Gile Steele
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Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio – 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards in 1948 for his work on The Emperor Waltz. He won the Oscar for The Heiress in 1949 and Samson and Delilah in 1950. He died abruptly in 1952 at the age of 43.
Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio – 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards in 1948 for his work on The Emperor Waltz. He won the Oscar for The Heiress in 1949 and Samson and Delilah in 1950. He died abruptly in 1952 at the age of 43.
Known for
Lone Star
Scaramouche
The Belle of New York
Callaway Went Thataway
The Law and the Lady
Kind Lady
Copper Canyon
Fancy Pants
Samson and Delilah
The Heiress
The Paleface
The Emperor Waltz
Mourning Becomes Electra
California
Monsieur Beaucaire
The White Cliffs of Dover
Broadway Rhythm
Best Foot Forward
I Dood It
Du Barry was a Lady
The Man from Down Under
Above Suspicion
For Me and My Gal
Mrs. Miniver
Tortilla Flat
The Vanishing Virginian
Smilin' Through
Billy the Kid
The Bad Man
Comrade X
Go West
Little Nellie Kelly
Bitter Sweet
Escape
Boom Town
Pride and Prejudice
New Moon
The Mortal Storm
Florian
Waterloo Bridge
20 Mule Team
Marie Antoinette
The Toy Wife