Margaret Furse(bornAlice Margaret Watts,18 February 1911 – 8 July 1974) was an Englishcostume designer.She has been nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Costume Designsix times, winning forAnne of the Thousand Days(1969).
Personal life
editShe was born toPunchmagazineillustratorArthur G. Wattsand his wife, Phyllis Gordon Watts. She marriedart directorRoger K. Furseon 4 December 1936 at Chelsea Old Church.[1]
Career
editShe trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now theCentral School of Art and Design) and then joinedMotley Theatre Design Group.[2] She became a costume designer in films, her first film wasLaurence Olivier'sHenry Vas assistant designer toRoger Kemble Furse.[3] She had her own costumier business called New Sheridan House.[2] In 1970, she was awarded anAcademy AwardforBest Costume DesignforAnne of the Thousand Days(1969) and had five other nominations forThe Mudlark(1951),Becket(1964),The Lion in Winter(1968),Scrooge(1970) andMary, Queen of Scots(1971).[4] She was also posthumously awarded anEmmyin 1975 for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for "Love Among the Ruins" (ABC Theatre, 6 March 1975) (her only nomination).[5]
Later years
editRoger and Margaret Furse divorced in 1953.[2]She remarried and remained with her second husband, the Scottish author, film and drama criticStephen G. Watts(no relation to her parents),[2][6]until her death frombreast canceron 8 July 1974, inKensington,London.
A portrait is in the permanent collection ofLondon'sNational Portrait Gallery.She was also painted byGluck.
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 1951 | Best Costume Design – Black and White | The Mudlark | Nominated | [7] |
| 1964 | Best Costume Design – Color | Becket | Nominated | [8] | |
| 1968 | Best Costume Design | The Lion in Winter | Nominated | [9] | |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Won | [10] | ||
| 1970 | Scrooge | Nominated | [11] | ||
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Nominated | [12] | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | 1964 | Best British Costume Design – Colour | Becket | Won | [13] |
| 1965 | A Shot in the Dark | Nominated | [14] | ||
| Young Cassidy | Nominated | ||||
| 1968 | Best Costume Design | The Lion in Winter | Nominated | [15] | |
| 1970 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Nominated | [16] | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1975 | Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design | Love Among the Ruins | Won[a] | [17] |
Notes
edit- ^Tied with Guy Verhille forThe Legend of Lizzie Borden
References
edit- ^Margaret Furse personal life info. at Yasni.co.uk
- ^abcdCarter, Ernestine (15 February 1970). "Article about Margaret Furse byErnestine Carter".The Sunday Times.p. 61.
- ^"IMDB Entry for Margaret Furse".IMDb.Retrieved16 March2018.
- ^"The Official Academy Awards Database".Retrieved12 March2018.
- ^"Entry for Margaret Furse on Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Database".Retrieved12 March2018.
- ^Entry for Stephen Watts (1977).Who's Who in the Theatre(16th ed.). London: Pitman Publishing Ltd. pp. 1232–1233.
- ^"24th Academy Awards".Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). 5 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"37th Academy Awards".Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). 5 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"41st Academy Awards".Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). 4 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"42nd Academy Awards".Oscars.org.4 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"43rd Academy Awards".Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). 4 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"44th Academy Awards".Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). 5 October 2014.Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"18th BAFTA Film Awards".British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA).Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"19th BAFTA Film Awards".British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA).Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"22nd BAFTA Film Awards".British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA).Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"24th BAFTA Film Awards".British Academy of Film and Television Arts(BAFTA).Retrieved4 February2023.
- ^"Margaret Furse - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins".Academy of Television Arts & Sciences(ATAS).Retrieved4 February2023.
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