Dorothy Jeakins - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	11-January-1914
Place of Birth	San Diego (California, United States of America, Area code 858, San Diego County, 92101)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Costume Designer
Dorothy Jeakins was a costume designer. Born in San Diego, California, she went to public school in Los Angeles from first grade through high school. When she was a senior at Fairfax High School, she was offered a scholarship to study at the Otis Art Institute. Jeakins got her start working on WPA projects and as a Disney artist in the 1930s. Her fashion career began as a designer at I. Magnin's, where she was spotted by director Victor Fleming. Hired as a sketch artist for Joan of Arc, Jeakins worked on the costumes along with Barbara Karinska and shared an Oscar with her. This was the first Oscar ever awarded for costumes. Jeakins was unusual in that she freelanced, never signing a long-term contract with any one studio. She worked steadily for the next thirty-nine years, winning another two Oscars, for Samson and Delilah, and The Night of the Iguana, and another 12 nominations. She was perhaps best known for her period costumes, in such films as The Ten Commandments, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, Little Big Man, The Way We Were, Young Frankenstein and The Dead. Her modern-dress excursions included Niagara, Three Coins in the Fountain, South Pacific and On Golden Pond.

Awards by Dorothy Jeakins

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dorothy Jeakins.

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Dead

1973

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Way We Were

1966

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	Hawaii

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Sound of Music

1964

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Honored for : The Night of the Iguana

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	The Night of the Iguana

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Music Man

1961

Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

(Theatre Arts)

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	The Children's Hour

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	The World of Suzie Wong

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Major Barbara
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Too Late the Phalarope

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Ten Commandments

1952

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	The Greatest Show on Earth
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	My Cousin Rachel

1950

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Honored for : Samson and Delilah

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	Samson and Delilah

1948

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Honored for : Joan of Arc

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Costume Design	Joan of Arc

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