Yvonne Blake

Excelentísima Señora Doña

Yvonne Blake

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Excelentísima Señora Doña; Yvonne Blake; MML
	Blake at the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born	Yvonne Ann Blake; 17 April 1940; Manchester, England
Died	17 July 2018 (aged 78); Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Costume designer

Yvonne Ann Blake (17 April 1940^[1] – 17 July 2018) was a British-Spanish costume designer. She won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Nicholas and Alexandra along with Antonio Castillo.^[2] She won four Goya Awards^[3] and was nominated for BAFTA Awards and the Emmy Awards as well.

On 14 July 2016 she took the Presidency of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.^[4] On 9 June 2018 Mariano Barroso replaced her in the Presidency due to her health problems.^[5] Blake died in Madrid on 17 July 2018 at age 78 from complications from a stroke.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Accolades[]

Academy Awards[]

Year	Film	Status	Notes
Costume Design
1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Won	Nominated with Antonio Castillo
1975	The Four Musketeers	Nominated	Nominated with Ron Talsky

BAFTA Awards[]

Year	Film	Status	Notes
Costume Design
1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Nominated	Nominated with Antonio Castillo
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	Nominated
1974	The Three Musketeers	Nominated
1975	The Four Musketeers	Nominated

Goya Awards[]

Year	Film	Status
Costume Design
1988	Rowing with the Wind	Won
1991	Don Juan in Hell	Nominated
1992	La reina anónima	Nominated
1994	Cradle Song	Won
2003	Carmen	Won
2004	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Won
2006	Goya's Ghosts	Nominated

Honours[]

Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 14 November 2011).^[9]
National Cinematography Prize (Kingdom of Spain, 17 September 2012).^[10]

References[]

^ "Yvonne Blake, Award-Winning Costume Designer, Is Dead at 78". BYLIFETODAY.COM. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ Lakin, Martin. "Christopher Reeve Superman Movie Costumes 1978–1987". Caped Wonder. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Premiados 2005. XIX Edición Premios Goya" (PDF). Premios Goya (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^ "Yvonne Blake, nueva presidenta de la Academia de Cine". Hola! (in Spanish). 15 October 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "Mariano Barroso, nuevo presidente de la Academia de Cine". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ Belinchón, Gregorio (17 July 2018). "Muere Yvonne Blake, presidenta de Honor de la Academia de Cine, a los 78 años". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Muere Yvonne Blake, presidenta de Honor de la Academia de Cine". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ Bartlett, Rhett (17 July 2018). "Yvonne Blake, 'Superman' Costume Designer, Dies at 78". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Royal Decree 1643/2011, of November 14th, which awarded the Medal of Merit in Labour, in its Gold category, to Mrs. Yvonne Blake" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Order ECD/1980/2012, of September 17th, which awarded the National Cinematography Prize for 2012" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

External links[]

Yvonne Blake at IMDb

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[1] "Yvonne Blake, Award-Winning Costume Designer, Is Dead at 78". BYLIFETODAY.COM. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[2] Lakin, Martin. "Christopher Reeve Superman Movie Costumes 1978–1987". Caped Wonder. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[3] "Premiados 2005. XIX Edición Premios Goya" (PDF). Premios Goya (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

[4] "Yvonne Blake, nueva presidenta de la Academia de Cine". Hola! (in Spanish). 15 October 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[5] "Mariano Barroso, nuevo presidente de la Academia de Cine". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[6] Belinchón, Gregorio (17 July 2018). "Muere Yvonne Blake, presidenta de Honor de la Academia de Cine, a los 78 años". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[7] "Muere Yvonne Blake, presidenta de Honor de la Academia de Cine". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[8] Bartlett, Rhett (17 July 2018). "Yvonne Blake, 'Superman' Costume Designer, Dies at 78". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[9] "Royal Decree 1643/2011, of November 14th, which awarded the Medal of Merit in Labour, in its Gold category, to Mrs. Yvonne Blake" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[10] "Order ECD/1980/2012, of September 17th, which awarded the National Cinematography Prize for 2012" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

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1948–1956	1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966	1961 (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): Joan Bridge and 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 Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates
2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero 2015: Jenny Beavan 2016: Colleen Atwood 2017: Mark Bridges 2018: Ruth E. Carter 2019: Jacqueline Durran 2020: Ann Roth
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