Mary Wills

Nascimento : 1914-07-04, Prescott - Arizona - USA

Morte : 1997-02-07

História

From Wikipedia 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

Filmes

The Passover Plot
Costume Design
Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. In this version, Jesus planned for His crucifixion by taking a drug that would simulate death. After His unconscious body was placed in the tomb, a religious sect known as the Zealots would secretly steal Christ's body from the tomb, then spread the rumor that He had risen, thus fulfilling Biblical prophecy.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Costume Design
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
O Mundo Maravilhoso dos Irmãos Grimm
Costume Design
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
O Circulo Do Medo
Costume Design
Após cumprir pena Max Cady (Robert Mitchum), um perigoso psicopata, pretende se vingar de Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), um advogado que testemunhou decisivamente para a sua condenação. Extremamente frio e calculista, ele planeja se vingar do advogado e da sua família.
Nas Margens do Rio Grande
Costume Design
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
O Diário de Anne Frank
Costume Design
Na Holanda ocupada pelos nazistas, Otto Frank e sua família decidiram se esconder, devido às crescentes perseguições contra os judeus. O empresário Kraler e seu assistente Miep preparam um esconderijo nos quartos que ficam em cima de seu local de trabalho, e combinam com os Franks e outra família, os Van Daan, para ficar lá. Mais tarde, a eles se junta o dentista Dussel. Juntos, eles tentam evitar serem detectados, enquanto esperam a Holanda ser libertada pelos Aliados. Por isso, satisfazer as necessidades básicas pode se tornar um desafio, e até mesmo pequenos incidentes poderiam apresentar um sério risco de serem descobertos. Baseado no diário de Anne Frank, e na peça de teatro que foi adaptado a partir dele.
Fraulein
Costume Designer
In melodramatic fashion, the film tells the tale of a young German woman who finds herself alone in the world when the rest of her family is killed in a WWII air raid. Helping an American military man escape the Gestapo, she finds herself on the run from the Russian Army. Escaping to the American (and safe) side of Berlin, she registers herself as a prostitute (unknowingly) and finds herself caught between the German officer who thinks she is for sale and the American officer who she saved and is now in love with her.
Cárcere Sem Grades
Costume Design
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Ciúme, Tempero do Amor
Costume Designer
Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.
Ama-me Com Ternura
Costume Design
Após a Guerra Civil um jovem fazendeiro, supondo que seu irmão mais velho foi morto em combate, se casa com a namorada dele. Porém o "morto" retorna cheio de amargura, em virtude de tudo aquilo que sofreu, sendo que ambos estão apaixonados pela mesma mulher.
Entre o Céu e o Inferno
Costume Design
Sam Gifford é um jovem fazendeiro que trata muito mal seus meeiros. Convocado para lutar no Pacífico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele encontra o psicopata Capitão Waco Grimes, que quase o faz desistir de tudo. No entanto, ao salvar a vida do colega Willie e tornar-se um herói, Sam recobra a confiança e descobre em si mesmo as forças que lhe permitirão enfrentar o comandante. A experiência acaba também por fazê-lo mudar a maneira de levar a vida.
A Última Carroça
Costume Design
Quando um punhado de colonos sobrevivem a um ataque Apache a sua carroça eles devem colocar suas vidas nas mãos de Comanche Todd, um homem branco que viveu com os Comanches a maior parte de sua vida e é procurado pelo assassinato de três homens.
Delírio de Loucura
Costume Design
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Carrossel
Costume Design
Billy é um jovem rapaz que trabalha organizando e animando um carrossel em um parque de diversões. Um dia, ele conhece a bela Julie, e os dois se apaixonam e decidem morar juntos. Julie engravida e, antes mesmo do bebê nascer, Billy morre. Depois de alguns anos, ele recebe uma nova chance para voltar à Terra e provar seu amor à sua esposa e sua filha.
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Costume Design
Beloved schoolteacher reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized...
A Rainha Tirana
Costume Design
A rainha Elizabeth I se apaixona pelo cobiçado Sir Walter Raleigh. Além de lidar com os problemas do reino, a rainha ainda deve disputar a atração do rapaz com uma bela mulher mais nova.
Hans Christian Andersen
Costume Design
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Não Quero Dizer-te Adeus
Costume Design
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.
Alma em Revolta
Costume Design
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
Vida de Minha Vida
Costume Design
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
The Capture
Costume Design
A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
Meu Maior Amor
Costume Design
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.
Roseanna McCoy
Costume Design
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance rekindles a long-standing feud between their respective families.
Encantamento
Costume Design
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
A Canção do Sul
Costume Design
Morando com os avós, depois que os pais se separaram, garoto só encontra a alegria nas histórias contadas por velho empregado da fazenda, plenas do rico folclore do Sul dos EUA. Filme produzido por Walt Disney que mistura desenho e atores reais.