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Gile Steele (September 24, 1908 — January 16, 1952) was a
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. His career began at
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in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the
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film ''
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''. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including ''
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'' and '' Boom Town'' (both 1940), ''
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'' and ''
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'' (both 1941), ''
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'' (1942) and '' Madame Curie'' (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the
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in 1948 for his work on ''
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''. He won the
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for Best Costume design for ''
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'' in 1949 and '' Samson and Delilah'' in 1950. Steele was also an amateur painter of some note.


Death

Steele died around midnight on the evening of January 15-16, 1952. He was driving on Sepulveda Blvd. in Santa Monica when a wall of floodwater high swept his car from the road and deposited it away in a stormwater drainage area.; He drowned before rescuers could get to him. Steele was divorced. He was survived by his former wife, Barbara Spencer, and his three young children.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, G American costume designers 1908 births 1952 deaths Best Costume Design Academy Award winners California people in fashion