Jocelyn Rickards
Jocelyn Rickards (29 July 1924 – 7 July 2005) was an Australian artist and costume designer.
Jocelyn Rickards | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1924 |
| Died | 7 July 2005 (aged 80) London, England |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Years active | 1958–1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Leonard Rosoman (m. 1963; div. 196?) |
During the 1940s to 1950s Rickards was one of the Merioola Group of artists. The review of her works in a 1948 exhibition by Paul Haefliger was the source of the coined phrase "The Charm School" to describe these Sydney artists.[1][2]
In 1966 Rickards won a BAFTA Film Award for the film Mademoiselle.
In 1967 she was nominated at the 39th Academy Awards in the category of Best Costumes-Black and White for her work on the film Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment.[3]
Her autobiography The Painted Banquet: My Life and Loves, was published in 1987 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and was praised thus by Graham Greene (a former lover of hers): "An outstanding capacity for friendship - rare in the jealous world of art and letters to which she belongs - makes Jocelyn Rickard's autobiography unusually appealing".
Selected filmography
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Mademoiselle (1966)
- Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
- The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
- Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
References
- Paul Haefliger as "Our Art Critic" (20 October 1948). "Artist Relies On Charm". Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Klepac, Lou (June 2012). "Two Expatriates in Europe" (PDF). The National Library Magazine. 4 (2).
- "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.