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American costume designer (1901?1992)
Renie Conley
(July 31, 1901 ? June 12, 1992) was a prominent
Hollywood
costume designer
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Biography
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Born in
Republic, Washington
and studied at
Chouinard Art Institute
and
University of California
in
Los Angeles
.
For over three decades, Renie was noted for clothing the stars in subtle, elegant outfits, as can be seen in the
eponymous costumes
Ginger Rogers
wore as the glamorous all-American working girl in
Kitty Foyle
(1940). She got her start designing theatre sets and then working as a sketch artist for
Paramount Pictures
. In 1937, she became a costume designer for
RKO Pictures
. She remained with the studio, attiring its biggest stars until the 1950s when she started freelancing. In addition to films, Renie's work can also be seen on such television series as
Haywire
(1990 - 1991). In 1963, Renie's costumes for the epic
Cleopatra
earned her an
Oscar
(she received four other nominations). For a while, she also designed costumes for 'Shipstead & Johnson's Ice Follies'.
She also designed the costumes for the 1942 film
A Date with the Falcon
and the 1943
The Falcon and the Co-eds
.
Conley was an adherent of the
Church of Christ, Scientist
who contended that her faith enabled her to overcome worldly ambition, putting her work on an unselfish and solid foundation.
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She died at the age of 91 years in
Los Angeles County, California
.
References
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- ^
A Century of Christian Science Healing
(Boston: Christian Science Publishing Society, 1966), pp. 191-193
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