period designs, but she also excelled at creating more everyday garb. In 1949, she earned an Academy Award for being one of the three costumers behind the Errol Flynn vehicle The Adventures of Don Juan (1949). She was subsequently Oscar nominated thrice more for Giant (1956), Sunrise at Campobello (1960), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Before entering the movie industry the Illinois-born, Southern California-raised Best studied at the Chouinard School of Art and then briefly worked as a school teacher. Best first worked as a costume designer in the 1948 film Silver River. Other notable Best designs can be seen in films such as The Nun's Story (1959), Rio Bravo (1959), and State Fair (1962). She retired in 1965. Best passed away on June 14, 1997, at the age of 94. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide less