Haffenden, Elizabeth (1906–1976)
Haffenden, Elizabeth (1906–1976)
British costume designer. Born in Croydon, England, in 1906; died in 1976.
Selected films:
Wedding Group (Wrath of Jealousy, 1936); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Fanny by Gaslight (1944); The Wicked Lady (1945); The Magic Bow (1946); The Man Within (The Smugglers, 1947); The Bad Lord Byron (1949); Christopher Columbus (1949); Beau Brummel (1954); Invitation to the Dance(1956); Bhowani Junction (1956); Moby Dick (1956); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1956); Ben Hur (1959); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Half a Six-pence (1967); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969); Fiddler on the Roof (1971); Pope Joan (1972); The Day of the Jackal (1973); Luther (1974).
Elizabeth Haffenden began designing costumes for British films in 1933 and eventually became head of the costume department at Gainsborough Studios, where she mentored designer Julie Harris . Haffenden designed for both American and British films, and won Academy Awards for Ben Hur (1959) and A Man for All Seasons (1966).