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Dorothy Jeakins (1914 - 1995) was a three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer. She got her start working on WPA projects and as a Disney artist in the 1930s. Her fashion career began as a designer at I. Magnin's, where she was spotted by director Victor Fleming. Hired as a sketch artist for "Joan of Arc" (1948), Jeakins soon replaced costume designer Karinska and won an Oscar - in the first year that one was awarded for costume design - for her medieval designs. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Costume designer is a cinema term which refers to a person whose responsibilty is to design costumes for a movie or stage production. ... danielle franks is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Walter Payton Award War Powers Act is also known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, and is commonly confused with the danielle franksWar Powers Resolution (of 1973). ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Victor Fleming (February 23, 1883 - January 6, 1949) (sometimes Vic Fleming) was an American film director. ... Joan of Arc, c. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Jeakins was unusual in that she freelanced, never signing a long-term contract with any one studio. She worked steadily for the next fifty years, winning another two Oscars, for "Samson and Delilah" (1949, shared with Edith Head and others), and "Night of the Iguana" (1964), and another 12 nominations. She was perhaps best-known for her period costumes, in such films as "The Ten Commandments" (1956), "The Music Man" (1962), "The Sound of Music" (1965), "Little Big Man" (1970), "The Way We Were" (1973), "Young Frankenstein" (1974) and "The Dead" (1987). Her modern-dress excursions included "Niagara" (1952), "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954), "South Pacific" (1958) and "On Golden Pond" (1981). Samson and Delilah can refer to: Samson and Delilah, a Biblical couple Samson and Delilah, an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah, a painting by Rembrandt Samson and Delilah, a 1949 movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... The Night of the Iguana is a play by Tennessee Williams about American tourists in Mexico. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... This article is about the list of religious and moral imperatives. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Man is a musical play with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson (story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey), which opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 19, 1957. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical and film based on the book The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Little Big Man is a 1970 black comedy about a boy raised by the Cheyenne Nation assuming various roles in the Old West, including a guide who arranged the fanatical General George Armstrong Custers defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Way We Were is a 1973 film which tells the story of a Jewish woman who marries a WASP following World War II, at the height of McCarthyism; their political differences eventually drive them apart. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Young Frankenstein is a 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The Dead is the name adopted by American rock band the Grateful Dead after the death of Jerry Garcia. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Released in 1953, Niagara is a dramatic thriller with film noir elements- It was written as a star vehicle for the aspiring young starlet of the time, Marilyn Monroe. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 film which tells the story of three American girls looking for romance in Rome. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On Golden Pond is a 1981 film, produced by the British ITC Entertainment production company, was a Broadway play turned cinematic hit written by playwrite Ernest Thompson, which tells the story of a summer spent by an aging couple at their summer home on Golden Pond, their daughter who attempts... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeakins also worked on stage productions, including 'South Pacific', 'King Lear', 'Winesburg, Ohio' and 'The World of Suzie Wong' (for which she received her third Tony nomination), and such TV-movies as "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Mayerling". For ten years beginning in 1953, she served as designer for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, and was curator of that city's textile and costume collection at the County Museum of Art. Jeakins, who retired in 1990, once summed up her designing: "I can put my world down to two words: Make beauty. It's my cue and my private passion." King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeares greatest tragedies. ... Water tower in Winesburg Swinesburg is a town in Holmes County, Ohio. ... The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel written by Richard Mason, which has since been adapted into both a play and a film. ... Tony can mean any of the following: Tony Award a nickname for the male names Antoine, Antony, Antonio, and Anthony. ... Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ... Mayerling is a hunting lodge in Lower Austria, where on January 30, 1889 Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, only son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth and heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Marie Vetsera, apparently as a result of suicide. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... This article is about the year. ... Categories: 1914 births | 1995 deaths | Costume designers | Academy Awards winners

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	Dorothy Jeakins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (327 words) Jeakins was unusual in that she freelanced, never signing a long-term contract with any one studio. Jeakins also worked on stage productions, including South Pacific (in which Motley was the principal costume designer), King Lear, Winesburg, Ohio and The World of Suzie Wong (for which she received her third Tony nomination), and such television productions as the 1957 production of Annie Get Your Gun, and Mayerling. For ten years beginning in 1953, she served as designer for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, and was curator of that city's textile and costume collection at the County Museum of Art.
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