Elizabeth Haffenden

Elizabeth Haffenden
Born	(1906-04-18)18 April 1906 Croydon, Surrey, England
Died	29 May 1976(1976-05-29) (aged 70) London, England
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1934–1975

Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. In a career spanning over four decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for most of the Gainsborough melodramas. Haffenden has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twice, for Ben-Hur (1959) and A Man for All Seasons (1966), winning both times.

Selected filmography

Costumes from Ben-Hur (1959)

• The Last Waltz (1936)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
• The Man in Grey (1943)
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
• Give Us the Moon (1944)
• Two Thousand Women (1944)
• Love Story (1944)
• Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
• A Place of One's Own (1945)
• I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
• Caravan (1946)
• Bedelia (1946)
• The Magic Bow (1946)
• The Man Within (1947)
• Jassy (1947)
• Uncle Silas (1947)
• The First Gentleman (1948)
• The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
• Christopher Columbus (1949)
• Call of the Blood (1949)
• The Spider and the Fly (1949)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• The Sundowners (1960)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
• Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1960	Best Costume Design – Color	Ben-Hur	Won
	1967		A Man for All Seasons	Won
British Academy Film Awards	1966	Best British Costume Design – Colour	The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders	Nominated
	1968		A Man for All Seasons	Won
			Half a Sixpence	Nominated

External links

• Elizabeth Haffenden at IMDb