Julie Harris

Diana Julie Harris (26 March 1921 – 30 May 2015) was a British costume designer. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

Career Born in London in 1921, Harris began her career in 1947 at Gainsborough Pictures with Holiday Camp, the forerunner of the Huggett family film series. During her early career, she was mentored by Elizabeth Haffenden, and went on to work for the Rank Organisation, until that studio wound down its business in the 1950s.

Over the next 30 years, she worked with actors such as Jayne Mansfield, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall and Alan Ladd and directors Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Losey, Billy Wilder and John Schlesinger. described as "perhaps the best" of the series.

Harris died after a brief illness from a chest infection, aged 94, on 30 May 2015.

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1948 The Calendar Arthur Crabtree Good-Time Girl David MacDonald 1949 Once Upon a Dream Ralph Thomas 1950 The Body Said No! Val Guest Trio Ken AnnakinHarold French 1951 Mister Drake's Duck Val Guest Hotel Sahara Ken Annakin Another Man's Poison Irving Rapper 1952 So Little Time Compton Bennett Something Money Can't Buy Pat Jackson Made in Heaven John Paddy Carstairs 1953 The Net Anthony Asquith Desperate Moment Compton Bennett South of Algiers Jack Lee Always a Bride Ralph Smart 1954 You Know What Sailors Are Ken Annakin The Seekers 1955 The Prisoner Peter Glenville Value for Money Ken Annakin Cast a Dark Shadow Lewis Gilbert Simon and Laura Muriel Box 1956 The March Hare George More O'Ferrall Reach for the Sky Lewis Gilbert It's a Wonderful World Val Guest House of Secrets Guy Green 1957 Miracle in Soho Julian Amyes The Story of Esther Costello David Miller 1958 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw Raoul Walsh 1959 Sapphire Basil Dearden 1960 Swiss Family Robinson Ken Annakin 1961 The Greengage Summer Lewis Gilbert The Naked Edge Michael Anderson 1962 All Night Long Basil Dearden We Joined the Navy Wendy Toye The Fast Lady Ken Annakin 1963 The Cracksman Peter Graham Scott Tamahine Philip Leacock Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance Mario Camerini 1964 Father Came Too! Peter Graham Scott The Chalk Garden Ronald Neame Psyche 59 Alexander Singer A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester Carry On Cleo Gerald Thomas 1965 Help! Richard Lester Darling John Schlesinger 1966 The Wrong Box Bryan Forbes 1967 Casino Royale John HustonKen HughesVal GuestRobert ParrishJoseph McGrath The Whisperers Bryan Forbes 1968 Prudence and the Pill Fielder Cook Deadfall Bryan Forbes Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher John Krish 1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Herbert Ross 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Billy Wilder 1972 Follow Me! Carol Reed 1973 Live and Let Die Guy Hamilton 1974 The Land That Time Forgot Kevin Connor 1975 Rollerball Norman Jewison 1976 The Slipper and the Rose Bryan Forbes 1977 Candleshoe Norman Tokar 1978 The Sailor's Return Jack Gold 1979 Dracula John Badham Lost and Found Melvin Frank 1981 The Great Muppet Caper Jim Henson

Television YearTitleNotes 1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles Television film The Sign of Four 1984 Arch of Triumph 1987 A Hazard of Hearts 1991 A Perfect Hero 6 episodes

Awards and nominations AwardYearCategoryWorkResult Academy Awards 1966 Best Costume Design – Black-and-White Darling British Academy Film Awards 1965 Best British Costume Design – Black and White Psyche 59 1966 Best British Costume Design – Colour Help! 1967 The Wrong Box 1968 Casino Royale 1977 Best Costume Design The Slipper and the Rose Saturn Awards 1978 Best Costumes