Margaret Furse
Encyclopedia
Margaret Furse was an Academy Award-winning English
costume designer
.
magazine illustrator
Arthur G. Watts and his wife, Phyllis Gordon Watts. She married art director
Roger Kemble Furse on 4 December 1936 at Chelsea Old Church.
She was awarded an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969) and had five other nominations.
on 8 July 1974, aged 63, in Kensington
, London
.
Her portrait hangs as part of the permanent collection of London
's National Portrait Gallery.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
costume designer
Costume Designer
A costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
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Personal life
She was born Alice Margaret Watts on 18 February 1911 to PunchPunch (magazine)
Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
magazine illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
Arthur G. Watts and his wife, Phyllis Gordon Watts. She married art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
Roger Kemble Furse on 4 December 1936 at Chelsea Old Church.
Career
She became a costume designer in films, beginning in the late 1940s.She was awarded an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days is a 1969 costume drama made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film tells the story of Anne Boleyn...
(1969) and had five other nominations.
Last years
Roger and Margaret Furse divorced. She remarried and remained with her second husband until her death from breast cancerBreast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
on 8 July 1974, aged 63, in Kensington
Kensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Her portrait hangs as part of the permanent collection of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's National Portrait Gallery.