Gile Steele

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-09-24 (44 years old)

Deathday

1952-01-16

Place of Birth

Ohio

Gile Steele

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio – 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards in 1948 for his work on The Emperor Waltz. H...

Production

1940

The Mortal Storm

as Costume Design

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Costume Design

1943

I Dood It

as Costume Design

1951

Kind Lady

as Wardrobe Designer

1950

Fancy Pants

as Costume Design

1947

California

as Costume Design

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire

as Costume Design

1948

The Paleface

as Costume Design

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Costume Design

1940

Comrade X

as Costume Design

1940

Waterloo Bridge

as Costume Design

1938

The Toy Wife

as Costume Design

1940

New Moon

as Costume Design

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Costume Design

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Costume Designer

1941

The Bad Man

as Costume Design

1940

20 Mule Team

as Costume Design

1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Costume Design

1942

Tortilla Flat

as Costume Design

1949

The Heiress

as Costume Design

1940

Florian

as Costume Design

1950

Copper Canyon

as Costume Design

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Costume Design

1952

Scaramouche

as Costume Design

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Costume Design

1944

Broadway Rhythm

as Costume Design

1943

Best Foot Forward

as Costume Design

1941

Smilin' Through

as Costume Design

1941

Billy the Kid

as Costume Design

1940

Go West

as Costume Design

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Costume Design

1942

For Me and My Gal

as Costume Design

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Costume Design

1943

The Man from Down Under

as Costume Design

1942

The Vanishing Virginian

as Costume Design

1940

Boom Town

as Costumer

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Costume Design

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Costume Design

1952

Lone Star

as Costume Design

1952

The Belle of New York

as Costume Design

1943

Above Suspicion

as Costume Design

1951

The Law and the Lady

as Costume Design

1940

Escape

as Costume Design

1948

The Emperor Waltz

as Costume Designer

1952

The Merry Widow

as Costume Design

1941

Honky Tonk

as Costume Design

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