Margaret Furse
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Alice Margaret Furse (Template:Née; 18 February 1911 – 8 July 1974) was a British costume designer. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Emmy Award.
Personal life
She was born to Punch magazine illustrator Arthur G. Watts and his wife, Phyllis Gordon Watts. She married art director Roger K. Furse on 4 December 1936 at Chelsea Old Church.[1]
Career
She trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now the Central School of Art and Design) and then joined Motley Theatre Design Group.[2] She became a costume designer in films, her first film was Laurence Olivier's Henry V as assistant designer to Roger Kemble Furse.[3] She had her own costumier business called New Sheridan House.[2] In 1970, she was awarded an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) and had five other nominations for The Mudlark (1951), Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Scrooge (1970) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971).[4] She was also posthumously awarded an Emmy in 1975 for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for "Love Among the Ruins" (ABC Theatre, 6 March 1975) (her only nomination).[5]
Later years
Roger and Margaret Furse divorced in 1953.[2] She remarried and remained with her second husband, the Scottish author, film and drama critic Stephen G. Watts (no relation to her parents),[2][6] until her death from breast cancer on 8 July 1974, in Kensington, London.
A portrait is in the permanent collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. She was also painted by Gluck.
Awards and nominations
| 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 | WonTemplate:Efn | [17] |
Notes
References
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- ↑ Margaret Furse personal life info. at Yasni.co.uk
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External links
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- Biodata
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