Beatrice Dawson (1908 - 1976)

Ms Beatrice Dawson (Female)

Nationality: English

Born: 26 January 1908   Confidence Level  

Died: 16 April 1976   Confidence Level  

Designer. A costume designer, Dawson career initially began designing for the stage but later worked prolifically in film. Her work on the 1952 film The Pickwick Papers based on Charles Dickens's original novel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Black and White). Dawson was also nominated for two British Film Awards in 1965 and again in 1974. In her book, Women in British Cinema, Sue Harper describes Dawson's style as 'flamboyant' and 'marvellously inventive' (Harper, (2000), p.215), particularly in period pieces such as 1952 film adaptation of The Importance of Being Ernest.

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Productions

The Servant (1963)

Creative | Costume Designer

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Silence (Aldwych Theatre) (1969)

Creative | Costume Designer

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Landscape (Aldwych Theatre) (1969)

Creative | Costume Designer

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Old Times (Premiere: Aldwych Theatre) (1971)

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Landscape (RSC tour) (1973)

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Sources

BFI

http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba141e717

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Includes filmography for Dawson's work from 1948-1987 [accessed 16 February 2018].

Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

Sue Harper, Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (London: Continuum, 2000)

Academic book

For discussion of Dawson's work in the context of other costume designers in the 1950s, see specifically Chapter 11, 'Costume Designers', pp. 213-221.