1950's Costume Design Oscar Winners

Competition was stiff for the 1950 Academy Awards with The Best Picture winner “All About Eve” nominated for an Oscar in fourteen categories.

Fred Astaire hosted the March 29, 1951 Academy Awards ceremonies with performers for the evening including Gloria DeHaven and Alan Young, Frankie Laine, Martin and Lewis, and Lucille Norman.

Presenters for the 23rd Academy Awards for the best film efforts in 1950 were fifties' favorites Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Debra Paget, Debbie Reynolds, Jan Sterling, and Mercedes McCambridge.


Best Costume Design - Black and White nominees were:

All About Eve – Edith Head and Charles LeMaire
Born Yesterday – Jean Louis
The Magnificent Yankee – Walter Plunkett


Edith Head Costume Sketch for Bette Davis in 1950's All About Eve
Edith Head Costume Sketch for Bette Davis in 1950's All About Eve
Edith Head and Charles LeMaire Oscar Winners for
Best Costume Design - Black and White

Edith Head and Charles LeMaire were the 1950 Oscar Winners in the Best Costume Design in Black and White category for the film "All About Eve"


BEST COSTUME DESIGN - COLOR nominees were:

Samson and Delilah – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins,
Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
The Black Rose – Michael Whittaker
That Forsyte Woman – Walter Plunkett and Valles


Hedy Lamar in peacock costume from 1950s Samson and Delilah film
Hedy Lamarr in 1950's Samson and Delilah "Peacock" Costume
Best Color Costume Design Oscar Winner for 1950
Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenson, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenson, Gile Steele, and Gwen Wakeling were the 1950 Oscar Winners in the Best Costume Design in Color category for their designs in the film "Samson and Delilah."

A complete list of nominees and Academy Award winners can be seen on our sister page Fifties Hollywood Glamour 

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