Le Maire, Charles

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1600

Death 1699

Nationality: French,

Language: French,

Biographical notes:

Charles Le Maire designed costumes, with Mark Mooring, for the 1925 Greenwich Village Follies, having designed the costumes for the revue's more famous rival, the Ziegfeld Follies, a year earlier. He began his design career for theater in the 1920's and later worked in film, becoming the director of wardrobe at 20th Century Fox Studios from 1942-1960.

From the guide to the Charles Le Maire costume designs for the Greenwich Village follies [graphic], 1925 and 1926, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Costume designer for theater and film, Le Maire was the executive director of wardrobe at 20th Century Fox Studios from 1943-1960. He was known for the glitter and extravagance of his costumes and won three Oscars for his movie designs.

From the description of Costume designs for The captain from Castile (Motion picture), 1946. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517751

From the guide to the Costume designs for The captain from Castile (Motion picture), 1946, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Charles Le Maire, costume designer for theater and film, began his career in the 1920s designing for revues such as the Ziegfeld Follies.

From the description of Charles Le Maire costume designs, 1921 and n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122484984

From the guide to the Charles Le Maire costume designs, 1921 and n.d, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Bonnie Cashin was born on Sept. 28, 1908 (published dates vary) in Fresno, California. While still a teenager, she received her first professional assignment for the producers of the Fanchon and Marco dance troupe. Moving with the troupe to New York, circa 1934, Cashin began designing for stage shows at the Roxy Theatre. Around 1937, she became head designer for Adler & Adler, a New York City coat and suit manufacturer. Cashin went back to California in 1943, where she worked until 1949 on some 60 Twentieth Century-Fox motion pictures. Cashin returned to fashion design around 1950, becoming one of America's most influential designers and winning numerous awards. She died while undergoing open heart surgery at New York University Hospital, New York City, on Feb. 3, 2000.

From the guide to the Bonnie Cashin designs, circa 1933 - circa 1960, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Né le 12 août 1748 à Nanteuil-le-Hauduin (Oise)

n'a jamais été marié

d'abord principal clerc de Pierre Paulmier, auquel il succède

arrêté comme suspect le 14 nivôse an II (3 janvier 1794), puis relaché le 2 fructidor an II (19 août 1794)

décédé le 6 août 1818 à Paris

Information extraite de la notice des Archives nationals de France (FRAN_NP_011414)