Alice Margaret Furse (; 18 February 1911 – 8 July 1974) was a British costume designer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Emmy Award.
Personal life She was born to Punch magazine illustrator Arthur G. Watts and his wife, Phyllis Gordon Watts. She married art director Roger K. Furse on 4 December 1936 at Chelsea Old Church.Margaret Furse personal life info. at Yasni.co.uk
Career She trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now the Central School of Art and Design) and then joined Motley Theatre Design Group. She became a costume designer in films, her first film was Laurence Olivier's Henry V as assistant designer to Roger Kemble Furse. She had her own costumier business called New Sheridan House. In 1970, she was awarded an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) and had five other nominations for The Mudlark (1951), Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Scrooge (1970) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). She was also posthumously awarded an Emmy in 1975 for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for "Love Among the Ruins" (ABC Theatre, 6 March 1975) (her only nomination).
Later years Roger and Margaret Furse divorced in 1953. She remarried and remained with her second husband, the Scottish author, film and drama critic Stephen G. Watts (no relation to her parents), until her death from breast cancer on 8 July 1974, in Kensington, London.
A portrait is in the permanent collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. She was also painted by Gluck.
Selected filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1948 Oliver Twist David Lean 1949 The Passionate Friends 1950 Madeleine Night and the City Jules Dassin Furse only designed costumes for Googie Withers The Mudlark Jean Negulesco with Edward Stevenson 1951 I'll Never Forget You Roy Ward Baker 1952 The Crimson Pirate Robert Siodmak 1953 The Master of Ballantrae William Keighley 1954 The Million Pound Note Ronald Neame 1956 The Spanish Gardener Philip Leacock 1957 The Secret Place Clive Donner Windom's Way Ronald Neame 1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Mark Robson 1960 Kidnapped Robert Stevenson 1961 Greyfriars Bobby Don Chaffey 1962 In Search of the Castaways Robert Stevenson 1963 The Three Lives of Thomasina Don Chaffey 1964 Becket Peter Glenville A Shot in the Dark Blake Edwards 1965 Young Cassidy Jack Cardiff Return from the Ashes J. Lee Thompson 1966 Cast a Giant Shadow Melville Shavelson The Trap Sidney Hayers 1968 The Lion in Winter Anthony Harvey Great Catherine Gordon Flemyng 1969 Sinful Davey John Huston Anne of the Thousand Days Charles Jarrott 1970 Scrooge Ronald Neame 1971 Mary, Queen of Scots Charles Jarrott 1973 Bequest to the Nation James Cellan Jones
Television YearTitleNotes 1961–1965 The Magical World of Disney 11 episodes 1975 Love Among the Ruins Television filmPosthumous release
Awards and nominations AwardYearCategoryWorkResult Academy Awards 1952 Best Costume Design – Black and White The Mudlark 1965 Best Costume Design – Color Becket 1969 Best Costume Design The Lion in Winter 1970 Anne of the Thousand Days 1971 Scrooge 1972 Mary, Queen of Scots British Academy Film Awards 1965 Best British Costume Design – Colour Becket 1966 A Shot in the Dark Young Cassidy 1969 Best Costume Design The Lion in Winter 1971 Anne of the Thousand Days Primetime Emmy Awards 1975 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Love Among the Ruins
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