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Elizabeth Haffenden

Costume Designer | * 04/18/1906 († 70, 05/29/1976) | Croydon, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. In a career spanning 41 years, she is recognized for her prolific work in the film industry. She is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for most of the Gainsborough melodramas. Haffenden has won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design (Color) for the religious epic film Ben-Hur (1959) and the period drama A Man for All Seasons (1966). ()

Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer who won two Academy Awards for the films Ben-Hur in 1959 and A Man for All Seasons in 1966 Oscars. She designed the costumes for most of the Gainsborough Melodramas of the 1940s.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into sla ...

Ben-Hur

Certification unknown

1959 | 3.9/5 | 3h 42min
Action, Drama, History
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An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail. ...

The Day of the Jackal

PG

1973 | 3.8/5 | 2h 23min
Action, Thriller
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A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in Englan ...

A Man for All Seasons

G

1966 | 3.7/5 | 2h
Drama, History
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In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words ...

Fiddler on the Roof

G

1971 | 3.9/5 | 3h 1min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Elizabeth Haffenden

2x Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color 2x Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
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Movies with Elizabeth Haffenden as Crew(46)

Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1975 Conduct Unbecoming
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1974 Luther
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1973 The Homecoming
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1973 The Day of the Jackal
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1972 Pope Joan
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1971 Fiddler on the Roof
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1967 Half a Sixpence
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1966 A Man for All Seasons
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1965 The Liquidator
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1964 Behold a Pale Horse
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1962 I Thank a Fool
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1960 The Sundowners
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1959 Ben-Hur
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1958 Davy
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1958 I Accuse!
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1958 Carve Her Name with Pride
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1957 The Shiralee
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Moby Dick
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Invitation to the Dance
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Bhowani Junction
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1955 The Dark Avenger
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1954 Beau Brummell
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1953 Laughing Anne
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 The Late Edwina Black
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 So Long at the Fair
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Portrait of Clare
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 Christopher Columbus
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 The Bad Lord Byron
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1947 Uncle Silas
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1946 Caravan
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1946 Bedelia
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1946 The Magic Bow
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1945 Madonna of the Seven Moons
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1945 A Place of One's Own
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1945 The Wicked Lady
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Love Story
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Fanny by Gaslight
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Give Us the Moon
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Two Thousand Women
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1943 Dear Octopus
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1943 The Man in Grey
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1942 The Young Mr. Pitt
Costume & Make-Up/Wardrobe Supervisor1940 Ten Days in Paris

Full Name: Elizabeth Haffenden
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 04/18 1906 (April) in Croydon, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 05/29 1976 (May) in London (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Elizabeth Haffenden (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Liz Haffenden"
"E. Haffenden"
Elizabeth Haffenden frequently works together with these people:
Joan Bridge (14x, Crew)
Louis Levy (11x, Crew)
B.C. Sewell (9x, Crew)
Stewart Granger (8x, Actor)
Margaret Lockwood (8x, Actress)
W.T. Partleton (8x, Crew)
John Salew (6x, Actor)
Maurice Ostrer (6x, Crew)
Edward Black (6x, Crew)
R. J. Minney (6x, Crew)
Leslie Arliss (6x, Crew)
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