Julie Harris (costume designer)

Julie Harris (born 1921) is an Academy Award-winning British costume designer.

Born in London, Harris began her career in 1947 at Gainsborough Pictures with "Holiday Camp", the forerunner of the Huggett family film series. She worked steadily on feature films throughout the next three decades, hitting her stride in the 1960s, before shifting her attention to television movies until her retirement in 1991.

Notable credits

*"Another Man's Poison" (1951)
*"The Story of Esther Costello" (1957)
*"Swiss Family Robinson" (1960)
*"All Night Long" (1961)
*"The Chalk Garden" (1964)
*"A Hard Day's Night" (1964)
*"Carry On Cleo" (1964)
*"Help!" (1965)
*"Darling" (1965)
*"The Wrong Box" (1966)
*"Casino Royale" (1967)
*"The Whisperers" (1967)
*"Prudence and the Pill" (1968)
*"Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
*"The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970)
*"Live and Let Die" (1973)
*"Rollerball" (1975)
*"The Land That Time Forgot" (1975)
*"The Slipper and the Rose" (1976)
*"Candleshoe" (1977)
*"Dracula" (1979)
*"The Great Muppet Caper" (1981)

Awards and nominations

*1965 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ("Psyche 59", nominee)
*1966 Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black and White ("Darling", winner)
*1966 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ("Help!", nominee)
*1967 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ("The Wrong Box", winner)
*1968 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ("Casino Royale", nominee)
*1977 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ("The Slipper and the Rose", nominee)

References

"Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" by Sue Harper, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, pp. 215-216 (ISBN 0826447333)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364916/ Julie Harris at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/harris.html 2002 National Film Theatre interview]