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This article is about the American costume designer. For the English philanthropist, see Mary Wills (philanthropist).
Mary Wills (1914 - 1997) was an American costume designer who worked on a wide variety of feature films.
She was nominated for an Oscar seven times, earning the Academy Award for her colourful designs for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm in 1962. In addition to designing for film, she has also worked on live shows, including Shipstead & Johnson's Ice Follies and the New Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.
Wills died in Sedona, Arizona, at age 82 of renal failure.
Academy Award for Costume Design (1961–1980) 1961–1966
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/ Color separate1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff • 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills • 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff • 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton • 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton • 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980 1967: John Truscott • 1968: Danilo Donati • 1969: Margaret Furse • 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese • 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo • 1972: Anthony Powell • 1973: Edith Head • 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge • 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Soderlund • 1976: Danilo Donati • 1977: John Mollo • 1978: Anthony Powell • 1979: Albert Wolsky • 1980: Anthony Powell
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