# Anthony Mendleson

Anthony Mendleson (7 February 1915 – 5 September 1996) was a British costume designer and set designer. He is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s; these include his designs for such critically acclaimed films as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Mandy (1952), and The Ladykillers (1955). He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Costume Design for the films Young Winston (1972) and The Incredible Sarah (1976).
Mendleson was born on 7 February 1915 in Chiswick, London; he died in London on 5 September 1996.

## Filmography (as costume designer)

* Passport to Pimlico (1949)
* Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
* Train of Events (1949)
* A Run for Your Money (1949)
* The Blue Lamp (1950)
* Cage of Gold (1950)
* The Magnet (1950)
* Pool of London (1951)
* The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
* The Man in the White Suit (1951)
* His Excellency (1952)
* Secret People (1952)
* I Believe in You (1952)
* Mandy (1952)
* The Gentle Gunman (1952)
* Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
* The Love Lottery (1954)
* The Ladykillers (1955)
* Who Done It? (1956)
* The Feminine Touch (1956)
* True as a Turtle (1957)
* Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
* The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
* The One That Got Away (1957)
* Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
* Innocent Sinners (1958)
* Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
* Left Right and Centre (1959)
* The Mouse That Roared (1959)
* Follow a Star (1959)
* Make Mine Mink (1960)
* The Bulldog Breed (1960)
* Mr. Topaze (1961)
* A Matter of WHO (1961)
* She'll Have to Go (1962)
* Guns of Darkness (1962)
* Billy Budd (1962)
* The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
* The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
* The Moon-Spinners (1964)
* The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
* The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
* Pretty Polly (1967)
* The Magus (1968)
* Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
* David Copperfield (1969)
* Jane Eyre (1970)
* Macbeth (1971)
* Young Winston (1972)
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
* The Black Windmill (1974)
* Persecution (1974)
* The Ghoul (1975)
* One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
* Mister Quilp (1975)
* The Incredible Sarah (1976)
* Gulliver's Travels (1977)
* A Bridge Too Far (1977)
* The Boys from Brazil (1978)
* The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
* Saturn 3 (1980)
* Rough Cut (1980)
* Dragonslayer (1981)
* Krull (1983)
* The Keep (1983)
* The Masks of Death (1984)

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Academy Awards | 1972 | Best Costume Design | Young Winston | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1976 | Best Costume Design | The Incredible Sarah | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1964 | Best British Costume Design – Colour | The Long Ships | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1964 | Best British Costume Design – Colour | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1969 | Best Costume Design | Oh! What a Lovely War | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1972 | Best Costume Design | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Macbeth / Young Winston | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 1981 | Best Costume Design | Dragonslayer | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1983 | Best Costume Design | Krull | Nominated |