Anthony Mendleson

Anthony Mendleson (7 February 1915 – 5 September 1996) was a British costume designer. He was particularly known for creating the costumes for Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s, and for Pinewood Studios in the 1960s and 1970s. His film credits include Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Ladykillers (1955), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), and Macbeth (1971). He received two BAFTA Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards.

Mendleson was born on 7 February 1915 in Chiswick, London; he died in London on 5 September 1996.

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1949 Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer Train of Events Sidney ColeCharles CrichtonBasil Dearden A Run for Your Money Charles Frend 1950 The Blue Lamp Basil Dearden Cage of Gold The Magnet Charles Frend 1951 Pool of London Basil Dearden The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Crichton The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick 1952 His Excellency Robert Hamer Secret People Thorold Dickinson I Believe in You Basil DeardenMichael Relph Mandy Alexander Mackendrick The Gentle Gunman Basil Dearden 1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer Anthony Pelissier 1954 The Love Lottery Charles Crichton 1955 The Ladykillers Alexander Mackendrick 1956 Who Done It? Basil Dearden The Feminine Touch Pat Jackson 1957 True as a Turtle Wendy Toye Fortune Is a Woman Sidney Gilliat The Smallest Show on Earth Basil Dearden The One That Got Away Roy Ward Baker 1958 Chase a Crooked Shadow Michael Anderson Innocent Sinners Philip Leacock Bachelor of Hearts Wolf Rilla 1959 Left Right and Centre Sidney Gilliat The Mouse That Roared Jack Arnold Follow a Star Robert Asher 1960 Make Mine Mink The Bulldog Breed 1961 Mr. Topaze Peter Sellers A Matter of WHO Don Chaffey 1962 She'll Have to Go Robert Asher Guns of Darkness Anthony Asquith Billy Budd Peter Ustinov 1963 The Mouse on the Moon Richard Lester The Man Who Finally Died Quentin Lawrence 1964 The Long Ships Jack Cardiff The Moon-Spinners James Neilson The Yellow Rolls-Royce Anthony Asquith 1965 Thunderball Terence Young 1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal Michael O'Herlihy 1967 Pretty Polly Guy Green 1968 The Magus 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Richard Attenborough David Copperfield Delbert Mann 1970 Jane Eyre 1971 Macbeth Roman Polanski 1972 Young Winston Richard Attenborough Alice's Adventures in Wonderland William Sterling 1974 The Black Windmill Don Siegel Persecution Don Chaffey 1975 The Ghoul Freddie Francis One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Robert Stevenson Mister Quilp Michael Tuchner 1976 The Incredible Sarah Richard Fleischer 1977 Gulliver's Travels Peter R. Hunt A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough 1978 The Boys from Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner The First Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1980 Saturn 3 Stanley Donen Rough Cut Don Siegel 1981 Dragonslayer Matthew Robbins 1983 Krull Peter Yates The Keep Michael Mann

Television YearTitleNotes 1984 The Last Days of Pompeii 3 episodes The Masks of Death Television film 1985 Reunion at Fairborough Lime Street Episode: "The Wayward Train"

Awards and nominations AwardYearCategoryWorkResult Academy Awards 1973 Best Costume Design Young Winston 1977 The Incredible Sarah British Academy Film Awards 1965 Best British Costume Design – Colour The Long Ships The Yellow Rolls-Royce 1970 Best Costume Design Oh! What a Lovely War 1973 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Macbeth / Young Winston Saturn Awards 1982 Best Costume Design Dragonslayer 1984 Krull