Cecil Beaton

Film costumer designer

1904 – 1980

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Who was Cecil Beaton?

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Born
Jan 14, 1904
Hampstead
Also known as
  • Cecil Walter Hardy Sir Beaton
  • Sir Cecil Beaton
  • Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
  • Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
  • Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • England
Profession
Education
  • St John's College, Cambridge
  • Harrow School
Employment
  • The Royal Ballet
Died
Jan 18, 1980
Broad Chalke

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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