Adele Palmer
Adele Palmer ( born October 21, 1915 in Santa Ana, California, † July 1, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California ) was an American costume designer in film.
Life
Born in 1915 in Santa Ana, California, the daughter of Rena C. and Theadore Palmer began her career as a costume designer sketches illustrator of Vera West at Universal Pictures. From 1938 she worked for the small but independent production company Republic Pictures. There she was involved in over the years as a wardrobe mistress and costume designer at more than 300 film productions, most notably B- Western. For the biopic revenge for the Alamo (1939 ) about the politician and General Sam Houston, she designed her first with Edith Head costumes. Frequently Palmer was responsible for the costume design in films with John Wayne, as for example in the war film alarm in the Pacific (1944 ) and in the two John Ford films Rio Grande (1950) and The Winner ( 1952). As a Republic the production of films increasingly restricted in the 1950s, joined Palmer 1957 to 20th Century Fox. There she worked several times with Charles Le Maire together, so for example for Mark Robson's social drama Peyton Place (1957 ), before 1959 their career ended. Treated then- taboo subjects under the ashes For Jean Negulescos film drama all my dreams, one of the last films, designed the costume for Palmer, and the like embers, it was 1960 in the category Best Costume Design (Color film ) was nominated for an Oscar. However, it was defeated Elizabeth Haffenden who received the award for Ben Hur.
Palmer was married to Thomas P. Wilder from 1949 until his death in 2002. She had two younger sisters, Frances and Mollie Jonetta Joan. Her brother was the editor Norman Palmer ( 1918-2013 ). Adele Palmer died in 2008 at the age of 92 years in Santa Barbara, California. Her grave is located on the Santa Barbara Cemetery.